KID Manual Firmware 1797 REV D

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The Kid Solar Charge Controller Instructions
STATUS BUTTON: There are a few status screens available at the touch of the Status button.
The first (left) screen shows:
The 9.5a as depicted above represents the battery output current.
BULKMPPT shows the state that the charger is in. BULKMPPT means the KID is going all out to put all
available energy into the batteries.
The 1 2.7V represents battery voltage.
The SOLAR shows it is in Solar mode.
The 257W shows the instantaneous wattage going into the battery.
push the right arrow key to bring up the second status screen shown below.
This second status screen is showing the PV array voltage and battery voltage. The PV array voltage
corresponds to the Max power voltage from the PV array for the present conditions.
Push the right arrow key to bring up the third status screen.
This third status screen is showing input from the WBJr.. In this display 9.5 amps are going to the
batteries, State of Charge is 93% and 372 Amp hours remain in the batteries.
Push the right arrow key to bring up the fourth status screen.
9.5A BULKMPPT
12.7 Solar 257W
Input Battery
59.6V 13.5V
9.5a SOC 93%
372Ah Remaining
KWhr Kid Ahr
0.0 0.0
Load: Manual
0.0a Off
This fourth status screen is showing what mode the Load is in, the current that the load is drawing and
whether the load is on or off.
Push the right arrow key to bring up the fifth status screen.
This fifth status screen is showing daily power produced in Kilowatt hours and Amphours.