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Old 05-08-10, 06:34 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by kbhale View Post
I'm trying very hard to use every watt of power I can from the panels. Started to develop this nagging fear or obsession in back of my mind that the charge controller might see the batteries full and shut down.

On the other hand I'm very content with all I've been able to do with the 270 watts of panels and a few batteries.

Good price for the two panels.

I have 3 of these little chargers

on one little 5-10 watt panel.. Two of them are old car batteries that I can
use for lighting etc, in case of grid failure.
The other is outside, charging the tracker battery..
And, there are times when all the 'Charged' green LEDs are on..
Yeah, I do think about the 5 or 6 watts that's not being used..

But I don't think it's ever going to be an obsession,
unless I start buying some real wattage!

Cheers,
Rich
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