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All_I_could_aff
Explorer
Feb 28, 2016

Solar controller selection for existing pannels

I recently acquired several pieces of road construction type equipment. Each unit was equipted with either five 90 watt solar pannels, or six 75 watt panels (450 watts either way). The charge controll...
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Boon_Docker
Explorer III
Mar 01, 2016
OP - If you are getting 18v from the panels and 18v output from the controller then your controller is more than likely a PWM controller and it may be functional. Hook up the panels to the controller and controller to a battery and see if it will charge the battery and then shut down when the battery is fully charged.

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