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brockles asked

Which gets used first for a load, solar or battery?

Had a search and couldn't find an answer, I'm sure there's countless ones out there though.


If I connect panels to the CC PV terminals, a battery to the CC battery terminals and a DC fuse box to the CC load terminals, how is current routed? Say PV was 5A and the load was 2A, would 2A from the PV go straight to the load and 3A to charge the battery?


Many thanks

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Alexandra answered ·

@brockles

The answer is it depends on how you set it. And if you always have more production than load. On battery life it will switch off the load if there is a possibility you will not get to 100% SOC.

You can just set it to always on. Then it will draw off the battery when it needs to an charge up if there is excess to load.

Use the victron connect app in demo mode and have a look at the settings for the mppt you are considering.

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