List Of Articles That Are Tagged Under: Charge Controllers

Sizing Your Solar Energy Panels – Part 2


Image via Wikipedia After you know where most of your household energy goes to, you are now ready to plan for your system size. For grid-tied system (without batteries and charge controllers), you only need to make sure the inverter you use is large enough to handle the power generated by the solar panels. If [...]

DIY Solar Panels — Charge Controller Basics


Image via Wikipedia If you’ve ever built DIY solar panels of a considerable size, you’ll probably come across this important component — the charge controller. The role of a charge controller is to regulate the charging voltage on the batteries. When sunlight gets brighter, solar cells produce more voltage. Excessive voltage may cause over-charging which [...]