Can you use it as just a charger to charge a battery bank for a solar system when the sun's not shinning. I have kill switches on the solar system.
625498
Certainly. As long as you have 120vac shore power available to power this device, it should do the job.
625499
Yes this should work fine however this would be an expensive way to do that. Why not just use a battery charger?
625500
Works great as a battery charger, the built in charge wizard does a great job.
625501
I will have to check with my husband, we bought it to replace our old one in our motorhome. So it is possible...I just do not know I will ask him.
56632
Yes, but I would recommend changing the charge controller if leaving it unattended - only because it looks so small and flimsy with tiny wires, and mine only worked sporadically. I would pay $8 for a sunforce 7A charge controller - these seem to be the best value Ive found. I have several of them between solarpanels and car batteries in different applications and they work great and are efficient e.g. I leave one charging 4 car batteries on my boat 24/7. example...http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=controllers+sunforce
2192940
You can use solar power to charge a battery conected to this inverter , but you cannot hook the solar panels straight to the inverter.
1916004
It specifically says in the instructions that it is not recommended for that. I did not know that before I bought it. I bought it specifically to use it with an Exide deep cycle battery. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003FFTFBW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The charger maintains the battery's charge just fine, but I simply use it to keep the battery topped off for emergency situations. If I had it to do over again, I would probably get a more robust charger that puts out more amperage, say 5-10 amps.
1475612
It would not work well as a battery tender, it is really only intended to aid in starting vehicles with 13 plus volts to start. It has no trickle or maintain setting, only start. A solar battery tender or 12 volt battery tender hooked to a large deep cycle battery would do better.
1125398
It can trickle charge the battery if it is angled at the sun without any shade. If you intend to deplete the battery you will need more than a 10 watt panel.
527335
The battery is just a normal nimh type battery so that is the issue.Take the solar part out of the equation and treat it like its just another charger.
4314
This is not a good charger. Being that it has to be in the sun, it gets very hot. Batteries do not fully charge and if you plug something into it, it will burn up in the sun.
1428441
This probably could charge a battery in a pinch as long one doesn't walk off and forget about it, but isn't something to use for off season charge maintenance. Apply the cost of this to a charger design for off season maintenance.
1060823
look at it like this . a regular battery charger has a lot of power. a nice powerful solar cell will hardly light up a flash light bulb. the only way a solar cell is going to charge a battery is over a long length of time as a trickle charge. the trickle is relatively so small that it really does not matter if you put 12 or 24 volts on the battery. it's still a trickle. i put six solar cells (powerfull ones) on one battery. it charges faster but there is really just not enough power to fry a car battery. just make sure your diodes are good so that the battery will not discharge over night. the answer is yes though, and the more the better, and forget v. & i. regulators unless you have a yard full of cells again you are not generating that much power, probably, if you are like me. - i like all paralel at 12 v. though. i have no need of a 24 v. source.
406682
I don't think the solar batteries can be recharged that way but I'm not sure.Maybe contact the battery company and ask them.
200880
This is just a 12V battery (it's not a "charger" with a switch for that selection). I'd only connect it to another 12v battery/system.
1860931
Yes,, just be sure you have them hooked up correctly.. I have 2 -12 volt deep cycle batteries and 2 6 volt good cart batteries hooked up to my panels via the controller. The Sun force charger drew moisture and burned out. I replaced it with a Thunderbolt controller. It has a digital readout which is far superior to the simple/confusing light system on the Sun force controller. Also it was only $30-$5 shipping and I received it in 2 days.
1354778
You can use it while charging. Though the panels will not keep up with typical use, it will extend your time before battery depletion. The best part is, you can also charge from you house or vehicle and give yourself a full charge starting point before use. We have used ours very little, but it is well made, and all the features seem to work without flaw.
4312
It's not very powerful. It's more for emergency battery charging when nothing but solar is available. I wouldn't use it as a primary source.
1334080
it should work like any other solar charger, just do not overcharge any battery.
933678
honestly i havent set mine up yet but my plan is to hook it up to an inverter then plug a charger into the inverter. but sadly i havent had time to mess with it yet. the inverter will protect your battery from overload though i do know that. it changes the current from direct to alternating so it will become just like a wall socket when there is adequate sunshine. but honestly solar has a ton of ways to hook it up and it all depends on what you want to use it for. youtube has a million different explainations of how it can be used for different things and thats just one source. if you can respond im curious what you plan to use it for? honestly i havent set mine up yet but my plan is to hook it up to an inverter then plug a charger into the inverter. but sadly i havent had time to mess with it yet. the inverter will protect your battery from overload though i do know that. it changes the current from direct to alternating so it will become just like a wall socket when there is adequate sunshine. but honestly solar has a ton of ways to hook it up and it all depends on what you want to use it for. youtube has a million different explainations of how it can be used for different things and thats just one source. if you can... » Read More honestly i havent set mine up yet but my plan is to hook it up to an inverter then plug a charger into the inverter. but sadly i havent had time to mess with it yet. the inverter will protect your battery from overload though i do know that. it changes the current from direct to alternating so it will become just like a wall socket when there is adequate sunshine. but honestly solar has a ton of ways to hook it up and it all depends on what you want to use it for. youtube has a million different explainations of how it can be used for different things and thats just one source. if you can respond im curious what you plan to use it for? « Show Less