I am a little confused about something and I hope one of you pros can help.
So my charge controller is supposed to keep my battery from overdischarging and from over charging. I understand how overcharge protection works because the cc will stop charging the battery when it is full. What I am cinfused about is the discharge protection.
If I have it setup correctly, then there is nothing between the inverter and the cc to stop stop discharge. So I have the chain like this: Solar pane to CC>> CC to battery>>battery to inverter>>Inverter to load. It seems to me that in order to stop the battery from discharging at a certain point, there would have to be something to cut off the electricity between the battery and the inverter.
So how can a CC prevent over-discharge? Do I have my system wired completely wrong?
This instructable says connect the inverter to the charge controller, but that is a heavier load than a light, especially if I have my devices running on the inverter. So that doesn't seem right.
So my charge controller is supposed to keep my battery from overdischarging and from over charging. I understand how overcharge protection works because the cc will stop charging the battery when it is full. What I am cinfused about is the discharge protection.
If I have it setup correctly, then there is nothing between the inverter and the cc to stop stop discharge. So I have the chain like this: Solar pane to CC>> CC to battery>>battery to inverter>>Inverter to load. It seems to me that in order to stop the battery from discharging at a certain point, there would have to be something to cut off the electricity between the battery and the inverter.
So how can a CC prevent over-discharge? Do I have my system wired completely wrong?
This instructable says connect the inverter to the charge controller, but that is a heavier load than a light, especially if I have my devices running on the inverter. So that doesn't seem right.
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