Can Morningstar Solar Charge Controllers Charge Lithium Batteries?

There have been a number of questions recently about whether Morningstar controllers can be used for solar charging lithium batteries in off-grid solar applications.  Morningstar’s TriStar MPPT, TriStar (PWM), ProStar MPPT, ProStar (Gen3), and SunSaver MPPT solar charge controllers support Lithium- (Li-Ion) and other battery technologies such as:

• Lead Acid (PbSO4): Sealed (VRLA, AGM, Gel) and Flooded
• Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion or LIB)
  • Lithium Iron Phosphate (“LFP”, LiFePO4)
  • Lithium Iron Magnesium Phosphate (LiFeMgPO4)
  • Lithium Manganese Oxide (“LMO”, LiMn2O4)
  • Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (“NMC”, LiNixMnyCozO2)
• Nickel–Cadmium (NiCd or NiCad)
• Nickel–Metal Hydride (NiMH or Ni–MH)
• Nickel–Iron (NiFe)
• Nickel–Zinc (NiZn)
• Aqueous Hybrid Ion (Aquion or AHI™)
• Flow or Redox Flow Battery
  • Vanadium Redox (VRB)
  • Zinc–Bromine (ZnBr2)
  • Zinc–Cerium (Zn-Ce)

All of the above-mentioned Morningstar controllers offer custom programming to create pre-configured plug-and-play settings that can be tailored for most types of batteries.  For more information, please go to our Best Practices By Battery Chemistry page.