Customer Reviews

HQRP 10A Solar Panel Power Battery Charge Controller / Regulator 12V / 24V 10 Amp 150W with PWM Type of Charging plus HQRP UV Chain / UV Radiation Health Tester

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I use this controller with a 50W 12V panel to charge a deep cycle battery as part of a self-sufficient porch lighting system. HQRP Controller works great!

This item appears to be made well and performs well to date. The enclosed instructions were inadequate, but reading other reviews helped sort it out.

I use it to regulate a solar panel for battery maintenance in a RoadTrek RV that is parked away from AC electricity source.

Radio shack provided a nice cigarette lighter type plug-in connector and I had on hand some appropriate marine 12 V. insulated wire so installation was quite simple. The solar panel sits on the dash when in use.

I've had this unit installed on my RV for over a year now. Works great. I used it to replace another brand unit that had gone bad from age. I like the LED display on this HQRP model. It seems to charge better than the other brand unit too. It was so simple to install and the wiring looks a lot neater in my RV than the other unit did. Yes, the instructions about how the LED lights work and what they indicate is a challenge to understand. But, once you figure it out, I like it. I'm using 2 panels off this controller. One 50W HQRP panel and one 100W panel of another brand that I paid too much for years ago. I bought the HQRP panel and controller on Amazon from Osprey Talon.

This product is a piece of garbage. I thought it would be a cheap fix for my 85 watt sunwise panel in my back yard. I turned out to be a cheap and flimsy. I checked and rechecked the wires to make sure they where secure. Then I tested the panel and battery which where operating correctly. This led me to the controller which I needed to shake to get some lights to light up. I would not waste my time or energy on this product.

Actually, I do not know how this product works. Once again the seller was not misleading, the reason for a 3 is that I do not know how it is supposed to work. I thought I had ordered a solar panel for some reason. A panel intending to charge up a 20 volt laptop, and a 12 volt portable power station. The 12/24 volt charger is what made me think that. It's actually a charger, and not a panel, so I ordered the wrong thing. This is not the seller's fault, the instructions are fine.
While the seller could probably tweak the information a little to address jugheads like me, the information was clear in the ad. I just order the wrong thing.