Aerogen through MPPV?

[mattonthesea]

my Rutland ?13 goes through an old aerogen charge regulator. It provides no power! I have two solar panels going through an MPPV

I'm about to check the power output of the gen; if it works then is it possible to put it through the MPPV without damaging anything?

Matt

PS Edit: it's a Rutland - getting my wind gens mixed up!

Also, just seen thread about battery draining below. My electrics are more confused than a cat in a string factory; for example: the +ve and -ve to the tiller pilot are both white! Quite possible it's been fried

 

[VicS]

my aerogen goes through an old aerogen charge regulator. It provides no power! I have two solar panels going through an MPPV

I'm about to check the power output of the gen; if it works then is it possible to put it through the MPPV without damaging anything?

Matt

No MPPT regulators are a specific way of controlling a solar panel to get the maximum power from them.

Some wind gens are designed to be suitable for use with the same PWM controller as a solar panel Namely the small Marlec/Rutland wind gens can be used with the appropriate Rutland controller.
( dont know how they do that though)

ITYWF that the Aerogens require a shunt type regulator

 

[robmcg]

Can also confirm that the Rutland wind gen is totally incompatible with the aerogen regulator. You will need an marlec regulator for it to work.

 

[apogee]

I had an Aerogen running successfully through a Rutland shunt regulator for many many years.

 

[JumbleDuck]

No MPPT regulators are a specific way of controlling a solar panel to get the maximum power from them.

You could in theory design a MPPT regulator to work with a wind generator, and it may well be done in some of them, but one designed for a solar panel would not work at all.

 

[VicS]

I had an Aerogen running successfully through a Rutland shunt regulator for many many years.

A shunt regulator yes but not an MPPT solar panel controller or one of the modern Rutland HRSi or HRDi hybrid wind and solar controllers .

 

[Hadenough]

Love it! Typical forum stuff. The OP must be even more confused than when he asked the question :encouragement:

 

[RichardS]

Love it! Typical forum stuff. The OP must be even more confused than when he asked the question :encouragement:

Although the OP asked a single specific question .... and received a single specific answer to that single specific question.

Richard