Solar30 PWM Questions
Manual I'm not concerned with running loads; only battery charging. There seems to be a real lack of instruction regarding setting the charging voltage(s). On one hand, the manual gives the impr...
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The Solar30 adjustable voltage is for both Absorption and Float--it is the same voltage. The batts get up to that and then stay there till dark. Simple! If you want to drop in voltage at some point before dark you have to do it manually at the time and then put it back up for morning.
You might find the set voltage is out by a couple points. ( The displayed voltage is probably correct--not the same thing), but when you set 14.8 it might go up to 15.1 and settle there. On mine, to get 14.8 Vabs I set it at 14.3. This is good for me because the setting only goes up to 15.0, but that makes 15.5 on mine --equalize voltage area :) Niner's goes over too by 0.3 ISTR.
My ammeter readout is accurate compared with the Trimetric and multi-meter.
Important to check against other meters to know what your "error" is if any like that. It stays the same, so you just allow for that much when using it. Not to be confused with voltage differences due to line loss! Just between the controller and your meter.
You might find the set voltage is out by a couple points. ( The displayed voltage is probably correct--not the same thing), but when you set 14.8 it might go up to 15.1 and settle there. On mine, to get 14.8 Vabs I set it at 14.3. This is good for me because the setting only goes up to 15.0, but that makes 15.5 on mine --equalize voltage area :) Niner's goes over too by 0.3 ISTR.
My ammeter readout is accurate compared with the Trimetric and multi-meter.
Important to check against other meters to know what your "error" is if any like that. It stays the same, so you just allow for that much when using it. Not to be confused with voltage differences due to line loss! Just between the controller and your meter.
