MidNite Solar Kid Manual

The KID Solar Charge Controller Instructions
STATUS BUTTON/SCREENS: The KID has several status display screens showing voltage,
charge mode, temperatures, currents, and voltages. These screens are displayed any time that the
LCD is on and you are not in a menu.
If you press the STATUS button the following screens will be displayed. The first screen
is displayed by default and the others are available by pressing the right arrow. The left
arrow will step back through the status display screens.
9. 5A BULKMPPT
12. 7 Sol ar 257W
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.
Input Battery
59. 6V 13. 5V
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.
9. 5a SOC 93%
372Ah Remai ni ng
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.
Load: Manual
0. 0a Off
This fourth status screen is showing what mode the Load is in,
Each screen will display for
a few seconds and then
the current that the load is drawing and whether the load is on or off.
advance to the next.
Push the right arrow key to bring up the fifth status screen.
You may press any key
KWhr
KID
Ahr
anytime to stop auto
scrolling. Scrolling may be
0. 0
0. 0
disabled in the LCD Menu.
This fifth status screen is showing daily power produced in Kilowatt hours and Amphours.
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for five minutes the display will
cycle through the status and
temperature screens.
When The KID has been idle