Larry Were the failures on 12 or 24v systems?
Thank you, Maverick Maverick Brown BSEET, NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ® President & CEO Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc. Office: 512-919-4493 Cell: 512-460-9825 Sent from an iPhone. On Jan 23, 2011, at 9:58 AM, <la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote: > Jason, > Not much to elaborate on. A single 200 watt Sanyo module, about 25' of 8 > gauge wire, lowest temperature 20 degrees. When the SunSaver controllers > fail, they cause a short circuit at the battery terminals. Morningstar > handled the warranty as they do all SunSaver warranty's, quickly sending > replacements with return postage for the defective unit. We have had 4 > SunSaver failures since November 1. > > I sell 150+ charge controllers at our retail store each season (Nov. ~ Dec.), > most of which are MPPT. Reliability is critical to me and I pay very close > attention to failures. Most of my customers are mobile and not able to return > to our store if a product fails. I have tested and sold many MPPT models. The > Phocos MPPT controller I was evaluating failed and we have had our share of > Outback and BZ controller failures. Blue Sky Energy has had a few bad > controllers but compared to the volume of BSE products we sell (over 1100) > they have been the most reliable. I have not yet tested Steca, TriStar, or > Xantrex MPPT controllers. > > Larry > Starlight Solar Power Systems > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] 10A Charge / load controller > From: Jason Lerner <wapa...@rockisland.com> > Date: Sat, January 22, 2011 11:56 am > To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > > Hi Larry, > > I am curious about the failures you have had, could you elaborate? > > Thanks, > > Jason Lerner > Waldron Power and Light Co. > > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Starlight Solar, Larry Crutcher wrote: > >> I have had failures with the Sunsaver MPPT. I have used them with a single >> Sanyo module in small battery systems. Perhaps they just can't handle the >> 50.9 Voc. >> >> Larry >> Starlight Solar Power Systems > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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