Recs for Solar Cut Off Switch?
Looking for help finding some sort of cut off switch that I can mount on the wall inside my coach next to where the charge controller is currently mounted. Side note: I'm pretty much hemmed into p...
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Powertour wrote:crcr wrote:
Are you wanting to shut off power from the solar panels to the controller? If yes, why? If your batteries are full and your solar controller is a good one and is working correctly, it will never put more power into the batteries than what they need. That's what the controller is for.
Correct. There are times when I'm going to need to service (clean terminals, top off water etc) or change out the batteries & at times like that I don't want everything 'hot'.
Missing is the requirement for some controllers (Morningstar's for example) to not be left with the array connected and the battery not. Must follow sequence! Hence the need for a switch on the array side.
