Solar Charge Starter Kit MPPT Charge Controlle

Shortly after the clocks went back drastically reducing daylight hours, the batteries were discharging very quickly so that my garage electric roller door failed to operate and after carrying out several tests, I proved this was because the invertor, even when no 220/240v load was being drawn, draws a significant amount of constant standby energy from the batteries that the solar panels cannot replace fast enough to ensure there’s enough backup on dull rainy days and overnight, which was never an issue in the spring/summer months.

I wanted to make my little workshop / shed off grid so bought this kit on a Black Friday deal so got 20% off original price. Does it work, yes - pretty damn well. I've actually added another panel and battery to the set up as well. I use it for charging all my tool battery's, bench grinder, running my rabbits airflow / fan system in the summer, internal shed lights and also an external flood light for the garden (Not all at once). Granted I'm an electrician but for those who aren't it is really easy to set up, basically plug and play. You will have to cut some cables to length but basic tools are all that's needed. Only thing I would say to watch out for is that if you intend to by a kit like this and maybe extend it, plan it out as you will need to buy new male/female connectors to accommodate extra panels etc

Has proved reliable. Comes without extras such as earthing equipment and safety fuses / breakers , you may spend a few hundred more than you expect to make this safe . The seperate inverter and charge controller work well and being separate means you can upgrade these separately , also fault find/replace easily whereas if you have an allinone unit it means your whole system may go down with a fault and if it's just the charge controller replacing a controller by itself costs very little. Making this a more versatile system. Instructions are poor if non existent apart from the manual for inverter and charge controller. Battery's great 👍

This is my first foray into the world of Solar Power. The kit all seems of good quality and is relatively straightforward to assemble. As the pictures show, I've installed the product in and on my shed but augmented it with an additional panel. The kit doesn't take up much room so is ideal for a shed installation. The only thing I would say is the small size of the inverter limits what devices you can power significantly. It certainly powers my garden strimmer well and my shed lighting. I'm very happy with my purchase.

Based on my test of this 100 W solar panel, I like the flexibility and light weight feature and tested its efficiency in day light and under artificial light the maximum efficiency at which it converts solar irradiations into electrical output power is about 18%. COnsidering, I managed to generate maximum 76.4 W with it under the full day light in a sunny UK North weather.