Rogue MPT-3048 now available
For those who've been waiting, just a heads-up that the 3048 is now available for ordering on the Rogue website. http://www.roguepowertech.com/products/mpt3048.htm If you've visited the page rec...
Forum Discussion
I think self-consumption power and the efficiency are two different things. If you look at MS45 graphs, at 98V /13.6V is has same 92-93% conversion efficiency as the Rogue, but in specs MS45 says "self-consumption 1.3-2.7W". 92% = 8% loss, this is 38W from 480W panel, not 2.7W, right?
In summarized specs they all provide very basic information, and Rogue is playing by the same rules as others. In retailers sales pitch - that Rouge doesn't have since there are no retailers other than factory - you can find things like "the industry’s highest peak efficiency of 99%" (for MS45), but they forget to tell that this is only if you use 48V bank and charge it with 52V. In real life MS45 can have 92-93%, but for this info you have to read the graphs. Or things like "significant less power loss than other MPPT controllers" - since when 2.7W is less than 1.5W, I wonder...
In summarized specs they all provide very basic information, and Rogue is playing by the same rules as others. In retailers sales pitch - that Rouge doesn't have since there are no retailers other than factory - you can find things like "the industry’s highest peak efficiency of 99%" (for MS45), but they forget to tell that this is only if you use 48V bank and charge it with 52V. In real life MS45 can have 92-93%, but for this info you have to read the graphs. Or things like "significant less power loss than other MPPT controllers" - since when 2.7W is less than 1.5W, I wonder...
