APvRV

I have consulted the inverter manufacturer and the battery supplier on this. Both confirmed that the circuits wired to the inverter will ALWAYS only have power up to the limit of what the inverter can handle, whether mains power is on or not.

If utility power is resumed from Escom (yes, it does happen), is it correct that I still cannot overload the circuits wired into the converter? I expected the inverter to send Escom power to those circuits as before and only do the battery charging. However, the inverter alarms when I plug a heavy appliance into one of the circuits it supports, even when utility is alive.

Can anyone educate me about one aspect of an inverter running off batteries? If power is on from Escom (yes, it happens), is it correct that I still cannot overload the circuits wired into the converter? I expected the inverter to send Escom power to those circuits as before and only do the battery charging. However, the inverter alarms when I plug a heavy appliance into one of the circuits it supports, even when Escom is alive.