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What are your thoughts on these controllers?
« on: March 12, 2014, 04:32:16 PM »

  I know that typically Cheaper=lower quality. But I was just wondering if any of you have one of these controllers. What do you think of them?

  http://windandsunpower.com/Store/Controllers
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Re: What are your thoughts on these controllers?
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2014, 05:07:24 PM »
Relays *will* wear out and/or stick open or closed, risking serious damage I'd say!

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Re: What are your thoughts on these controllers?
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2014, 10:06:17 PM »
I too took a look at the link, and I'm wondering what kind of controller you are actually looking for?
Do you already have Solar or Wind?
Solar controllers to not normally play nice with wind.
If you have a setup and are looking for a way to get your feet wet and not brake the bank doing so, and are looking for a simple inexpensive controller have a look at GHURD's diversion controller.
It's well tested and openly tested by several people on this forum.
An added plus it's less than 1/2 the $$ of the ones on the link.
To see the unit  and get a bit more info the link is ghurd.info.
He's a moderator on this forum and usually answers posts PMs of emails quickly.
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Re: What are your thoughts on these controllers?
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2014, 11:07:23 AM »
not to start some slander war, but if it were me, i'd steer clear of that company. 

google this site, and you'll get plenty of reasons why. 

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Re: What are your thoughts on these controllers?
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2014, 02:46:56 PM »
birdhouse is talking about windandsolar  ;)
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Re: What are your thoughts on these controllers?
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2014, 03:50:17 PM »
Ditto that company is bad news plus their shipping rates are the highest out there last I looked a few months ago.

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Re: What are your thoughts on these controllers?
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2014, 10:27:09 PM »
In my meanderings about the inter webze I have heard nothing good about them, given the size of the the web, that's saying some thing!

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