kegnkiwi
New Member
Good morning,
I recently bought a 120w kit from the big online retailer for a cheap price. When the kit arrived basically none of the components matched and it really was not good. I asked to return it to them and then basically gave me a refund and was told to keep the the kit. Anyway, the panel turned out to be a 80w or so the decal says and p/v 17.25v. The panel came with jumper clips so I've cut these off and soldered in 2.5mm house cable which then runs to a 30am controller. The controller only had dc barrel inputs and outputs so I have to buy the connectors rated at 10amp but the wires on them were really small and I don't think up to the job. Any just for testing i soldered them in and the the controller lite up. I did the same on the output and soldered to further 2.5mm wires. These go down to 4 x 6v leisure batteries (used) as 2 x 12v. So my problem is all i am trying to do is charge the batteries (trojan t105) Currently only 2 x 6v at a time. so if the power goes i can connect a 2000w modified sign wave inverter and have power. This is just a project to fill my time. I am on grid and have no intentions of going off grid any time soon. I am not sure how to use the controller as the instructions are rubish and i have just bought another 30amp controller with screw terminal inputs to take out the dc barrel input from the system.
What i am trying to do is increase the voltage to the batteries to get them to charge. I have had them on for days and they seem to be holding at around 12.3v.
I recently bought a 120w kit from the big online retailer for a cheap price. When the kit arrived basically none of the components matched and it really was not good. I asked to return it to them and then basically gave me a refund and was told to keep the the kit. Anyway, the panel turned out to be a 80w or so the decal says and p/v 17.25v. The panel came with jumper clips so I've cut these off and soldered in 2.5mm house cable which then runs to a 30am controller. The controller only had dc barrel inputs and outputs so I have to buy the connectors rated at 10amp but the wires on them were really small and I don't think up to the job. Any just for testing i soldered them in and the the controller lite up. I did the same on the output and soldered to further 2.5mm wires. These go down to 4 x 6v leisure batteries (used) as 2 x 12v. So my problem is all i am trying to do is charge the batteries (trojan t105) Currently only 2 x 6v at a time. so if the power goes i can connect a 2000w modified sign wave inverter and have power. This is just a project to fill my time. I am on grid and have no intentions of going off grid any time soon. I am not sure how to use the controller as the instructions are rubish and i have just bought another 30amp controller with screw terminal inputs to take out the dc barrel input from the system.
What i am trying to do is increase the voltage to the batteries to get them to charge. I have had them on for days and they seem to be holding at around 12.3v.