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Diesel_Camper
Explorer
Feb 01, 2016

Solar charge controller coupled to power converter question

I've noticed through several days of testing that my converter drops out of bulk charge mode loooong before the batteries are where they should be, and in float mode it would take a couple weeks (if e...
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KD4UPL
Explorer II
Feb 02, 2016
No solar charge controller is going to make the output voltage higher than the input. They can make the output lower than the input but that's not what you want to do.
I think adding some sort of add-on to a less than ideal controller is the wrong way to approach the problem. Why not swap out the converter for a better one?

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