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Charge Controllers and Clippers => The "KID" charge controller => Topic started by: swheeler78 on May 21, 2017, 06:39:02 PM

Title: How to get 2 "kids" in twin mode?
Post by: swheeler78 on May 21, 2017, 06:39:02 PM
I have tried everything in the manual to make it work but they don't see each other.
Title: Re: How to get 2 "kids" in twin mode?
Post by: Rwbain on May 21, 2017, 07:33:34 PM
I have two set up in twin mode and it was probably the easiest of all settings for me. Maybe you have a bad cable between the two?
Title: Re: How to get 2 "kids" in twin mode?
Post by: swheeler78 on May 22, 2017, 01:19:42 AM
It say's it requires a 4 pin phone cable, should it be a 6 pin? the connector on the kid is a 6 pin.
Title: Re: How to get 2 "kids" in twin mode?
Post by: tecnodave on May 22, 2017, 11:09:42 AM
The Kid controller does require only 4 wires to ommunicate but some phone cables are reversed from one end to the other end......same as 8 wire RJ-45 Ethernet cables......to spot the difference lay the cables side by side......some will have both locking tabes on the same side..(reversed polarity)....others have the locking table on opposite sides...(same polarity)....

6 wire cables will work......the Kid (and Classics) only uses the center 2 pairs.....

David
Title: Re: How to get 2 "kids" in twin mode?
Post by: swheeler78 on May 22, 2017, 01:59:02 PM
So does it need to be reversed between ends?
Title: Re: How to get 2 "kids" in twin mode?
Post by: Rwbain on May 22, 2017, 02:16:26 PM
There's a YouTube video explaining the cable for connecting multiple units.