Good morning Wrenches, Disclaimer: I passed this question to Wrenches at the request of one of my salesman during a very busy day (aren't they all?). So I had not vetted it prior to sending. He is botching my street cred! I actually have been part of many battery designs and installs.
Moving along... I couldn't agree more with the comments following my post. This Controller has sketchy written all over it. Here is what my salesman said in response to the replies... "We can stack (8) of the Midnite Classic 150s, likely worth the extra $900, but (12) 60A Tri-Stars may be a bit much. I may also look at AC coupling to pull out the DC combos." "In reference to flexibility, we were looking at this option to reduce additional DC combiners on the PV side and reduce gear for the combined output of multiple charge controllers. Space is also a concern, as we’re building an enclosure for the equipment." Best Regards, Karl Jaeger -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RE Ellison Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 3:55 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Wrong title on my inquiry ... Charge Controller Question! Up to 960 A max charging current? Was this thing published on April 1? It must have been! Bob Ellison Bob Ellison > On Apr 22, 2014, at 4:39 PM, "Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Karl, > > On their main page they claim charging "...with little or no electrolyte > gassing." Gassing is a function of charge voltage. If you are charging deep > cycle batteries properly, you will be gassing. After reading through the > brochure, I'm not very impressed. Do yourself a favor and listen to what Ray > said. Stick with proven, mainstream CC manufacturers. The fact that it is not > an MPPT controller is a major drawback in any system over a few hundred > Watts. > > Please share with us the operating and customization functions that you are > looking for? > > Thank you, > > Larry Crutcher > Starlight Solar Power Systems > > > > > > > > On Apr 22, 2014, at 12:27 PM, Karl Jaeger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Karl Jaeger > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 2:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Fault Current > > Greetings Wrenches, > We’re considering a new charge controller for an upcoming project that offers > a wide range of operation and customization. Has anyone had experience with > this product? General specs and link below: > > Sollatek - Solar Control Centre/ Solar Charge Controller 12/24/or 48V > 10-100V Voltage Range 90-960A Max Charge Current > http://www.sollatek.com/product/solarcontrolcentre/ > > Thank you in advance! > Karl Jaeger > LightWave Solar > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
