Grant

Hi guys,

New to this forum and hope you clever guys can help.

I bought a 3kva "Axpert type " inverter off takealot in 2020 with 2 x 200AH gel batteries which are connected in paralell to give 24v.

This has worked great and powers my essential loads which is a chest freezer , bar fridge, single door fridge and a whole lot of lights and other odds and ends, and my normal draw is between 450-650w  at any given time.

Last week I bought 2 x 540w JA solar panels and installed those on my roof, this works well in the day when there is sun, my settings are on solar priority (SOL) and for charge on solar and utility (snu)

My revert back to utility is set to 25V to try not drain my batteries too much so as to prolong their life.

My problem is at about 5-30 when the sun comes up the inverter senses voltage and tries to run off the solar, however there is not enough current to charge the batteries, so what happens is the inverter constantly changes to solar then the battery doesnt charge and it goes to utility until round 10o clock when there is enough sun.

Is there a way to set the inverter to only accept at a certain current not voltage , or failing that can I install a current sensing relay to only allow current at like say 10amps?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Edited February 8, 20233 yr by Grant P