Solar panels and battery cut off
I have a new 5er. It came with solar charger - Go Power brand. I’ve only had it a couple of weeks and haven’t had a chance to do much with ie because of the holidays and weather. My question has to d...
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pianotuna wrote:
panels-->switch-->controller-->fuse-->battery bank-->cut off switch-->loads.
Never have the panels send power to the controller without the battery connected.
That is very good advise because when the solar charger is unloaded with the panels connected the voltage from the panel to the controller exceeds the rating of the semiconductors in the charge controller-- thus destroying the controller.
