Anyone heard of this solar controller? (1 Viewer)

[Minxy]

They often don't because with a factory fit they fit the regulator behind the dash so that's where the wires go.

Ah, that might be why the regulator is in the drivers cubby hole/storage area below the offside window, I know that the wires go out of the bottom of the controller and through the panel below it towards the front/dash area so could be how it is connected to the existing pre-installed wiring.

 

[Campervan_man]

I have fitted a Sun300 to My Dethleffs Globebus.
Also came with a handy remote display.
Input 1 = shared earth { leisure battery / solar panel earth }
Input 2 = panel No1 max 150W +
Input 3 = panel No2 max 150W+
input 4 = Aux battery +
input 5 = Engine battery +

 

[Duckato]

That's an interesting little controller it's let down by very poor max VCC and quite limited total solar input which means it is not very expandable and the add on display makes it very expensive by comparison to the market leaders such as the rightly popular Epever Tracer but it does offer the ability to charge the chassis battery as well which is similar to the Voltronic range.

One caveat though it limited input capabilities at this time of year probably mean it won't even keep a leisure battery at float let alone have capacity to charge a chassis battery as well especially considering most parasitic loads are on the chassis battery so it's not something to fit and ignore

Right now in this grey gloom period despite 300W on my vans roof I am plugging it in weekly to the mains to charge everything to a true 100%

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[Campervan_man]

I was given this for charge controller & remote display for FREE, I only have room on My roof for 2 X 100W existing panels, so I will suffer in silence

 

[Duckato]

Free is exceedingly good! I got a free Volvo with a house I bought in 1987!

 

[autorouter]

Sorry, I can't see that this controller is anything like as bad as it's described. It will take either two panels, up to 100 watts each, or one single panel up to 200 watts.

The input voltage, nominally 12V, will take panels with a max voltage of 27V. That's OK for lots of the smaller panels. Not the 36V types, but there's plenty that are 22 to 26V.

And the two separate outputs is a bonus for a MH, to keep the starter battery topped up. For 2 x 100watt panels it's ideal - as long as the voltage is within the limits. And it's an MPPT type, which is better than PWM.

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[Campervan_man]

Only negative I have experienced is the remote display sometimes just shows the leisure battery symbol and voltage.
When the Sun is out it sometimes shows both batteries, Leisure and Engine { not always }.
It's on a bit of a trial. Maybe the Amps have to be up to switch batteries.
Maybe the Leisure has to be 100% to switch.
I do have a standard 20A dual Solar controller so may fit that in the future.
Not much Sun about at the moment.
It came to Me as a freebie without instructions.
When it works properly it's great, I can open the hab door and just tap the remote screen for battery info.

 

[Allanm]

Meanwhile back to the OP ... has anyone actually USED one of the controllers I mentioned?

It looks exactly the same as the one that came fitted to our Burstner, but the name on it was Antarion. Could be a generic make?
It seemed to work fine, we went away for a month over winter and it kept our battery charged using our 100w panel and no hook up.
I have changed it though to a Victron controller with Bluetooth dongle. I like to see what’s going on with it.