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Fisherguy
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Aug 08, 2015

Connecting solar controller to inverter or converter feeds

I have a PD9280 and a Xantrex 600 watt inverter up front in our trailer under the front sofa. Each one is connected to my golf cart batteries with it's own 4ga cables, fuses are on the A frame in a w...
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12thgenusa
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Aug 08, 2015
BFL13 wrote:
I am not clear on what happens if the amps are opposing direction on the same wire. What would the solar controller think is going on if it is trying to pass 20 amps to the battery along a wire that had 10 amps coming the other way to the inverter?

Won't ever happen. The solar will always supply the load before it supplies the battery. Electrical current is just like water current - always flows down hill.

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