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Thanks for the advice mike... If it were me personally id go with a mppt and forget the hastle, But trying to convice my old Mum is another story.. Needless to say she wasnt happy with me already when I had to tell her that the battery was crap and now the charge controller is potentially crap...

Anybody Know anything about these ? Doing some reading this one appears to be popular for low power setups...

Hi guys just an update on the status of my project... I think Im going to bin the pwm charge controller.. I think its just overcharging the battery and not actually cycling to a float voltage at all... It just seems to want to stay topped up to the max which Ive a feeling is even over the 14.6v...

Jesus !! I just looked at some of the reviews there !!! Wow what a bunch of $%%%holes... Selling low quality knockoff stuff for years and just switching up the name and closing and opening company's.... Im pretty annoyed at myself f and for buying one now to be honest.. I couldn't check up the...

Lol... No I was under no illusions that it would be a very good battery.. Ive seen the prices of them for a decent one.. But Its enough for a very small load I was thinking... Was just hoping that it wasn't just a generic car battery because I could have just bought one of those in the local...

BTW.. Heres a few pics of the setup... Don't mind the state of the pond.. Its being emptied to clean out for incoming fish :giggle:

Cheers for the help mate... Used to Live in London myself up until last summer, Spent a good few years working up and down England ;) About the battery... Well at least I hope its not just a standard car battery otherwise I got conned, Here's a link to the exact one I have, Says Dual use Leisure...

Hi guys, sorry different time zone here I guess.. I'm located in Ireland.. Unpon further investigation into the charge controller, it seems that the absorbsion voltage is preset depending on the 3 options to select in the menu.. Theres b01..Lithium 12.6v B02 Gel 14.2v and B03 Flood 14.6v So...

Hey Everyone... Just a bit of a brief backgound on the project I'm currently putting together for my Mother .. Essentially the panel and battery only has to run a small pump to keep the water moving in the pond a little bit.. Doesn't really matter how long its on/off for, I was thinking fully...