auxillary relay on a charge controller

[(unknown)]

hi everyone.  i have built a 24 foot turbine and i am planning to fly it soon.  i am still need to upgrade my batteries  but my main concern is a controller.  those  things are expensive.  i need something like the outback 60. that things about $1000.00

i will buy it if need be but i cant see why not to use a smaller controller to turn off and on the coil of a large relay.  anyone tried that before?

[dbcollen]

I am a retailer and you can get an MX-60 for less than $500 delivered.

I use the aux relays on my mx60s and in my inverters (VFX3648) to switch several diversion loads with SSRs

Dustin B. Collen

Mad River Wind and Hydro.

[(unknown)]

how much total to ship to ontario canada.  i presume you are located in usa.

thanks

[offgirdonhydro]

Outback's MX 60 is not good with turbines, it's made for PV.  I got my off grid stuff for a bit over 1/2 of what they sell it for off there site.

I have seen smaller turbines using the MX 60 and they talked about having problems with it.  

I have never tried it.  I'm solar and hydro with my off grid house.  

[claude]

Ghurd has such a controller that is simple and easy to use. Here's the link to his circuit: http://www.ghurd.info/dc.html

[(unknown)]

so is there a all in one controller for 3kw+ wind,  what does everyone use?