Electric switch box......

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Electric switch box......

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For my old man's camp trailer I built a box to switch between batteries and charge supply.

How this setup works is we have 3 inputs to charge the batteries, 220v via a trickle charger, 12v from the alternator when traveling or the solar panel.

Then this will output to 2 deep cycle batteries, but this has been setup so that at all times so that one will give 12v supply and the other will charge.

Everything at this stage switches automatically in terms of input to charge, for example if 220v is available that takes priority and will charge from there, if not available it charges from the solar panel and lastly the alternator.

the only manual switching to be done is which battery gets charged and which supply current.

That will also be automated, by a friend who is building a pc board that will switch between the 2 batteries when the one reach a low voltage level. :thumbup:
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Looking good :thumbup: Only comment is that you might wanna cover the solar panel while driving so that it would switch to charging from the altenator.
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Stef wrote:Looking good :thumbup: Only comment is that you might wanna cover the solar panel while driving so that it would switch to charging from the altenator.

THe solar panel is disconnected during travel as there is no space to fix it to the trailers permanently, jy moet die een nog uit sit in die son en in prop. :thumbup:
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Wayne, gaan jy die boksie smous of gaan jy vir ons die diagram gee?
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Lyk goed Wayne. Lekker idee daai
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Ek het een probleem wat ek mee sukkel, ek kry feedback op een relay wat veroorsaak dat hy nie terug switch nie.

Sien hieronder is 'n voorbeeld. die solar panel sal die relay oor skakel sodra die solar panel krag gee. maar sodra hy doen kry dit feedback van die battery en sal nie die relay terug skakel nie. ek kan seker nog n relay gebruik maar is daar nie iets anders wat ek kan doen nie?

Na my sin sal 'n diode nie geskik wees nie want die sal moet op 87 geplaas word maar sal die charge verswak om rede die diode weerstand bied. stel my reg as ek verkeerd is


weereens die diagram is net 'n voorbeeld
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