Solar Charge Controller 7 AMP 12 VOLT 100 WATTS

A Solar Charge Regulator aka Controller acts as voltage regulator allowing batteries to charge without overcharging.

7 amp hours at 12 volt = 12 watts of continuous usage for 7 hours OR 7x12 = 84 watts for ONE hour. 7 amps of current at 12 volt is 84 watts. Most regulators figure somewhere between the charging battery voltage and the open voltage or right at the top of a fully charged battery. 7 amps x 14 volts (fully charged battery) = 98 watts rounded to 100 watt MAX!

Some older batteries that are in poor condition, like the one I am using in this video, draws current less effectively, this is why it is only receiving 38 watts. Also, the wiring is not proper for a real installation and the panel is not at the optimal angle to the sun, this is just to show you what a "Charge Regulator" does.



It is easy to forget!!!!! I had toxic gas smelling up my yard from a smoking battery I hooked direct in the morning and by 12 noon it was destroyed! Dangerous and stupid, BY A CHARGE REGULATOR!

A fully charged 12 volt battery is 12.6 - 12.8 volts at rest and 13.6 - 14.0 volts while charging.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SOLAR
• PANEL
• CHARGE
• CONTROLLER
• HARBOR
• FREIGHT
• POLYCRYSTALLINE
• MONOCRYSTALLINE
• MULTICRYSTALLINE
• AMORPHOUS
• 7A
• 12
• VOLT
• DC
• POWER

[woodburyadpost]

@andruha11234 Plus it helps the enviroment and starts to get us away from making the other countries rich with the oil.

[tpboles]

@koulailat - Sure you can. You can have as many AH as you want. Just keep in mind the higher the AH the longer it will take the panel(s) to fully charge the battery.

[msungs]

Nice system. Great video. You got a like. Do you have a junction box between your solar panel and the charge converter? How do you hook-up the male and female from the junction box to the charge converter directly? Do you have to buy an MC extension cord and cut it in half to hard-wire it to the charge converter? Thanks for the help.

[thydusk666]

@dappa211 It takes the power from the same current that it measures. You got something simple like: left side-IN, right side-OUT. The Turnigy watt meter is sold directly by HobbyKing.

[dappa211]

what powers the Watt meter.. This might sound like a dumb question but Where does the device that tells the wattage gets its power from

[BelismartShop]

you are great!!!

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[LOPEZdJUNGLIST]

nice vid codec is slow buffer probs with the dribble of bandwidth youtube allows

[AdamW582]

Can I use this set up with the Solar Panel system from Harbor Freight? looking at the system to use as a back for my truck camper.

[carlojpf2]

Nice video I am on the planning stage of setting up a solar charged battery for my home to power up my refrigerator and probably a couple of lights and my desktop PC please help me how to choose a charge controller and inverter

1. is my inverter is 1000watts does it mean my charge controller should also handle 1000 watts?

how do i know if my refrigerator and other appliances works w/ a modified sine inverter?

thanks in advance

[usmcoth]

What is the difference between charge controllers and charge regulators?

[eturnerx]

@woodburyadpost That would be a great sentiment except that only China has the rare-earth metals used to make most of this gear.