Date:         Wed, 6 May 2015 13:57:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Possible Solar Charge Controller Warning ?
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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> Yeah my cheap 30 A PWM controller said, in not so perfectly translated
> English, to be sure to connect to battery before connecting to solar.
>

For sure Alistiar. In my case, I just didn't think.
It was dark in garage so.....   ;)
No excuses though!

A fellow Vanagon-ite kindly gave me a new MPPT controller with pooched
up screw contacts; I soldered leads to the PCB. It's untested and though
I secured the leads to the enclosure, it still seems risky to use (?)

I'm on a time line here, heading to Walla Walla so will install same
as before. For future, I'll install an MPPT for sure.

Neil.


On 5/6/15, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
> Yeah my cheap 30 A PWM controller said, in not so perfectly translated
> English, to be sure to connect to battery before connecting to solar.
>
> So Neil, you have any ideas on your next controller? I'm a little miffed at
> mine as the ad implied or inferred that it had user defined float voltage
> setting. It doesn't, but one could make the argument that up here in BC the
> daily charging profile is such that it might not be such a big issue.
>
> Alistair


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