Charge controller 24V to 12V

[estel3an]

Good day,

I'm looking for a charge controller that can convert 24V to 12V but not an MPPT. I know that the charge controller will have only about 50% efficiency but its ok.
If someone can provide me a brand name or model.

Best regards.

[BB.]

You should be able to use any 12/24 volt PWM charge controller. It will have the input voltage rating to work with "24 volt" panels (really Vmp~35 volts) and will regulate to 12 volts (if programmed correctly) for your battery bank.

There is really no "voltage conversion" going on... The battery bank simply "clamps" the array voltage to ~14.5 volts or so while charging. Then the charge controller turns off and the array voltage goes back to Voc-array.

The Xantex C40 is rated to 125 VDC maximum input voltage (and 12/24/48 volt battery banks).

-Bill

[estel3an]

Thanks for the info, that is what I was looking for!

[niel]

keep in mind that you will lose power when using overvoltaged pvs on pwm.