RICH SOLAR 100 Watts 12 Volt Polycrystalline Solar Kit

I bought this 100watt Rich solar kit because the kit cost less than me buying every thing separately.

This kit is about $80 dollars less than for me to buy wires, crimpers and other bits like z brackes.

Why i think this is only 3 stars despite the value is because the 30amp PWN has no real instructions and does not have a preconfigured AGM battery setting. and it does not monitor battery tempature. You dont Equalise AGM batteries. So the default USr battery setting could be bad for AGM batteries.

the USr (battery) option is confusing 12v okay. but “A01”
What does “A01” stand for? why can i set it all the way up to “A99”? so i played with it at “A03” hoping it would limit amp out put to 3amps so i dont cook the battery.

I decided to leave at “A01” after playing with it at “A03”. “A01” or “A03” does NOT limit amps because at that setting the PWM still put out more than 9amps on a nice +77°f day.

So is USr “A01” for setting battety amp hours? like “A35” for a 35aH battery ?
I dont know because Rich solar did not include a proper instruction manual nor did they answer my question when i submitted it a week ago.

After doing some internet digging and finding no information about Rich’s 30a PWM i may just use the GEL battery option because it does not do Equalization.

or if i use the user “USr” setting i can go to the amp page and set Equalizatio down to its lowest option if 13.0v that cant do any harm? could it?

I would hate to ruined a $80 35aH AGM battery because Rich solars $30 dollar pwm does not come with a real instruction manual.

I did boil over some fluid from the battery already with the absorption set to 14.5v on a +77°f day. it turns out my old duracell battery does not like Absorption above 14.2v on a +70°f day.

To bad Rich solar’s pwm does not come with a battery tempature monitor wire the way epever, renogy and some other charge controllers do, that way i would not be cooking my battery instead of chargeing it.

If you need to depend on your battery get a MPPT charge controller. Only use this rich 30a PWM charge controller if you charge your battery some where safe outdoors thats not going to burn up. I would not trust it much.

The lack of instructions and PWN features forces you to become a online amateur battery chemist and a part time weather guru to figure out safe settings and conditions to charge your battery. That may grow old over time. Right now this is just a new hobby for me and the hours watching bad youtube videos trying to find more insight into how to properly set Rich’s 30a pwm has left me in a fog.

Thanks Rich. I may never recover from all the many bad videos i had to watch on youtube. “High guys!”

value 3 stars. ★★★. all you had to do is make a good user manual for newbies. That 3 stars is pending my AGM battery does not go up in flames. I sugest that others use a different brand of charge controller. maybe one from a company that also sells the type of batteries you are interrested in using.

Rich does NOT look like they sell batteries on Amozon so Rich does not have intetest in answering battery questions. Unlike Renogy. Renogy sells batteries so it more likely for Renogy to respond to battery questions because they need to warranty their brand of battery and make sure their charge controllers work with what they sell.

Renogy sells GEL and lifepo4 . so you know they most likely have a charge controller for those type of batteries.

(i dont expect Amazon to post this rant.)
i dont think Rich will answer or respond to their user manual be useless.
Amazon does not have to post this review.
this would not be my first review to get rejected.

Excellent price & product. Very poor manual! But, great panels and wire. PMW is a C-.

Very happy with the quality! Easy to install on the roof of a 5th wheel trailer. Heavy duty cables and easy to install/connect charge controller. Customer service is great and recommend buying from this company.

Working good so far controller is hard to figure out no information included with kit