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Function:
- Prevent the battery from over charging, over discharging and Reverse discharging to solar panel during nights.
- Easy to install and operate, Load On 24 Hours, Smart PWM technology, high efficiency.
Specifications:
- Waterproof IP67
- Rated Voltage: DC 6V/12V
- Max input VOC: 11V@ 6V battery; 22V@12V battery
- Max Current: 5A
- Power of solar panels: 30W (5A,6V) ; 60W (5A,12v)
- Max Solar input voltage: 22V
- Float:13.8V (12V)
- Charge reconnect: 13V (12V)
- Discharge stop: 11.2V(12V); Discharge reconnect: 12.6V(12V)
- Working Temp:-10- +40degree; Weight:33g
- Q：Why does the controller stop charging from the solar panel?
- A：Disconnect, measure the voltage of the battery, and see if the controller is fully charged. If it enters the floating state, the controller will stop charging the solar panel and charge the battery with a weak current to maintain the battery loss.
- Q：Why did the load stop working after working for a while?
- A：Use a multimeter to measure the battery voltage. If the voltage of the battery reaches the voltage value of the low voltage disconnection, the controller will disconnect the output of the load terminal to prevent the battery from excessively consuming power.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
I have been using this product for several years now. They are part of charging system used on feral hog trapping. They are subject to all types of weather conditions around the year. Basically maintenance free.
Scott Branham
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023
Worked great for a few days and started smoking. The back kept coming off and the wires seem like they’re barely attached. The instructions for the lights on the side of the unit wasn’t even legible. There’s heavier duty ones on Amazon for a couple dollars more. Recommend spending the couple extra dollars.Review update…. After leaving review I was contacted by the seller offering a full refund. They stated “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience regarding your order and would like to offer you a full refund for your purchase. If you would like a full refund: please reply 'Full refund'.” I replied with full refund. Then they replied that they needed me to send it back for a full refund.I didn’t contact them for a refund because driving to a UPS store would cost more than what I paid for it. I just tossed it and ordered a better made one from another company. Customer service gets a C- for offering a refund then coming back and wanting you to return it.
Darren
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2023
I have purchased 4 of these units and have used them with 12 volt 1.7 watt solar panels mounted up in trees to power my game cameras over the winter, unattended. The charge controller works great in subzero temperatures in a very harsh environment and kept 3 of the batteries fully charged for 6 months without attention. I have only had one of the 12 volt AGM batteries these controllers charge fail on me but I think that it was because snow had covered up the solar panel it was hooked to. I would have given 5 stars if the controller had a way to set a low voltage disconnect. It could have saved my battery.
MB
Reviewed in Canada on April 7, 2023
I took it out of the box and hooked it up it will not work no lights nothing I hooked up a old one i had and it worked fine
Ray Lee
Reviewed in Australia on July 20, 2021
I bought two of these Y-solar units and both of them failed to work right after purchase. Can someone please contact me and replace these 2 units I recently bought? Thanks.
Real Tremblay
Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2021
Passable
B Sylvester
Reviewed in Canada on April 30, 2021
works well. I use it to electrify the horse fence. I used to forget to turn the inverter off and damaged the battery. This should prevent damage to the battery. The unit has a load connection which cuts out when the battery is low and does not turn on until battery voltage is 12.8 or 13V
Belisle
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2020
Easy to install and most of all it’s waterproof
BLS
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2019
Vendor support gets 5 stars, 3 stars overall because the controller was DOA.I hooked it up following the injunction clearly printed on the front of the device that said to attach the battery first. Very important. Did that and the red "load" light came on. Connected the controller to the solar panel lead, and the green "charging" light came on. Great. The battery should start to gain ground over the next few days. Came back a couple of hours later to find battery voltage had fallen bigtime, to 12.10v from 12.25v. With the sun shining. Tested battery wire at splice and found about 2v, not the expected 13.5v. Solar output voltage tested OK. I removed the controller, connected the solar panel directly to the battery (as before), and voila, voltage started rising.It was getting current again.Unfortunately, I had other things to do for six weeks before I got around to installing, so Amazon's return window had closed. I contacted the vendor and received a fast response with instructions on how to test for current and voltage and a request for photos of the resulting multimeter readings. I responded that it was not worth my time to hook it all up again, take photos, etc. In the end, I think we agreed it was DOA, and I received a full refund from the vendor the very same day. Thanks Solar-Y!
mrockwell
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2019
This charge controller works perfectly for me. I have it connected to a 10 watt solar panel and I use it to keep my boat battery charged when the boat is on the trailer. My battery stays between 12.7 and 13.7 volts all the time. I think many of the negative comments about this controller are due to it being used incorrectly. It is required to connect it to the battery first before there is any current coming into the charge controller. For me, this means I have to put a towel over my solar panel so no current is created while I connect the controller to the battery first. Then I remove the towel and the red and green lights turn on. After a couple days the green light begins to blink since it is in float mode.
Ryan Short
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2019
I connected this to a 7ah battery with a fuse between the battery and controller and the other wires to a 5amp solar panel and a timer that controls an 8 inch linear actuator. For 3 weeks now the controller has worked as advertised. Whenever the solar panel starts getting sunshine and generating energy the solar charger controller lights up green to show you that it is charging. I haven't seen it limit the power being used from the batter due to low batter charge but I can verify that my battery has not died yet from all of the equipment I have hooked up, through this controller, over drawing the battery.
PoLander
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2019
I have had this product in use for approximately four weeks. I have had to change the 12v 7a sealed battery twice. I am a knowledgeable electronic technician. I'm giving this device one last chance, then I will be pursuing a return. As described by a previous low score review the item is not performing.I am updating my review.After monitoring my system more closely, it is in a remote location, the Y controller is functioning properly. The issue was not enough solar panel to do the job. I am satisfied with this product. My system needs a panel or panels.
Steve L.
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018
Built a solar powered RaspberryPi project. Since it's outdoors in cold temperatures, I wanted to use a lead acid battery instead of LiIon. Solar Panel -> Charge Controller -> Battery & RPi. As long as you follow instructions and attach the Battery first, it seems to work fine. My only slight concern with it is that in monitoring the voltage (on the load output not directly on the battery) I'd note that the voltage goes substantially above the specified float (~14.5 V). Not sure if the battery is also seeing this. As soon as the sun goes away, the voltage drops back down to expected levels, so may be behaving properly. Anyway, it seems to be working as advertised. Note that this is a 100% on load unit, not one of the ones that shuts the load off during the day.
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