Morningstar Prostar 15 "12V or 24V" with LVD and Meter
Morningstar's ProStar is the world's leading mid-range solar controller for both professional and consumer applications. This second generation ProStar:
- Adds new features and protections using highly advanced technology
- Provides longer battery life and improved system performance
- Sets new standards for reliability and self-diagnostics
Standard Features
- Estimated 15 year life
- PWM series battery charging (not shunt)
- 3-position battery select: gel, sealed or flooded
- Very accurate control and measurement
- Jumper to eliminate telecom noise
- Parallel for up to 300 amps
- Temperature compensation
- Tropicalization: conformal coating, stainless steel fasteners & anodized aluminum heat sink
- No switching or measurement in the grounded leg
- 100% solid state
- Very low voltage drops
- Current compensated low voltage disconnect (LVD)
- LED’s indicate battery status and faults
- Capable of 25% overloads
- Remote battery voltage sense terminals
Electronic Protections
- Short-circuit — solar and load
- Overload — solar and load
- Reverse polarity
- Reverse current at night
- High voltage disconnect
- High temperature disconnect
- Lightning and transient surge protection
- Loads protected from voltage spikes
- Automatic recovery with all protections
Warranty
- 5 Year Warranty Period
- 99.8 % of Morningstar's products never fail
Technical Specifications
| Electrical Characteristics |
| Rated solar current | 15 A |
| Rated load current | 15 A |
| System voltage | 12 V | 24 V |
| Temp compensation | -30 mV | -60 mV |
| Accuracy | 40 mV | 60 mV |
| Min voltage to operate | 8 V | 8 V |
| Self consumption | 22 mA | 25 mA |
| LVD current co efficiency | -20 mV | -40 mV |
| Charge algorithm | PWM , constant voltage |
| Operating temperature | -40 ºC to +60 ºC |
| Digital display | Operating temperature | -30 ºC to +85 ºC |
| Voltage accuracy | 0.5 % |
| Current accuracy | 2.0 % |
| Self consumption | 1 mA |
| Battery Voltage Setpoints |
| | Gel | Sealed | Flooded |
| Regulation voltage | 14.0 V | 14.15 V | 14.4 V |
| Float | 13.7 V | 13.7 V | 13.7 V |
| Equalization | an/a | 14.35 V | 14.9 V |
| Load disconnect | 11.4 V | 11.4 V | 11.4 V |
| Load disconnect | 12.6 V | 12.6 V | 12.6 V |
| Mechanical Characteristics |
| Weight | 0.34 kg |
| Wire size | 16 mm² or #6 AWG |
ProStar Options
- Digital meter
- Highly accurate voltage and current display
- Low self-consumption (1 mA)
- Includes manual disconnect button
- Displays 5 different protection functions and disconnect conditions
- Self-diagnostics (self-test) provides a comprehensive test of the ProStar Displays 9 different controller status parameters, including temperature Displays detected faults
- Positive ground
- Remote temperature probe
Downloads and Manuals
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 10 January, 2007.