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Sunforce 60032 30 Amp Digital Charge Controller

Sunforce 60032 30 Amp Digital Charge Controller

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Brand: Sunforce
Category: Automotive Parts And Accessories

List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $94.22
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 4381

Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 4.2 x 7.2 x 2

MPN: 60032
Model: 60032
UPC: 787769777991
EAN: 0787769600329
ASIN: B000FIWKQE

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Features:
  • Charge controller prevents overcharging of 12-volt batteries
  • Intended for use with 12-volt solar panels
  • Handles up to 30 amps of array current and up to 500 watts of solar power
  • Continuously display the charging current or battery voltage on the LCD digital meter
  • Automatically indicates the charged condition of your battery on the LED bar graph

Accessories:

  • Sunforce 50032 15 Watt Solar Battery Charger
  • Battery Bug Starting BB-SBM12 Battery Monitor

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Digital controller links solar panels together and prevents 12V batteries from overcharge and discharge. Unit reduces overall system maintenance and prolongs battery life.


Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Affordable but not efficient   November 1, 2008
Andy Baird (Princeton, NJ US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The Sunforce #60032 controller is a decent product at a reasonable price. Unfortunately, it doesn't include maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technology, so it wastes about 15-25% of the incoming power, especially at times of low solar input (which of course is when you need it most). To be fair, no charging controller that I know of in the under-$100 price range has MPPT, so I'm not knocking the #60032's value--just pointing out that if you're planning on spending the money for hundreds or thousands of watts of panels (like one recent reviewer), it probably makes sense to spend another hundred bucks and get an MPPT controller (e.g., Blue Sky or Heliotrope models) that can milk the maximum power from that expensive array... instead of throwing away part of it, as this unit does.


5 out of 5 stars solar controller   October 25, 2008
R. cornell
perfect product for my needs. I am using it to control my 500 watt solar
array. Works perfect, easy to install. Will purchase another when I expand
to 2000 watts.follow up: it failed after 8 or 9 days, amazon is replacing it free of charge, but this is something that cannot fail or my lights go out.



5 out of 5 stars Sunforce Solar Charger Review   May 25, 2008
Harold Scurlock (Great Falls, Montana United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Charge Controller was easy to install and works as advertised. Much better product than the one I replaced. Very happy with it.


4 out of 5 stars Very effective charge controller   July 15, 2007
David F. Doler
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

It works exactly as advertised. A little pricey, but worth it for the rock solid performance and reliability.

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