Emergency Charger for My Solar Battery Bank.
Intro: Emergency Charger for My Solar Battery Bank.
Here is how I implemented a Low voltage cutoff for my solar battery bank. This feature is used to turn on an emergency charger to replenish the batteries should they deplete before sunrise.
This charger is already installed and controlled by my Home Assistant but due to certain issues with the USB ports, a Windows restart makes the charger come on without reason. A hardware based control will remove this nuisance behavior for me.
STEP 1: The Outback Fm80 Auxiliary Output.
Basically the aux menu is selected and the auto feature for low batt disconnect is used.