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Cdash
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Jan 19, 2016

Solar - anyone regret getting PWM charge controller?

Looking to do a solar installation and have been studying up. Think I'm pretty good on most of it, however, still struggling with the charge controller. As I understand it, the PWM kind of "chops of...
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SkiSmuggs
Explorer
Jan 19, 2016
I did the research and all the conflicting data drove me crazy, but saw a few posts from knowledgeable folks that said PWM is just fine. I went with a $30 Solar30, got miffed at the single stage programming and replaced it with a $90 Viewstar 30amp PWM that is multi-stage programmable. 200w on the roof and I can easily add another 200 without giving the controller a second thought.

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