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storyarc
Explorer
Jan 31, 2020

Disconnect/Shut off converter when inverter is on

I recently got 600W of solar, two 12V 100ah gel batteries, 40amp charge controller, and 2500W inverter installed on my travel trailer. The guy who installed the system disabled charging via the conver...
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time2roll
Nomad
Feb 01, 2020
storyarc wrote:
time2roll wrote:
Yes just get a 15 amp breaker at the local hardware and connect your converter.
Use the breaker as a switch to power it up only as needed.

Could rewire to make this seamless and automatic but the breaker as a switch is fine for now.


Thanks! I was thinking of using a contactor to automatically shutoff the converter when the inverter turns on. Is that a safe option?
Not what I would do. But I am not familiar on how that would be wired.

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