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hedge
Explorer
Dec 12, 2016

Which side of cutoff switch to connect charge controller?

I'm curious as to which way others are going when hooking up their charge controller. Are you connecting it to the battery side or the load side of your disconnect switch (assuming you have one). ...
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jharrell
Explorer
Dec 13, 2016
Just reading through my Morningstars manual it only mentions that disconnecting the battery while charging could cause a quick voltage spike above 15v that could damage sensitive equipment, no mention of itself being damaged.

This seems like a good reason to keep it I off the load side of the disconnect as well.

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