Solar controller help....

Yeah mate....."o" at the battery connections.

I heard a while ago they need a load on them to test or it will think the battery is full and switch off?.......thats why I tested it on a low battery????

Can I use the AUX connections instead of the Battery ones?
The bloddy thing has only been used half a dozen times!!!!!!

I have voltage at the panel/solar connection.
nothing at the battery connection on the solar controller?
To me that means there is voltage going into the controller and nothing coming out ( buggered) or I need a load onto test it and Im doing something wrong.

Cheers

I have one of these on my Tardis ..

When you connect that particular unit to the battery ONLY does the top LED come on ? If not - you need a new controller ...

Cheers

Steve

Sorry wrong -- Does any one of the 3 LEDs light up ? If not you have a dead controller ..

Cheers

Steve

Mine only has 2 lights. "Charging and Fully Charged"
When its connected to the Battery, they are both on?

Sorry...thats when its connected to the battery and solar panel...........Should I disconnect the solar Panel? The controller is actually mounted on the panel.

Disconnect controller and reinstall it beside the battery, paying attention as to which wires are connected in which order and make sure they are correctly attached again

Maîneÿ . . .

My one is exactly the same as the pic you put up on the original post - It has 3 LEDS - when battery is fully charged the top LED is green - when charging the next one down is orange and if the battery is very very low ( I've never seen this ) the bottom LED is red ... .

If you need a new controller let me know ...I have a few spare ones !!

Cheers

Steve

I was told to mount it on the panel so I can connect it up to any battery? Does it make any difference? Otherwise I will need a separate controller for every battery?

Can I use the Aux outlet? Its showing around 15 volt output?

Cheers

Then I will rephraise it, attach it near the battery, so it is detachable, and can still be used with any battery as it will eliminate the problem of voltage loss in the cable.

Maîneÿ . . .

Still makes no difference............Both lights on........disconnect the battery leads and no output through the battery connections and 15 volts through the AUX connections?


When the controller is attached to the panel only it still has both lights on.

Can I just use the AUX connections instead of the battery ones or is that meant for some other use?

Cheers

Hi Hairy

I would suggest you take the following steps.
[1] FIRST, Recheck ALL wiring paying particular attention to correct polarity
[2] Disconnect battery & check if it has any voltage.
I do not know for sure with Projecta but some regs need a voltage from battery to switch on.
Try charging battery from another source to see if it will accept a charge.[
3]Try with another battery.

Put small 5amp fuse in line in case you have a wrong connection to prevent excess battery current feeding back into reg
The only thing that i believe could realy "smoke" your reg is a wrong polarity connection somewhere so as above check all cons for correct polarity very caraefully

Re" Auxillary "terminals these will not control battery state of charge.

H i hairy


Edit to above
!5 v @ panels indicates a load of some sort, somewhere
If no load voltage would be higher.
So again indicates either a an incorrect connection or a shorted battery.

Hi Hairy
To me IF NO VOLTS @ battery ,it is dead flat & may not accept a charge.

If you measure 0 volts at the Battery terminals of the controller, don't blame the controller. You need to check what's wrong with your wiring.

The controller may not work at all unless you firstly connect the battery (properly) to the controller.