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I got this charge controller from someone I know recently and I was looking to play with this All-in-One unit because it could suit my needs to power a split phase AC unit. I am completely off grid and I see it has a spot for AC in meaning I can hook this to the grid. My question is, Can I just...

No, its pure copper wire my uncle let me have. The sticker said it was rated for 135 volts. Since my solar max pv is 65 volts it will do just fine. The reason the wires got burnt is because I had the solar hooked up for the past 5 years in parallel and it was too many amps going through the...

Its just something I do to distinguish positive from negative without having to break out a volt meter. I put a knot on the positive wires. Also helps when I have to service the stuff down the road.

So over the past month I have been watching Will's videos and doing my own research here and there. Anyways, I found flaws in my current setup the way it was. First of which was the way the solar panels were hooked up. I found burnt wires because I was using too thin of wire with all the panels...

Just figured I would update on my situation. So yesterday it rained all morning and around 2pm (which is peak time for me) the sun came out and I got 271 watts to the batteries from 300 watts of solar panels. The clouds kept coming in but every time the sun was fully out I got to the 270's...

I've been running parallel for the past 4 years and only recently in the past few weeks came across Will's videos. I was convinced to try hooking my panels in series and when I did I noticed I have a shorter charge window due to shading, but in that short time I noticed a big increase in the...

Those MT50's will work with multiple types of controllers. It might have been better to buy one of them and then if you ever had to change the settings on a new controller down the road you would already have the device. Hopefully you'll be able to change the settings on this new charge...

Can you change the battery type on the charge controller to lithium? or can you change the charge settings for bulk and float charge? If you can do this then I would say you are fine using the controller you are using. Lithium should be charged up to 14.4-14.8 for bulk charge and float charge...

Yeah I measured the voltage at each panel which was between 18-19 volts first thing in the morning. The sun was just coming up and not on the panels yet so considering I was getting that high of a voltage I figure the panels are fine. Also, on this MPPT the only settings I have are to set the...

I am hoping to get some opinions because I am debating whether or not to save up the money and get a better MPPT charge controller like a Victron for instance. The issue I am facing is that I dont think my current set up is optimizing my solar as efficiently as it should. I have 5x100 watt solar...

Sorry, im new to these abbreviations, does that mean 2 panels in series, 2 in parallel or does that mean 2 sets in series and then parallel the 2 sets?

I have a MakeSkyBlue 40amp MPPT charge controller and I have 5 100 watt solar panels. I would like to hook up 4 of them in series, however that seems to be borderline over the voltage specs for a 12 volt system because the max voltage for a 12 volt system is 80 volts, however my panels are 21-22...

Hello guys, I have been using solar for my camper for quite awhile now trying to use common sense to keep things running. Recently, over the last couple of months I have really wanted to power an AC window unit, but I dont know enough knowledge to accomplish this goal and I have been watching...