MPPT solar charge controller recommendaion
Hi All, I know,... yet another solar power question! I've done quite a bit of research and received some good information here, so thanks for all that so far! After considerable time researchi...
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skipro3 wrote:
I called (MorningStar) and talked directly to a tech. ....You just can't ask for better customer service
That reminds me... I called Morningstar once just for questions. Great people.
Another point worth mentioning - the call was about "over watt'ing" the controller. You can more than double the wattage input rating with panels and it simply shunts what it can't use to it's max of 45a output.
Why would you do that you ask...? Why not just get a bigger controller?
Here in Western Wa, we will likely never see "ideal" solar conditions except the mid day july sun. You may need 800 or 900 watts in solar just to get 600 watts out. But you go on a road trip to Arizona...now you have too many watts in panels. No big deal, it will safely shunt what it can't use and peak out at it's max charge rate.
