Xantrex C40 Solar Charge Controller 40 Amps

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Xantrex's knowledge and experience in advanced power electronics is helping to accelerate the commercialization of emerging power systems and solutions. Brushing up against them will not hurt you (providing no conductive objects) as each cell is only 2 volts which with 12 in series is 24 volts.

All those cell towers you see everywhere have VRLA batteries that would make most home RE systems look like a couple of AA batteries. Do you understand the the current involved, size of wiring and breaker requirementsand voltage drop problems for that? If I don't care for solar assist in my home, I will move it to my hobby building and use it to power some of my hobby machines. This digital meter only mounts as a remote meter (does not fit on front of charge controller) for the C35, C40, or C60.

A simple to read, multi-color LED indicates operating status and is standard on all C Series controllers. I want to be prepared incase all hell breaks loose in America not to mention the environment and hurricanes. Xantrex Technology is a world leader in producing advanced power electronic products for the solar and mobile power markets. I want to isolate the batteries from the rest of the equipment in the cabinet and install an exhaust fan to outside to service both the battery section and the electronic section. C Series controllers may be configured for PV battery charging, or DC load control or DC diversion operation.

Whatever the charging source, the C40 Xantrex Charge Controller is sure to meet your DC controller needs. They operate in only one mode at a time, so two controllers must be used to provide both PV charge controller and low battery load disconnect.

It is all very simplistic right now, but I am confident that I have all the technical pieces to access any SE device via Modbus over TCP/IP, and feed it to any network service. As a Solar Charge Controller- When used as a solar charge controller, the C40 can control 12, 24, or 48Vdc array operation. In this mode, all power, which is not used to maintain a full charge on the batteries, is diverted to a load dump such as water or space heaters. Wow I would never use more than a 1000 watt inverter on a 12 volt system, even 1000 watts is pushing it. My next step is to create a simple service running on the Arduino that will query SE devices and produce JSON output.