solar regulator

Hi Dean,

just connect it all togehter and it'll work....soso.

Don't expect long battery life from the solar regulator which came with your solar panel though.
These units are generally not multistage charging capable, which is what you want for a deep cycle battery.

cheers, Peter

Hook it up to a fully charged battery and see what voltage you get at the battery. The regulator that came with my 120W folding panels regulates to 13.7V - same as the float voltage of your battery. They are a fairly simple cheap regulator. I moved this regulator to the Tvan's panel and hook the folding panels up to the Ctek D250S on the Landcruiser.

one of the morningstar range - perhaps a sunsaver - which aren't too expensive would do the trick if you want to change the regulator.

mh

Hi Dean,

Wondering if you bought the same panel I bought.

Mine came with a faulty regulator that was putting full panel voltage to the batteries.

A friend bought the same item from same seller in January & had the same issue as well.

My suspicion is this:-

The panel came supplied with 2 sets of leads attached with alligator clips on each. These were wrapped up in a plastic bag inside the panel.
I think what happened was these leads were all shorted together when I unpacked the panel in the sun & straight out of the box put power into a short circuited regulator.

Reg was a CMP 12. Panels were Rich Solar.

Seller replaced it without a hassel, but in the meantime I bought one from JayCar so I could use the panels over the Easter holidays.

Cheers

Phil