Go Power charge controller quit working

[tkhammond]

Go power solar controller has stopped working. No power to bmpro and no light of any kind on solar charger. Attempted power on/off, no change. Anyone experienced this or have any thoughts. Thanks. T

317RLOK 2022

[DJ in Mich.]

My Go Power 30A MPPT Solar Controller also just stopped working. No lights on and the remote display shows 0 volts for everything.

I have been on the phone with Go Power twice and communicated once via email after sending photos.

Today, I received a reply to my email that suggested the problem is either fuse, circuit breaker, or wiring. (Of course, it doesn’t narrow it down much, does it?)

I’m at a loss, too.

Good luck with yours. If I end up figuring out what my problem is, I’ll post again on here and tell you.

I have a feeling it’s going to a dealer to have them try find the problem.

[tkhammond]

Thanks for the reply. We had a small charge controller that we used to test the problem and it worked and was charging the battery, although at a very small trickle rate. We contacted our dealer and of course they suggested we bring the rig in…..3 hour drive.. We declined to bring the whole rig in. My husband is very capable and suggested we send it to them and they send a replacement. They are in receipt of the solar charger, but haven’t seen a new one back yet. We’ll call today and find out status.

Thanks. Teresa

[DJ in Mich.]

Mine is working correctly as of today.

1- When I took my motorhome out of inside storage for the winter, the chassis battery had died and the house batteries, which were used to jump start the engine, had low voltage.

2- Once home, it took awhile for me to drive the motorhome to charge my house batteries. (My solar hook up to the house batteries was incorrect, and it has always showed 0 voltage to the house batteries.) When I turned on my inverter, it said “fault” with an error code because my house batteries were too low.

3- In all of this, my solar controller was completely off — no lights on.

4- After enough driving to charge my house batteries, the solar controller came to life.

5- Today, I finally figured out how the wiring is supposed to work on the house batteries. When I bought the motorhome last April, Entegra had connected my white solar wire to my aft house battery’s negative terminal — which is correct.
But the black solar wire was connected to my forward house battery’s negative terminal — which is not correct. I moved that wire to the forward battery’s positive terminal today. As soon as I did this, my solar display showed voltage to Battery 1 for the first time ever. I now have charging to my Battery 1 (House) and Battery 2 (Chassis) from solar.

So … 1) Are your house batteries charged completely in order to get your solar controller to come to life? 2) Is your wiring from the solar controller connected properly to your house batteries and to your chassis battery?

If you are not sure, I can give you more information and even include pictures of mine for you to compare if needed.

I’m very excited that I finally have everything working properly for the first time. I hope you can get yours working properly too.

[tkhammond]

We were able to sent the Solar Controller to the dealer and they confirmed it had failed. We received a new Solar Controller about 2 weeks later. All is good on the Solar Controller.

Thanks,

Teresa