Description
The Morningstar TS-MPPT-600V-48-DB is designed to handle much higher string voltages than traditional charge controllers. Because it can handle up to 600 volts open circuit (Voc) solar input, that means you can cut down on your installation time and costs. By using a high voltage string, you can use smaller wire to complete the installation and use a smaller combiner box. The unit is designed and factory preset to work only with 48 volt battery banks. It has one of the best conversion efficiency ratings in the industry and optimizes battery health with its advanced four stage charging algorithm. It also has built in electronic protection against lightning and transient surges. For off-grid PV systems with 150VDC or greater open circuit voltage (Voc) and long wire runs, this charge controller is perfect. This model also has a built-in DC disconnect box. It has a disconnect switch that will terminate the connection between the solar array and the controller. It also has room for a single battery disconnect breaker. The combination of the two can simplify and expedite your system installation time.
Specifications:
Peak Efficiency 97.9%
Maximum Battery Current 60 Amps
Maximum Open Circuit Voltage (Voc) 600 Volts DC
Input Operating Voltage Range 100 – 525 Volts DC
Nominal Solar Input 3,200 Watts, 48 Volts
Nominal System Battery Voltage 48 VDC, can be custom programmed to 24V, 36V, and 60V
Self Power Consumption 1.75 – 2.5 Watts
Transient Surge Protection 4,500 Watts/port
Wire Size Range #14 AWG – #2 AWG
Enclosure Rating Indoor Use Only
Dimensions 15.4″ x 8.7″ x 5.9″
Weight 19.8 pounds
Warranty 5 Years
The industry’s best-in-class power efficiency | Morningstar’s advanced 4-stage charging algorithm to optimize battery health
Robust thermal, mechanical and electrical design
Environmentally optimized and equipped with extensive electronic protections
Industry standard open communication protocols and interfaces for system networking, monitoring and communications
Superior lightning protection from nearby lightning-induced voltage/current spikes
Morningstar TS-MPPT-60-600V-48-DB-TR-GFPD Charge Controller Pre-Wired with Ground Fault Protection Device 60A 600VAC 48VDC 3200W. Shown with optional Morningstar TS-M-2-600V Digital Meter. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Morningstar TS-MPPT-60-600V-48-DB-TR-GFPD Controller leverages Morningstar’s innovative TrakStar&trade MPPT technology and our 20+ years of power electronics engineering excellence, to enable the widest input operating voltage range available from a solar array. This controller’s standard and DB versions are for off-grid applications.
Rated for 60 Amps, the TriStar MPPT 600V controller does much more than efficiently charge batteries; it also provides remote communications, data logging, adjustability and metering. In fact, the TriStar MPPT 600V controller is the only 600-volt PV controller to offer open communication protocols and true Ethernet-enabled functionality.
Key Features & Benefits
Morningstar’s products are built from the inside out to deliver more than twice the industry average operating life. The TriStar MPPT 600V charge controller delivers high reliability and excellent performance and features:
The industry’s best-in-class power efficiency
Morningstar’s advanced 4-stage charging algorithm to optimize battery health
Robust thermal, mechanical and electrical design
Environmentally optimized and equipped with extensive electronic protections
Industry standard open communication protocols and interfaces for system networking, monitoring and communications
Superior lightning protection from nearby lightning-induced voltage/current spikes
Applications
The TriStar MPPT 600V charge controller’s high voltage capability and flexible design enable several application scenarios including:
Adding modules incrementally with no string sizing issues
Off-grid PV systems greater than 150 Voc with long wire runs from the array to the controller
New installation grid-tie PV systems with battery back-up
Retrofitting string PV inverter systems to later add battery back-up without changing the PV array configuration
Other brands survive harsh conditions. Morningstar thrives in them.
With more than 25 years of experience and well over four million products in over 100 countries – most of them still in operation – Morningstar has truly earned its reputation for building the “world’s leading solar controllers.” At Morningstar, the word “reliability” means a lot more than a marketing adjective. Morningstar’s employee-owned culture works hard to maintain the lowest hardware failure rate in the industry, because our own reputations literally ship with every product.
That’s why system designers of the most mission-critical solar energy installations around the world insist on Morningstar components, and why you should too on your next project. From mineral mines in South America to telecom repeater stations in Canada, from gas wells in the Middle East to mountain peaks in Nepal, Morningstar technology and legendary quality make the difference between success and failure – and make renewable energy a practical, cost-effective, and long-term solution.
Morningstar’s Ground Fault Protection Device (GFPD) is an innovation for ground fault detection and interruption
for the photovoltaic (PV) industry. It has greater sensitivity and better isolation while maintaining the bond to earth
ground. Ground fault protection is used in electrical systems to prevent current from following any unintended
paths during a ground fault. Morningstar’s GFPD has been designed to meet the ground fault protection
requirements of the US National Electric Code (NEC) for grounded PV systems.
How it Works: A GFPD needs to detect any stray current and interrupt (break) the circuit until safe operation can be
restored. A current imbalance between the primary positive and negative PV conductors entering the controller or
inverter may indicate a ground fault condition. Morningstar’s GFPD will detect this condition and break the circuit
on both the positive and negative legs. Disconnecting both poles ensures interruption of the ground fault current.
Other ground fault detection/interruption products break the bond to the grounded conductor. When this occurs,
not only is the earth bond compromised, but the battery and DC loads can also be left ungrounded and floating.
For a negatively grounded system this means that the negative side of the battery and loads can float to negative
Voc in relation to ground. Morningstar’s GFPD better isolates the array from the battery and loads, while
maintaining the bond to ground.
