Hi, I’m Amy from the altE Store. We’re
going to take a look at the Midnite Solar
Classic MPPT solar charge controller family.
There are 9 models, easiest to describe divided
into two criteria, voltage and current range,
and feature set. All models are made right
here in America.
The Classic is available in a 150V DC 96A,
200V 79A, and 250V 63A model.
I have here a sampling of the models, the
Classic 250, Classic SL150, and Classic Lite
200.
All models will charge battery banks from
12V to 72V. The whole Classic Line has MidNite’s
HyperVOC feature which extends high voltage
input limits when needed. With HyperVOC, because
the voltage of silicon solar panels goes up
when it gets cold, if it happens to get colder
than you designed for, and the voltage of
your solar array goes higher than is safe
for the Midnite Classic charge controller,
instead of getting damaged from the high voltage
like other charge controllers would, it will
put itself into a non-operational self protect
mode until the panels warm up and the voltage
drops back into the safe range.
Within each of those voltage and current ranges,
there are also 3 levels of features available.
They are like the Goldilocks and the 3 bears
of charge controllers.
The Classic is their full featured model.
It has Solar, wind and hydro maximum power
point tracking modes. It has a display for
configuring and monitoring your system and
push button programming. It’s got ethernet
capabilities to remotely monitor and configure
your charge controller, and datalogging capabilities.
The Classic also has Ground Fault Protection
and is one of the few charge controllers in
the industry to have Arc fault protection.
The Classic Lite is a stripped down version
of the Classic. It can also be used for solar,
wind, or hydro. But instead of the graphical
display screen for viewing and programing,
it has an LED indicator panel with DIP switches.
The Classic Lite also comes with the free
full featured software to allow you to program,
log and monitor the Classic via a PC or ethernet.
It does have ground fault protection, but
does not have arc fault protection. The lite
is a perfect solution when you have 2 or more
Classics in the system, one can be the full
featured Classic, and the others can be the
Lite, since only one of the Classics in the
system needs to have the meter to monitor
the entire system. It also is a great solution
if you are using the remote display, so you
can monitor your system from your living space,
while the charge controller is in the utility
room.
The newest Classic SL is juuuust right in
the middle.It does not have wind or hydro
capabilities.
It is a simplified solar only version of the
Classic with streamlined menus. The Classic
SL has the graphics panel and ground fault
but no arc fault or Ethernet capabilities.
This is the perfect charge controller for
you if you have a solar system that you do
not need arc fault protection or remote monitoring
from a PC or the internet,or, you have multiple
Classics, and only need the ethernet on one
of them to remotely monitor the system.
I hope this helped you understand how to choose
the right Midnite Classic for you. Please
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