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Old 12-01-2015, 12:14 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Forget the 10k ohm resistor.
I am picking up a 15k Potentiometer.
That way I can fine tune it. They are practically giving away NOS electronics like that on ebay.
A 15k ohm pot should have a resistance value starting at 50 to 500 ohms and go up to 15k ohms +/- 10%.
I should be able to dial into 10,100 ohms pretty easy.

It looks like the 10 amp genasun may not be enough. The 140 watts of panels are all on and I still have a lot of room.

A few months ago I was thinking about getting the 5 amp genasun charge controller.
I usually try to get one size bigger then what I think I will actually need, so I got the 10 amp. At the time 10 amps seemed like an impossible amount of current to achieve.
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