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consumeratlarge
Sep 24, 2014Explorer
I have the WFCO type converter and added solar. I just brought the solar charge controller straight to the house batteries with fuses and an inline circuit breaker. That way the house batteries can be shut off and still maintained by the solor.
WFCO makes a transfer switch that just slides on the back of the WFCO converter and I use that for when I'm using the inverter. Normally goes to shore power input, but when it senses inverter power, it switches to that.
One important thing with my setup is that I put a sign next to the inverter remote switch to turn off the WFCO converter with the house-type circuit breaker, so it doesn't try to charge the batteries from the inverted battery power. Some people wire the 120v breaker of the WFCO converter directly to the shore power cable to avoid that loop of inefficient discharge when you forget and leave the converter on with the whole-coach inverter on also.
Multiple charging of batteries seems to work fine, just make sure they have max voltage cutoffs, which they do in every case I've looked at. You'll love the solar, and they are great for custom charging any battery configuration.
WFCO makes a transfer switch that just slides on the back of the WFCO converter and I use that for when I'm using the inverter. Normally goes to shore power input, but when it senses inverter power, it switches to that.
One important thing with my setup is that I put a sign next to the inverter remote switch to turn off the WFCO converter with the house-type circuit breaker, so it doesn't try to charge the batteries from the inverted battery power. Some people wire the 120v breaker of the WFCO converter directly to the shore power cable to avoid that loop of inefficient discharge when you forget and leave the converter on with the whole-coach inverter on also.
Multiple charging of batteries seems to work fine, just make sure they have max voltage cutoffs, which they do in every case I've looked at. You'll love the solar, and they are great for custom charging any battery configuration.
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