TS MPPT 60 first impressions

OldMan

Note to self: Avoid Morningstar.

Estragon

Why?

mike95490

OldMan said:

Note to self: Avoid Morningstar.

Thems some bold words pardner.  You prepared to back that up with something ?  I gots a pair of MPPT's and a Sunsaver that are just plumb offended.

mcgivor

OldMan said:

Note to self: Avoid Morningstar.

One of the better products with excellent support, what's to avoid?  

mryimmers

Mine is still getting a big 2 thumbs up!!!!!

bill von novak

mcgivor said:

OldMan said:

Note to self: Avoid Morningstar.

One of the better products with excellent support, what's to avoid?  

Agreed.  Morningstar, Prosine (now Xantrex) Outback and Midnite are definitely top tier manufacturers.

OldMan

Estragon said:

Why?

Too rich for my blood. I'll take Fangpusun.

Estragon

OldMan said:

Estragon said:

Why?

Too rich for my blood. I'll take Fangpusun.

That's your prerogative.  You might have included that in your post though, as it could be taken as slagging MS quality or whatever.

I have Morningstar inverter and PWM charge controllers, all of which do what they're supposed to quite reliably so far.

littleharbor2

Estragon said:

OldMan said:

Estragon said:

Why?

Too rich for my blood. I'll take Fangpusun.

That's your prerogative.  You might have included that in your post though, as it could be taken as slagging MS quality or whatever.

I have Morningstar inverter and PWM charge controllers, all of which do what they're supposed to quite reliably so far.

And, If and when, you need tech support or warranty support Morningstar is unbeatable. Try that with the copycat company. Likely you will never get a reply to any inquiry. 

mike95490

OldMan said:

Too rich for my blood. I'll take Fangpusun.

That's hardly an excuse to "avoid" a specific mfg.   Product cost is hardly something to tout as a reason to avoid.  It's up  front, no hidden fees.  And for a superb product thats in the top tier, that's basically set and forget, up front cost avoids a lot of worry and issues. Once you have the first hot summer month under your belt to weed out infant failures, it's pretty much going to run till something external kills it.

mryimmers

TS MPPT 60 chugging along just fine. Hardly ever come by here any more because it just works, take care all!!!

mryimmers

So, an update on my TS-MPPT 60

The battery charging part of this controller has worked flawlessly for as long as I've had it, no issues.

Where I have has issues is on the monitoring side of things. I have gone thru 3 of the remote displays. They work for some time, then one day, just a blank screen. Morningstar has provided replacements under warranty. I have given up on the remote displays.
As mentioned earlier in this thread I have struggled with the ethernet connection also, I have not been able to connect for a number of years, I have mostly written it off to my lack of computer skills.
Last week I decided again to try to connect via ethernet to no avail. I pulled the CC out and took it home to better "bench test", no joy. Contacted Morningstar to see if any helpful advice was available. Not really.
Even tried the serial port but got nothing, although that seems to be a known issue, as only 1 brand serial/usb cable is said to work well. I don't have it.
So being that all my issues are with communication ports, I see all these ports are on the same circuit board, I am wondering if my board is bad. Unit is out of warranty obviously. Was sort of suprised when Morningstar said they have no parts, and do no repairs. Just replace if problems arise. I guess that is more straight forward.
Anyway, unit still charging everyday, just no access to any info, good thing I have a tri-metric.
Perhaps if I was more tech savvy I might have recognized there was an issue earlier on and could have gotten it replaced under warranty.
Owell, it is a good solid CC, would buy it again as I think my issues are pretty isolated.