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TURNKEY
Explorer
Mar 24, 2019

How to power a fan only when solar is charging.

I want to run an exhaust fan from my battery compartment to vent out hydrogen during charging cycles but I don't want it to run 24/7 as I do now. I tried powering a computer fan off my panels before t...
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GordonThree
Explorer
Mar 25, 2019
TURNKEY wrote:
Aren't I already connected to the load connectors? The fan is presently wired to the wires running from the panels to the controller. It is not connected to the battery directly.


Check your instruction manual. There's the solar input, a battery output and a programmable "load" port for controlling small loads like a light or fan.

Hopefully someone with a TriStar can chime in with details.

Looks like not all models have a load port.

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