Hello All!
I purchased from Harbour Freight a 45 Watt Solar Kit. This kit has what I believe is a Solar DC Charge Controller but I'm not sure if that's what it really is??
Here's where my concern comes from:
The current kit that you find on Harbour Freight's website shows a "Digital" Charger controller, however, I bought my kit 2 years ago and at that time the Charger controller that came with those kits are much different in appearance than what is currently being offered and sold with the kits of today.
Mine, for example, has on the back panel a +- post for the battery and a +- post for the Solar panels. Between the two is a round black cap. When unscrewed the fuse is found inside.
The front panel has on the left side both a Working & Charging light. Then there is a row of LED voltage indicators running north to south like this
---> 15.0 V
---> 13.5 V
---> 12.0 V
---> 10.5 V
On the bottom of the panel and aligned from the bottom right is a row of 6 empty terminals into which can be plugged "jacks" of various sizes. The terminals are like this:
12V 12V 12V 9V 6V 3V
Then in the top right corner of the panel is a on/off switch.
So my question is for those that have the same unit I just described. Is this unit a "DC Charge Controller" or not?
Thanks for taking the time to read this post and for the insight you have to offer
Thank you.