Battery Disconnect Switch - Comment
Just commenting on something I observed today... My battery disconnect switch is located next to the converter. With my Micro-Lite covered for the winter and no solar battery charging, I plug into shore power for several days once a month to keep the batteries topped off. I always thought that I had to have the battery disconnect switch turned to the "connect" position to get juice from the converter to the batteries. Apparently thats not the case.
Today, before plugging in, I checked my battery monitor and it showed my batteries charged to 12.6v. After plugging in and with the battery disconnect switch still off, my battery monitor showed 12.7v and the battery icon was pulsing. I thought the disconnect switch cut off the batteries entirely from everything. Not so.
So now I will install a second cut-off switch at the battery box so that I know I can isolate the batteries from everything.
Rich J.
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