Battery cutoff with solar
Do you use the battery cutoff if you have solar. I just installed my solar and was wonder if I still need to cutoff the batteries because the solar will keep them charged and the little drain might he...
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2oldman wrote:smkettner wrote:x2
Controller is designed to charge a battery not to be an open power supply. And when I pay $500 for a piece of equipment I try to go by the book. So read your manual..
My Outback controller manual is clear about connecting batteries first.LScamper wrote:I don't know, but that's extremely unlikely, unless one likes to keep one's batteries until they die.
Just wondering what happens if the battery fails in an open condition. Will it destroy the controller?..so I can measure true panel output without the battery influence.
I'm not sure why knowing the 'true panel output' sans batteries would be of any value.
I don't check the panel output often but understanding what shade, clouds and tilt and whatnot have on true output can't be had with the batteries in the circuit.
The only thing I found in the different manuals was typical. It said to disconnect batteries and solar panels before wiring up the controller. Then, verify wiring and polarity. Then "close the switches or circuit breakers." No mention of a particular order. What you guys are fearing is reasonable. I'll check back when I hear from Bogart.
