Thread: MPPT solar controller

Morningstar psm-30. This is a great solar charger, i run this and have installed many of these in vans etc..however i think your solar panel is to small.

PS30M are good for the price

MPPT regs are generally bigger in size and of a much! higher price, but they extract alot more from the panel/s

I'll be setting up 2x200W and a morningstar TS-MPPT-45 when I'm back in the country, with for 6V batteries

80W is not very big at all, considering thats peak, in ideal conditions, you would be lucky to get it to spit a bit over half that out for a sustained perios of time, time to purchase some 200W

I've done a few of the ts60's, way overkill for camping but good for small stand alone systems, generally the ones i've done have done have had 12 or so panels
Ps30m is more than enough for a camping set up with acouple of panels.

Originally Posted by Vern

I've done a few of the ts60's, way overkill for camping but good for small stand alone systems, generally the ones i've done have done have had 12 or so panels
Ps30m is more than enough for a camping set up with acouple of panels.

MPPT is upto 30% more efficient, with better features and battery care, its customers choice, I'd be happy with PS30m

Looks like I may need another 80 watt panel and put both in parallel to the controller. The 80 watt panel fits neatly on the LHS gull wing door which why I purchased it. An additional panel would have to go on the opposite door as I carry a tinny.
So you don't think a Good MPPT controller will get enough out of the one panel? The aux battery only runs the engel and occasionally a light when I'm looking for gear in the back.
Thanks

Graham

A good MPPT controller is $$, an 80W panel is cheap

I gave one away (80W panel that is) just a while ago, pulled it off a van ages ago as it wasn't really cutting it trying to charge 3 AGM's

Oh yeah true, but for two panel? In series or parallel? Overkill for just two panels.
How many a/hr batteries?

Originally Posted by Graz

Looks like I may need another 80 watt panel and put both in parallel to the controller. The 80 watt panel fits neatly on the LHS gull wing door which why I purchased it. An additional panel would have to go on the opposite door as I carry a tinny.
So you don't think a Good MPPT controller will get enough out of the one panel? The aux battery only runs the engel and occasionally a light when I'm looking for gear in the back.
Thanks

Graham

May be look at a good fold out kit. I'm trying one out whilst in tassie, 150watt, built in reg, seems to be going fine, but haven't stopped for more than 3 nights yet. Its charging a 120a/h battery, running a 50litre waeco, led and flouro lights, 600w inverter charging phones, tablet, I pods, torches etc...