This controller is a pretty good addition to a solar/wind combo. Basically, all they do is divert load from battery charging duties to a load diversion (resistor bank or water heating element):
Schneider Electric C40 PWM Charge controller
This used to be a Xantrex product, but Schneider took over and is hopefully going to take it up a notch. I notice that they added the black heat-sink to this unit over the old Xantrex model. Xantrex makes decent inverters and I am using the 1000W and 2000W models in my smallest power generation package with AGM batteries (more to come later). I most likely will get the 6000W and the 1500W units out at the same time.
On the 6000W unit, I am STILL looking for something that communicates with the other elements of my system via network port. Most of these are stand-alone (and that is okay, too), but I would like something that is just slightly more seamlessly integrated. This is the final piece of my puzzle. If I can find nothing better, I punt and go with the standby.
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