Customer Reviews

Brunton Solar Controller 12-Volt Battery Charge Monitor

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I put this guy between the Northern Tool 15 watt solar panel and a 33ah wheelchair battery. It's doing a good job, exactly as expected. One thing that confused me at first is before you attach it to the battery both the CHARGING and BATTERY FULL light will be on, but once you hook it up to the battery it works as advertised.

I use this with a Solaris 26 solar panel. Though both products are made by Brunton, their integration is rather lame. Panel to controller hook-up is not plug-&-play easy, & will require you to buy some wire connectors from your local hardware store.

Other than that, does what it's supposed to do. It does not have a removable cover where you can disconnect the wires from the terminal & attach longer or thicker gauge wires... that would be nice.

Add this to your watch list, I purchased mine about 3 months ago for $18 after watching it fluctuate from $20-$25.

I use this controller with a 15 watt Brunton Solar Flat panel on a boat hoist that uses a 12V DC motor for the winch. The 12v battery remained charged throughout last summer with no "over charging". The controller is easy to install and provides an indication of "charging" or "charged". Amazon has a good price for this item.

I bought this charge controller to use with a 20 watt solar panel to charge a 12 volt 10 AH battery. I use the battery to power a LED light in my bathroom.

This controller is exactly like the Sunforce, Global Solar, and other 7amp charge controllers you find online. I have used this controller with 80 watts of panel without a problem. You have to follow the instructions and ALWAYS connect the unit to your battery first. When disconnecting ALWAYS disconnect your battery last. I do not leave it out in the weather so I cannot offer an opinion on its ability to resist weathering.

I would purchase it again without hesitation.

I've been using this with my solar panels since early summer this year. This does exactly what it should. The indicator lights on it are handy so you can see if your battery is receiving voltage from the panels, and you can see if you batteries are fully charged or charging.

I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to piece together a small inexpensive 12V solar power system.

Note - You may want to consider a larger capacity charge controller if you are thinking about expanding your system down the road.

I was interested in putting together a solar rechargeable 12 volt portable battery system, partly for experimentation, partly practical (with an 800 watt inverter it can power a couple lights and other electrical devices for quite a while during a power outage). I purchased the Brunton solar controller based on another Amazon review and I am very pleased with its performance. The best feature is the indicator light which shows active "charging" which lit up right away when I hooked up the solar panel. It also has "full" indicator as well.

This appears to be a high quality item well worth its price.

I've been using this unit to charge a 75ah deep cycle for almost 2 years using a Kyocera KS20 (21voc, 1amp sc)

Its simple and cheap and would highly recommend it for small battery packs and small arrays putting out less than 6amps.

It's been between a 15w solar panel and a small battery for a few months now, no issues as far as I can tell. Simple, relativity cheap, and built well.

Small, simple installation with a 12 watt panel source, maintains the 2 batteries I have on the load side very well.

This controller works very well for keeping 1 or 2 12v batteries charged on 30 - 45 W panels. I neeed to keep my Batteries at 14.2 for at least 2 hrs a day to prevent corrosion buildup and this works perfectly.