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rainmanrv
Explorer
Apr 05, 2014

disconnect solar panel when running portable generator

Hello RVers I am new on this forum and have my first question? When I am dry camping I hookup my 100watt solar panel which is run threw my xantrex charge controller then direct to my batteries. My que...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Apr 06, 2014
Hi mlts,

All the controllers I've seen shut down if the battery bank is disconnected.

mlts22 wrote:
Perhaps if one is not using batteries, it might be wise to disconnect since there is no "buffer" between the charging systems and the items using power... but other than that, everything is separate for the most part.

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