Summary of SP10
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Solar panels issued: 20.5.15 copyright © 2010-2015 campbell scientific ltd. Csl 60 user guide.
Page 3: Guarantee
Guarantee this equipment is guaranteed against defects in materials and workmanship. This guarantee applies for 24 months from date of delivery. We will repair or replace products which prove to be defective during the guarantee period provided they are returned to us prepaid. The guarantee will not...
Page 5: Please Read First
Please read first about this manual some useful conversion factors: area: 1 in 2 (square inch) = 645 mm 2 length: 1 in. (inch) = 25.4 mm 1 ft (foot) = 304.8 mm 1 yard = 0.914 m 1 mile = 1.609 km mass: 1 oz. (ounce) = 28.35 g 1 lb (pound weight) = 0.454 kg pressure: 1 psi (lb/in 2 ) = 68.95 mb volume...
Page 7: Precautions
Precautions danger — many hazards are associated with installing, using, maintaining, and working on or around tripods, towers, and any attachments to tripods and towers such as sensors, crossarms, enclosures, antennas, etc. Failure to properly and completely assemble, install, operate, use, and mai...
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Contents 1. Specifications ............................................................. 1 2. Mounting ..................................................................... 2 3. Connections ............................................................... 5 3.1 connecting the sp10r or sp30r .............
Page 11: Solar Panels
1 solar panels campbell scientific has a range of solar panels of 5w to 100w nominal power output. The sp5, sp10 and sp30 have no shunt regulator whereas models sp10r and sp30r are supplied complete with a shunt regulator. The general description and specifications given in this manual for the sp10 ...
Page 12: 2. Mounting
Solar panels 2 common specifications maximum temperature range: -40 to +85°c maximum system voltage: 50 v warranty on power output (90% of initial power): 10 years 2. Mounting figure 1 general view of sp5 /sp10 with its mounting bracket a hinged bracket is provided which allows the angle of the pane...
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User guide 3 it is also possible to mount the panel on the leg of a tripod, but this may limit the range of angles at which the panel can be set. The sp5/sp10 bracket is not fitted to the solar panel before shipping and should be attached as follows (see figure 2): 1. Assemble the m8 bolts through t...
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Solar panels 4 figure 3a. Assembly drawing for fitting the multi-mount bracket to a larger panel figure 3b. Solar panel mounted on pole using the multi-mount bracket.
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User guide 5 if using band clamps the `v’ bolts are removed and a band clamp fed through the slots at either side of the bracket close to the holes where the `v’ bolts feed through. Two clamps are normally used, one top and one bottom. For very large poles (150 mm up), the body of the bracket (which...
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Solar panels 6 the sp10r and sp30r panels are supplied with shunt regulators suitable for 12v lead-acid batteries. The connection is normally made at the battery terminals. In contrast, the sp10 and sp30 are designed to connect to the terminals of the battery charging circuit of the type fitted to t...
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User guide 7 led comes on when the regulator has shorted the solar panel. The led can be used to check operation of the panel and as an indication of the state of charge of the battery. As an initial test of operation of the panel, connect the regulator as shown, but do not connect the battery; leav...
Page 18: 4. Optimum Battery Size
Solar panels 8 prevent the maximum amount of energy passing from the panel into the battery during sunny conditions. If used in a high current application, although there is no risk of overcharging the battery, the charger may get hot, especially when solar radiation is very high. This can be minimi...
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User guide 9 of the panels. To work out this figure the details of the exact site of installation are required. This is because the amount of energy that can be captured varies with latitude and local climate. It is generally advisable to have at least one month’s capacity in the battery, assuming t...
Page 20: 5. Precautions
Solar panels 10 campbell scientific does not recommend using the chargers built into the rechargeable cr3000/cr6 dataloggers, or the ps150 series power supplies to charge large external batteries. It is also generally inadvisable to connect panels with a greater output than the sp30 (i.E. 30w) to th...
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