Batteries saved by the sun

VDC Electronics
When truck batteries are not used for several weeks or longer, they go dead. To prevent this, many people are now using solar panels to keep their batteries charged. Most solar panels have a very limited output, especially in low sunlight conditions, leading to seriously shortened battery life and performance, because the batteries cannot be fully charged.

That’s why VDC Electronics Inc. has developed a “smart” Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) solar charge controller-desulphator known as the BatteryMINDer model SCC005. In addition to protecting batteries from over-under charge, its unique circuitry optimizes the solar panels’ charge rate, ensuring batteries are charged in the shortest possible time, keeping them at full-charge indefinitely, without ever overcharging. A patented high-frequency pulse circuit continually desulphates the battery’s storage plates, allowing batteries to safely accept the highest possible rates of charge in the shortest time.

Because of its pulse type output and hi-lo temperature compensation, the BatteryMINDer can be used on all types and brands of solar panels and lead acid batteries. Model SCC005 is part of a complete battery maintenance system with both the SolarGuard battery condition monitor and a high efficiency 5-watt amorphous silicon solar panel.