Solar on when shore power?
Do you leave you solar power on when you connect to shore power? Or throw the breaker between the solar panels and controller? AND/or throw the breaker between the Solar Controller (Morningstar MPPT ...
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Muddydogs wrote:BFL13 wrote:
In my case I leave the controller settings as is (high) and turn off the solar (switch is on the array side--don't let the controller be on array but not battery) when on shore power.
"don't let the controller be on array but not battery) when on shore power." Why is this?
Some (all?) controller installation instructions/owners' manuals stress this point. (on connection sequence) They can't take having a load on with no battery connected. Check the fine print in yours to know if it says that.
