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Using Victron Solar Controller to Maintain the Battery. Turning off system when not needed.

Hello, I understand this is an odd question, as this is what the purpose of the float function is. However I would like to use solar system to simply charge my boat battery when it gets low and then " physically turn off" the solar panel and solar controller after. Why ? I need to charge my battery once every three months and do not want to worry about something going wrong with system. Is this unheard of , or is there a way to do so ? I thought of putting a switch between the panel and controller, but not sure.

Controler : Victron 75/15MPPT

Solar Panel : 50 W

Battery : 79Ah AGM

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One solution would be to change your Max charge current to something comfortably small eg 2 Amps. To really give you confidence, I'd suggest adding a 4G modem so that you can monitor, switch etc from anywhere via the app. Saying all these things, most people have much larger systems that run unattended. So long as you're equipped, setup and wired correctly, you should be okay.

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I like that idea. We have wifi at the marina, do you know what else is required to monitor the controller via the app ?
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Just the Cerbo GX and a VE Direct Cable. The Cerbo will also allow you to monitor the bilge level with the appropriate sender device. You can even start the engine remotely.
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