[RE-wrenches] Midnite solar Charge controllers

[Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems]

Jerry,

People do like to touch stuff. One of the benefits of the Midnite controllers is you can remove the MNPG after programming and the user can not alter any settings. Some customers need this type of interference. Here's a picture of a thermal runaway in an AGM battery after a customer, while playing with a charge controller program, turned the voltage up to 3 Vpc. 

Larry




On Feb 17, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone had an issue with Midnite solar Charge controllers loosing programming. I have had Out back FM 80 do this and it was an software issue they fixed it. Now I have the same thing with midnite either that or the customer is messing with it and this is also a good possibility but before I go there I want to confirm with you all out there. The issue from Outback is if the CC is powered down on both sides it will loose memory, I cant confirm this as the customer is away and I cant get on site but we have Nickle Iron batteries that require high charge voltage to charge at all and it seams to not maintain the charge voltage setting.   

Thanks 
Jerry

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