Good company for solar regulators and panels needed!

[cliffdale]

I have a simple on/off regulator which works well and protects the battery from boiling. Most sailors use the engine quite often which will charge more quickly. If you are never going to use the engine and you spend long periods at anchor, a more sophisticated charge regulator/controller would be justified IMHO.

Thanks

I'm planning to go to the Azores and will use the engine as little as possible.

Unfortunately, i can only find mmpt regulators on ebay rated around 30A.

Having bought one that is rubbish, Im still looking for a quality requlator that will be reliable.

Cliff

 

[noelex]

I have a simple on/off regulator which works well and protects the battery from boiling. Most sailors use the engine quite often which will charge more quickly. If you are never going to use the engine and you spend long periods at anchor, a more sophisticated charge regulator/controller would be justified IMHO.

It is difficult with engine charging to get the batteries above 85%. The last 15% takes a long time. One big advantage of solar, for boats that do not have ready access to mains power, is the batteries can reach 100%. To do this the solar regulator needs to do a reasonable job.

 

[sailorboy1944]

Solar regulator

Hi
If you are interested I have a sun saver-10 from Morningstar which is brand new never bean out of box it was ment to be used with our solar panels but they were wired into our Rutland box instead. I will be back on the boat on Tuesday I can bring it with me.chris is on the boat at the moment, she's moored at pendenise outer marrine visters pontoon.

 

[dougg]

If you dont get the above for any reason, give Barden a call, and they will sort you out.

 

[nimbusgb]

I fitted a Sunware Fox 350e. Battery charge and voltage a 'non-event' now.

 

[cliffdale]

Hi
If you are interested I have a sun saver-10 from Morningstar which is brand new never bean out of box it was ment to be used with our solar panels but they were wired into our Rutland box instead. I will be back on the boat on Tuesday I can bring it with me.chris is on the boat at the moment, she's moored at pendenise outer marrine visters pontoon.

Thanks for the offer, but I think the power output is too small. At the moment I have 100w solar but will be increasing it in the near future to a total of 300w

I'm in pendennis marina on the outer pontoon, Yacht Piccolo.

Pm sent.

 

[noelex]

Thanks for the offer, but I think the power output is too small. At the moment I have 100w solar but will be increasing it in the near future to a total of 300w
.

The Rogue is a very good controler for that sort of size.

http://www.roguepowertech.com/products/mpt3024.htm