Controller Technology

Judging from the backlog in orders of MPPT controllers, customers are waking up to the advantages of this technology.  The old faithful Outback FM-60 and FM-80 and the newer Xantrex XW-MPPT 60 are now joined by the new Morningstar TS-MPPT 45 and 60.  Plus the Morningstar SS-MPPT 15 controller becomes very useful for smaller systems.  I predict that in five years  we will hardly be using traditional controllers.  But what is the correct way to size an off-grid system with a MPPT controller, since its impact will vary with the module temperature and with the state of charge ...

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