Battery cutoff with solar

Ductape wrote:
... Hard to see any downside to leaving the solar on and batteries connected.

I ran my solar controller directly to the batteries so I can disconnect them so there is no draw, but still have the solar keeping them topped up. However, I installed a switch in the solar feed for the times when someone was going to service the RV, so if a tech pulls off the cables from the battery they are not hot from the solar.

Dave

In storage for how long? All batteries self discharge to some degree.

If you do disconnect batts then first disconnect the array.

I leave ours always on. But we don't store it either. Hard to see any downside to leaving the solar on and batteries connected.

Hi,

If I'm putting the rv in storage I turn off the battery bank.

The solar goes directly to the bank bypassing the disconnect switch.

Only if I need to disconnect for maintenance purposes.