Good day all,
i have an offgrid location with 2x250 solar (in serie) to an MPPT solar controller (can't find the brand. aluminium thing) connected to 2x100ah agm battery (paralel)
during summer months live is good. but in the winter the power received from the solar pannels doesn't fully support the used power. so for years we are disconnecting everything in winter and rewire some ligts to a timer.
This years we thought lets do it different. buy a generator and an Blue Smart IP22 Charger 12V/30A
i googled that this shouldn't be a problem combined with the solar controller as long as you attach the charger directly to the batery.
so we installed everything. and let the generator run for some hours. the victron app shows it had added 185AH to the battery's. The capacity is 200ah and they where not dead at the beginning. so they should be full by then. however when i stoped charging the battery went down to 40% full within a few minutes.
so the only reason i can think of is that the controller went to overvoltage protection and dumped the voltage provided by the charger.
small note. the battery's are not easy accessible so i can't disconnect them everytime i need to charge.
Long story short.
1. Is my conclusion right? will the solar controller take energy from the battery?
2. when i replace them with a Victron version. will it stop wasting my energy? or do i need to add relay's to disconnect the battery?
Thanks in advanced for you effort in helping a new Victron user.