Here is what I have: 212 watt solar panel PS-30 Solar Charger Controller two CAT batteries
This system has keeped my repeater up and running with no problem until two weeks ago. Went to the site and found small bugs, about 1/8" long packed in the solar controller around the power transisters. There was no power coming thru the controller. We cleaned the bugs out. Hooked the controller to a power supply and a battery. It worked just fine; it charged the battery. I took it back to the repeater site this last Saturday. It was coudy but it was passing 12.80 volts to the batteries; therefore charging. I turned the repeater back on Sunday about 1:00pm. Then later Sunday night the repeater stopped working. You are asking yourself what was the battery level before turning the repeater back on? Sorry I did not take that reading. When I left the site on Saturday, the battery level LED on the charger controller said batteries were atleast 3/4 full. Before leaving on Saturday I put a screen ove the vents in the cabinet to keep out the bugs. Yes I removed the bugs that I could find. I removed everthing from the cabinet to do this. I am going back up today to see what I can find out. Any suggestions on what to look for? Thank you. Rod kc7vqr
