Assume everyone is using this with an inverter attached to the battery at the same time? Manual just shows this between panels and battery.
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Charles E. Embury Sr. said on February 21, 2015 | EditThe inverter is run off of the battery being charged by your panels and has nothing to do with the charging system or the controller. As long as your battery or batteries are charged the the inverter will supply power for you up to the rating of the inverter ,good for running low amp items so as to not kill your battery.
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While I don't quite understand the question, the reply of Mr. Embury is accurate.
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Do not reverse the connections. If you do, you will most likely burn up the solar cell unit.
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Hi,The Inverter hooks directly to the battery, never to the charge controller.Thanks,RenogyTO
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Batteries don't damage the inverter if they are connected the right way, you can have 1 battery or 20 batteries on your system, more batteries will only give you more backup time without hurting the inverter
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No inverter necessary, however, you will want a charge controller, so that the battery is not over charged, and the panel does not discharge the battery when its not producing electricity.
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I would not advise that as hooking up an inverter to one battery while two batteries are in 24v could be harmful to the battery's lifespan. I would suggest 24v on the panel side and 12v on the battery side. Please let us know if you need further clarification. Kind Regards, AW
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I am pretty sure that internally, they are all connected to the same point, so it doesn't matter where the power goes, so long as your cumulative draw does not exceed the capacity of the inverter.
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I can't see why not either. While driving, this gadget and the car's battery are both being charged by the car's system, which has many times the necessary output to run everything all by itself. You wouldn't want to use the inverter when you were charging the battery from the wall charger, but there's no reason to try that in the first place.
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Depends if you connect the controller to the panel then you could connect it to each battery but not both at the same time.
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Just started mine. The load goes to the equipment you are powering, the battery goes to the battery as indicated. This unit is to automatically control the charging of the batteries only when needed and take power from either the solar cell or battery when the load is on. I can give more in a couple weeks after mine has been fully tested. If you hook the batteries to the load terminal it can overcharge the batteries and cause problems, maybe even fire. Not knowing how you are using this it is the best I can answer. Correct connections will be important if the load is not constant.
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Well you should have a power supply on your system to constantly charge the battery. The battery is only for backup when the power goes out. Your panel should have a power supply with it
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With a load in the circuit, the panels are supplying the power. If the load exceeds the panel current available then the battery gets into the act and the panel voltage moves up and down. I assume you're running some type of load in the circuit.
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The intended purpose of this device is to directly feed the power off the solar panel to this inverter with its 120 vacpower to the grid. If for any reason you come off the battery the voltage to the inverter must be at leastthe minimjm dc input voltage of the inverter, usually around 24 vdc. All in all I dont see the inverter workingoff the 12 volt battery.
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yes, as long as the inverter can operate between 12 and 18 volts. Most larger panels have an output between 24 and 30 volts.
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I am using the panel connected directly to a large, deep-charge battery, and it works OK. You can go through a controller if you are worried about overcharging your battery.
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I have no idea. But I do no that when energized its just a one way switch. When no power is sent to it it defaults to its de energized position.
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You can move it around as much as you'd like! I used to have a smaller 200 watt inverter that I dragged back and forth between the house and my car without a problem. Just make sure it's turned off when you're ready to unplug it and don't plug it in to another source unless the unit is switched to off.