Renogy 40 Amp charge controller repair

A tricky repair on a Renogy 40 Amp charge controller. Not a easy repair but with some work it will live to charge another day.

[rickl]

Wayne, you are a man of many talents! Nice repair. Thanks for sharing. I love watching videos of people who know how to repair things.

[nomadicfanatic]

good thing you took a little more time to figure out a solution. lol. That looks really clean. I never use my load terminals either.

[RutherfordTony]

You are by far the Jack of all trades! Great job Wayne! I have that same charge controller and what I learnt from you is good to know.

[Aethelwulf_Freawine]

Good job in an awkward situation. Always good to think outside of the box. Excellent camera work! Cheers!

[IamDerick]

Hey nice video, you really could have used some rosin flux with a syringe applicator makes the heat transfer faster and prevents quite a bit of oxidation for cleaner connections. Excellent field repair! Been in the electronics biz for 39 years and I am amazed at the ingenuity of folks such as yourself. Peace.

[darrellwampler]

That pencil solder torch is bad ass. Nice repair. BTW I learned not to over tighten the lugs.

[strongsadventures]

Great job. Too many people won’t even attempt to fix things now days. I mean you can’t really break something that already broken. Why not give it a shot.

[hankhighsmith]

I'm not set up to do this repair but this is exactly what needs repaired. Same lug too. Thanks!

[zonker]

Making due with what ya got! Pays to sit back, think of as many fixes as possible and go with the best one! Thanks for sharing!

[donnadory]

Wow Wayne 👍 your amazing 😉 you can fix anything. Great job 💫 Thank you, for showing us and explaining how to fix things. "You Rock" God bless you and yours Wayne, with good health and happiness, Today, Tomorrow and Alway's 💫
🍃🇺🇸🕊️🌎🕊️🍃 We, really Injoy your videos 👍

[noras.]

Wayne, as always, you are awesome! Great job!!

[misdesixtysix]

Always something valuable. Thanks Wayne

[Berrypancakes]

Wow! Too complicated for me. But I think I good learn from Wayne if I put my mind into it I think 🤔 I would probably just show Mikes videos to my husband He understands more about these things. Wayne a good mechanic instructor. Keep up the great work 👍😊

[hendrxfn]

Great job Wayne! Might I suggest when you solder, use a mildly activated rosin flux paste on the joint before applying solder. The heat from the iron tip will melt solder a lot easier, and will make a better solder joint.

[garygary]

Nice work Sir, , and good work on Nomatic Fanatics problems also,  he is on the road because of you and your Talent and patience, , looks like Eric is happy again..  happy Holidays g from brooklyn

[geo.sackett]

Good video Wayne, most people would have bought another controller.

[mjmoro]

THAT'S thinking it through :) Could you have heated the lug with your torch to make it drop through the holes in the board while applying flux core to the terminals? And you can still use the auxiliary connection, just remove the remaining terminal for use later, solder in a basic connector.

[raisagorbachov]

I have one of those renology charge controllers. Contemplating tossing it in the trash. It's a PG30A which isn't really 30A - it's 20A but wait it gets worse - it throws a fit if I give it more than a 3A load.

[arkansastraveler]

How many watts is your soldiering iron ?

[wanderingtravels]

Wayne
Just wondering
Have you ever worked full time at another Rv shop or always worked for yourself? I wished you lived in my area because our local DEALER is not geared like you and reasonable thinking
Thanks for sharing