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Communica Cape Town ignore returned faulty Solar Charge Controller

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Purchased an ECCO 40 amp solar charge controller on 17th December.  It is said to auto-detect the battery voltage

On connecting it to a 52 volt battery, after a minute the buzzer sounds and "12V" is shown on the display and warning indicated

Reported this to Communica.  No response

After performing 4 factory resets, it now shows 52.4V on display

Set the maximum charge to 56.5V.  On checking, it is still the same

Next day, battery is displaying over charge.  Maximum charge has reverted to 57.6V

Set it again

Next day it is back to 57.6V again.  Battery supplier tells me this is damaging the battery and loans me a Victron charger.  This works 100%

Write again to Communica, advising problem and say I want to return it and purchase a Victron from them

No response

Return the ECCO to Communica on 5th Jan.   No Victron in stock

Now I am supposed to return the loaned Victron charger, but instead I pay for it

Advise Communica

Two reminders

No response.  Manager will return call I am told

So its off to Consumer Protection complaints now

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