Re: [RE-wrenches] BZ Products Charge Controllers

[Roy Butler]

Nathan and Dan, We've used the BZ 250 and 500 MPPT controllers here in our shop. They worked well until we used them on our 2 meter amateur radio repeater solar/ battery power supply system. For some reason, they were overly sensitive to RF from the transmitter and the front ends blew in both units. In the interest of full disclosure, this was several years ago when these units first came out and they may be much more robust now. And you are correct, they do fill a current and price niche! Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer® NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC 8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807 607-324-9747 www.four-winds-energy.com Join us at the 9th Annual Small Wind Conference A Gathering of Installers, Manufacturers, Dealers, & Distributors June 18 and 19, 2013 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin www.smallwindconference.com Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 4/10/2013 4:19 PM, Dan Fink wrote: Nathan;  I was just about to ask exactly the same question here on the Wrenches list. The BZ controllers seem to fill an amperage niche vs price point that we need here for small  MPPT 12v - suresine systems deployable by helicopter, canoe etc. We don't need UL listing for these systems.  I'd love to hear reports on these controllers from other Wrenches before I buy any of them and haul them out into the bush. Dan Fink, Executive Director; Otherpower Buckville Energy Consulting Buckville Publications LLC NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers 970.672.4342   On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Nathan Stumpff <nat...@arcticsun-llc.com> wrote: Hello wrenches,   Anyone have any experience with BZ Products charge controllers? Kind of thin website (http://bzproducts.net/) but it seems like a pretty slick way to be able to use the ubiquitous 60 cell panels in small systems, if the controllers are quality.   Any thoughts appreciated.   Thanks, -Nathan _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org

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