Higher Voltage low Cost Controllers [RE-wrenches]

[David Katz]

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Ray,
If you really want to go cheap, divide the array into two 24 volt arrays 
and charge each half of the battery bank with a 24 volt array and  a 
Phocos CX10 or something like it.

David Katz
AEE Solar, Inc.
formerly Alternative Energy Engineering
1155 Redway Drive - Box 339
Redway, CA  95560  USA
Phone 707-825-1200
Fax 707-825-1202
email david at aeesolar.com
www.aeesolar.com





Ray Walters wrote:
>
> Greetings Esteemed Wrench People;
>
> I need a 48 volt charge controller 5 amp rated or so that is under 
> $100. Anyone know of such a beast. It is for a small Solar vehicle 
> (VIPV). I thought I could get by without a controller, but the 1.2 amp 
> array is still raising the sealed batteries to unrecommended voltages. 
> I tried some resistors inline to essentially raise array voltage past 
> its MPPT, but its not reliable enough for my taste. I'm going to just 
> load a clunky old C-40 on board, if I can't find something better, but 
> that is vast overkill, costly, and heavy too.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray Walters
>
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