Tuesday, Jul 28, 2009 at 22:43
Only as complicated as the picture shows, insert the 'Neg' and 'Pos' cables where indicated by the little diagrams and the word so there is no mistake, just so simple you can't make a mistake - unless your blind.
There's nothing the owner needs to do once the Regulator has the 6 cables connected, as it's then all done automatically, whether it's neg or pos earth is not relevant, my picture shows (-) earth installation, the only cables are those you can see here.
A big drawback with the Morningstar ProStar is it must be set-up on a wall (vertical) it can't be laid down (horizontal)
The ProStar screen is much smaller and is more difficult to read at a distance, (when compared to the Steca) I mean who wants to get up close and personal each time just to read the much smaller ProStar screen, the Steca LCD screen can be read very clearly at 2 Mtrs.
The ProStar is protected against all faults EXCEPT a reversed battery connection together with a polarized or short circuited load.
The ProStar connector terminals will only accept a maximum wire size of AWG #6 /16 mm2 multistrand cable, whereby with the Steca you can use much thicker 22 mm2 multistrand cable.
Both regulators have a Boost charge of ~14.4 Volts, but the German made Steca Regulator also has the increased benefit of an automatic *equalization charge* of 14.7 Volts too.
Yes, obviously only valid reasons for me not to use the smaller ProStar reg.
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