Recent content by Torch

Look at your charge controller info. It will tell you the panel limits.

I was crimping 8 AWG wire with 8 AWG Anderson connector. This is what the tool is for. The crimp is holding but not what it should be. This is the same tool that was asked about. You can see how it worked for me. I would not recommend in my opinion.

See what I mean?

Wow,!!!! I was actually coming on this forum to find a good crimper review. I bought this very same crimper. My opinion is it is junk. Why??? Because the rotating AWG wheel has so much clearance. The crimp lug goes sideways. It does crimp the lung but it not a quality tool by no means.

Does your mppt have a setting for lithium?

I thought this was a perfect place to get into. From experienced people who already have built battery banks. Point me in the right direction to start reading. Thank you very much.

What you think of the Fluke 325?

I was told by Renogy not recomended to use the load terminals on the Rover 20A mppt. If so why are they there? So I hooked up an Iceco cooler and a USB port to charge cell phones. Directly to batteries. Worked fine. But on the LED screen on the Mppt doesn't show any load information this way. So...