Video: Solar Energy Change Controller

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The change controller takes the power from the solar panels and regulates it down to what the batteries can safely accept. Learn about change controllers for solar power from a professional in this free energy conservation video.

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Anne FitzSimon Jan 08, 2011
I have wired up a solar charging controller with the solar panel to charge 2 batteries for an electric bike. I know the batteries are not fully charged, but the kemo charging controller "accu full" light comes on immediately when connected and the "charging" light never comes on. I've re-checked my wiring and I know the 2 batteries aren't fully charged. I plug into the mains charger which has lights and cutoff when the batteries are charged. Any ideas what to do next. Thanks Anne

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Now we'll get to know our charge controller. Today, we'll be installing a TriStar Charge Controller. This is pretty much standard device. It takes the power from the solar panels on the roof, and regulates it down to what our batteries can safely accept. It keeps track of it, and will output through these connectors, to computer controls, or monitoring systems. This is a fairly basic one, pulse wave modulated type. They now make maximum power point tracking charge controllers, a much nicer upgrade, and they are possibly $500, so you can make your choices when you're starting your system. Start small, and add nicer components as you need them, so once you get the cover off of a standard charge controller, you see ports for your battery inputs, your solar inputs, and this one even has some DIP Switches that can be used to reconfigure this device, for different battery voltages. We can have a twelve, twenty four, or forty eight volt battery on this. We also have some multiple colored charging lights, to tell you when we've got power, when the batteries are needing charge, and when they're fully charged, as well as a switch, which will let us equalize these flooded batteries, about once a month.

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