Any experience with BZ Products [RE-wrenches]

[Jay Peltz, Peltz Power]

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Hi Carl,

Sounds like a Brand X product years ago that had a 3 speed fan ( off,  
low and high)

But please tell how well its working.  How much MPPT are you getting  
from this unit.  Might be a
great deal if it works well.

jay

peltz power


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>
> I recently bought a few 250 watt MPPT type charge controllers from a
> company called BZ Products. The price is right at $70 and it comes  
> with
> a lcd readout screen for volts and amps. The one thing that annoys me
> though and I would love to get feedback on this is that they call it a
> two stage charger thats supposedly adjustable but I come to find it  
> only
> charges to a setpoint and holds the batteries to that point. Sure its
> adjustable but thats it. How can anyone consider that two-stage
> charging? Whats even more stupid is they call that float voltage. I'm
> tempted to return the units even though I have two of them sold.  
> Does it
> seem ridiculous to charge a small system to 14.7 volts and then  
> keep it
> there for the duration of the charge cycle/ One customer would use  
> it on
> a sailboat so I am not as concerned since panels get shaded so
> frequently when the boat swings around at anchor that it would be rare
> that the panels would keep the batteries at 14.7 for long. I told  
> the BZ
> tech or whatever he that of all the places to cut corners not  
> offereing
> true 2 stage charging seems like the wrong approach. Carl Reuter
> Land and Sea Solar
> Felton Ca 95018
>

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