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Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2016 10:14:21 GMT -8
Hello Chgray,
Our charge controller do require the battery to have some charge in it to be able to power on and in turn regulate the voltage and charge the battery. I would recommend putting a charge on the battery from an outside source and reconnecting the controller. A.L.
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Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2016 10:05:44 GMT -8
Hello Sabues,
As these awesome gentleman have mentioned. You can charge from auxiliary sources at the same time you charge from solar. The controller will sense the increased charging voltage and act accordingly.
as far as working well together. What will likely happen is the charge controller will go into a float mode when the other charger is applpying a charge to the batteries. This means the wattage in the controller would be dissipated as heat. There would be no damage but you may lose a little efficiency. -A.L.
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Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2016 9:51:07 GMT -8
Hello yodarules,
As far as using our MC4 inline fuse to fuse between the panel and controller you would not need to do any splicing or crimping. You would use a single 15 amp inline fuse between the panel and controller and it would snap into place between the panels positive lead and the adaptor kit. Between the controller and the battery you would go with a 30 amp fuse and we sell an ANL fuse that would connect to the o-ring terminals we provide for the systems tray cable. The other end of the ANL fuse would connect to the battery terminal with a double O-ring fuse cable we sell as well.
As far any other fuses holdings or breakers you would need to contact the manufacturer to be able to point you in the best direction. -A.L.
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Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2016 8:14:29 GMT -8
Hello Misty, The controller should act as a blocking diode to prevent the batteries from draining at night. You should be fine to leave the suitcase connected over night. If the batteries are draining though this would not be normal. Could you please call our tech support team and we could help you troubleshoot that to figure out exactly what could be happening. You can call us at 800-330-8678 for assistance. We are open 8am-5pm Monday through Friday. -A.L.
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Post by Admin on Jun 22, 2016 9:17:19 GMT -8
Hello, I wouldn't recommend mixing 12 volt and 6 volt battery strings. To keep the system working at max efficiency you will need to stay with 100 watt panels.
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Post by Admin on Jun 22, 2016 8:56:41 GMT -8
Hello Mike, You won't need to connect the CC DC load terminal to the battery post. If you already have your 12 volt loads connected to the battery bank you can leave the CC load terminal without any connections.
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Post by Admin on Jun 22, 2016 8:46:23 GMT -8
Hello, Can you please contact us at (909) 517-3598. We can help you set up all these values. Thank you
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Post by Admin on Jun 10, 2016 15:58:32 GMT -8
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Post by Admin on Jun 10, 2016 15:56:27 GMT -8
Hello Rod,
If you are running the fridge 24/7 it would be ideal to connect it straight to your battery(s). You wouldn't want to mistakenly turn the load off via button on the controller, especially by accident at any time. As SpiderBob mentioned, something like street lights that would benefit from a repeating timer would be best. Otherwise, your fridge and other devices are better being connected to the battery.
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Post by Admin on Jun 10, 2016 15:49:33 GMT -8
Dear Customers,
It is recommended as a good practice to connect the batteries to the charge controller first. However, newer controllers, such as the Viewstar, have built in protection which will prevent any damage to itself or the panel if being connected last/second.
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Post by Admin on Jun 10, 2016 15:38:48 GMT -8
Hello Shane,
This system should be able to sustain your fridge for those 6 hours. In fact, the Panels seem to be outputting appropriate voltage at 19.92 Volts. One problem is that you mentioned a battery voltage of 11.64, which is a 20% state of charge and overly discharged. I would recommend doing is making sure your batteries are fully charged (12.7V or higher) before you start running the Kool Mini off of them.
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Post by Admin on Jun 3, 2016 9:30:06 GMT -8
Hello Burnhaven,
You would use two of the renogy extension cables if you absolutely needed to extend that line. we wouldn't recommend extending it though. The controller will spit out certain voltages to charge the battery.
One thing you could do with the viewstar controller is set the charging voltages to user defined and set them to a higher voltage so you get a better charging voltage to the battery after the voltage drop.
Please feel free to contact our technical support team for clarification. -A.L.
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Post by Admin on May 27, 2016 11:17:16 GMT -8
Hello, Yes you can connect the pump directly to the battery. Just make sure to connect the solar panel to a charge controller and not directly to the battery.
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Post by Admin on May 27, 2016 11:14:26 GMT -8
Hello, Yes that is correct the controller will never go into equalization since it won't be connected for 28 days continuously.
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Post by Admin on May 24, 2016 14:18:46 GMT -8
Hello Roger, The SOC% is based on the battery voltage and is not the actual capacity of your battery bank. According to the controller a fully charged battery would be when you are in float which is 13.8 volts any other voltage will read less than 100% SOC. One thing you might notice is right before sunset the controller will display 100% and 13.8 volts but as soon as the sunsets the SOC will drop to 40-50%. This happens because the controller uses voltage the judge SOC%.
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