I used to use the Morningstar MPPT a lot, the programming is a hassle and the meter not particularly informative, so as my wholesale price on them rose and my price on the Midnite Classic and CLassic Lite fell, I almost always go with the Midnite. I sure still love the Morningstar inverter, diversion load controller, and small MPPT controllers though.
Dan Fink, Executive Director; Otherpower Buckville Energy Consulting Buckville Publications LLC NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers 970.672.4342 On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello William, > > There is a hassle factor with the Morningstar MPPT controllers. If you > need a custom charge setting, and I do most of the time, then you must > download and install software, use a RS-232 data cable, and reprogram > settings from a Windoz PC. That's SO 1980's!. > > We don't sell many Morningstar controllers because many of our battery > systems are Lifeline, Sun Xtender or FullRiver AGM batteries. None of the > DIP switch settings are right for those batteries. Also, none are right, > but close, for Trojan or Crown batteries which we also sell. Besides that, > I left the world of Microsoft many moons ago and I also can't find my DB9 > cables anywhere. > > Larry > > > > On Feb 12, 2014, at 12:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello again: > > Anyone have any experience with these charge controllers? How about the > meter? > > Thanks so much for all of the help. > > William Miller > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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