Looks the part.
I must do some real research on what resistor I need to go across the 10m to get some semblance of control and still not have a shut down i don't want or need.
My controller is pretty grungy, and the pwm freq is fairly low, so the spikes are probably significant... must get some time allocated for this dammit.
Wolv, the broken panels are out on another farm down the south of the island.... may never get a picture in the short term at least.... will try to remember.
Also if I can get some time I will get some pics of the new controller/charger... I did mean to do an article on both the 15kw inverter and the 3kw charge controller and charger.......... and the grid tie controller,shutdown system..... gee where does the time go???
Interestingly, if you set the grid tie controller to say 60v, and the solar control for 58v, the hysteresis on the grid tie is such, that it bulks up to 60v, the (off grid) grid tie shuts off, and the solar controller maintains the absorb at 58v till the sun starts to fail.....at 56v, the grid tie starts up again, trying to get the last of the days sun No point in pretending to float, as cyclic batteries neither need that function, nor is it even remotely called for with cyclic use flooded cells on solar in my mind..... happy to entertain a counter argument though, but thats how i see it. Flooded cells will thrive on incidental over charge, but die on under charge.
As I can make over 700 liters of <1ppm water every day, water for the batteries is not an issue.
..............oztules