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Solar Regulators and Controllers
Solar regulators or controllers are essential for any system that includes a solar panel. There are many different solar regulators, from the basic to the advanced. . A basic regulator includes a LED (red, orange or green to indicate state of charge). They ensure that the battery is not overcharged (without a regulator, the solar panel will continue to charge at full capacity while there is sufficient sunlight, even if the battery cannot handle the extra charge). They also have a diode, so the solar panel does not ‘backfeed’ at night (draw power from the battery instead of putting it in).
Morningstar regulators
6.6 amp regulator
Our price: $59.00
12 amp regulator
Our price: $145.00
15 amp regulator w/LCD
Our price: $264.00
20 amp regulator w/LCD
Our price: $299.00
10 amp regulator w/LCD
Our price: $319.00
Plasmatronics Regulators
20 amp regulator
Our price: $339.00
40 amp regulator
Our price: $435.00
60 amp regulator
Our price: $660.00
ICP regulators
15 amp regulator
Our price: $319.00
30 amp regulator
Our price: $364.00
10 amp regulator
Our price: $137.50
20 amp regulator
Our price: $259.00
More advanced regulators use such features as pulse width modulation (PWM). Without
getting to technical, PWM tapers the current slowly and according to the battery
state of charge, instead of the old system of ‘on or off’. Some regulators such as
the Outback MX60 utilise state of the art technology called Maximum Power Point Tracking
(MPPT). Basically it tracks the optimum voltage level at regular intervals, and alters
the voltage and current to the maximum power point. The benefit of this is when the
sun is going down, or it is cloudy etc, the voltage naturally drops, and the MPPT
increases the current while reducing the voltage. Some of our customers have obtained
30-