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Does the MidNite Solar CLASSIC 150 charge controller work with wind turbines?

Posted by Kyle McCollum, Technical Support for MidNite Solar on Oct 22nd 2018

Does the MidNite Solar CLASSIC 150 charge controller work with wind turbines?

Yes, The MidNite Solar CLASSIC 150, 200, and 250 provides solar, wind, and hydro MPPT modes. The CLASSIC SL only works with solar power.

All wind turbines create wild AC which will need to be rectified at the wind turbine or further down. In a wind application, AUX 1 and 2 are usually used to control a wind clipper. The CLASSIC will then have to go to a rectifier to change the wild AC into DC.

You would need to select the CLASSIC based on the voltage you expect the wind speed to generate.

You may also need the MNSTOPSWITCH for each turbine to shut it down and prevent the turbine from spinning. You may also need a circuit breaker between the battery and the charge controller and another one between wind turbine and the charge controller, perhaps another one between the rectifier and the charge controller. You may also need the MNBABYBOX or the MNBIGBABY depending on the number of circuit breakers you decide to use and the size of the breakers.