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Solar Basics (At Home!): What are solar charge controllers?

By Kelsey Misbrener | December 2, 2020

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Solar Basics is a video series by Solar Power World created to help installers learn about the business, tools and tricks of the solar power trade.


Customers who want a hybrid solar + storage system that can sell solar-generated electricity during the day and store that power for use at night, during an outage or during peak times will need a solar charge controller. Learn more about the role of this important component in this Solar Basics video, based on the story: How to select a solar charge controller.

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Kelsey is senior editor of Solar Power World.

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