How to turn off PD 4055 charger...
For the life of me I cannot figure out how to turn off the charger portion of my Progressive Dynamics PD4045 converter/charger. I don't see any obvious breaker to throw and the manual isn't giving ...
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I just discovered that I also have a PD Automatic Relay Switch that is installed to switch AC power between the generator and shore power.
Since I don't have a generator, I am going to disconnect the generator leads to the switch and replace them with the output of the inverter. I spoke to Progressive Dynamics, and they said that the switch is in the passive position when shore power is connected and uses about 5 watts to operate the switch when the generator is on.
So they suggest that I swap the connections so that when the inverter is on it is not drawing the additional 5 watts to operate the switch, leave that to the shore power side.
Of course they don't really recommend that set up, they would rather see a sub-panel connected to the inverter, but I just don't have the room for that.
I jus have to remember to kill the converter side when I turn on the inverter and vice versa.
I'll let know how that turns out!
Since I don't have a generator, I am going to disconnect the generator leads to the switch and replace them with the output of the inverter. I spoke to Progressive Dynamics, and they said that the switch is in the passive position when shore power is connected and uses about 5 watts to operate the switch when the generator is on.
So they suggest that I swap the connections so that when the inverter is on it is not drawing the additional 5 watts to operate the switch, leave that to the shore power side.
Of course they don't really recommend that set up, they would rather see a sub-panel connected to the inverter, but I just don't have the room for that.
I jus have to remember to kill the converter side when I turn on the inverter and vice versa.
I'll let know how that turns out!
