DIY Solar PV System Controller
Take your shed, chicken coop or underground bat cave off-grid!
Get started with a simple solar power system. This kit builds a solar power regulation system to control the power from a solar panel to a 12V lead-acid battery. It provides outputs for your 12V and 5V (USB) loads.
This system is designed to make it it easy and neat to install a solar charge regulator along with fuses for safety and cable protection. There is a 12V DC car socket and terminal block output for small DC loads. The maximum load is 120W DC, so this is designed for small off-grid situations.
The solar charge controller is a good quality EPEVER VS1024AU designed for PWM (pulse width modulation) charging of sealed, gel and flooded lead-acid batteries and up to 10A of solar input and DC output.
It is for people who have a small solar panel and lead-acid battery already. These are readily available and can be sized for different applications.
Please note: Solar panel is NOT included. Battery is NOT included.
Instructions are available here.
This unit was developed for helping to teach a solar photovoltaic course so the students could get 'hands-on' and build their own solar PV power system.
The design files for the enclosure and full instructions are available here:
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