Shutdown steps (batteries, inverter, solar)

[Olive2Roam]

I know it's here somewhere but I can't seem to locate the sequence for shutting these down for storage. Does anyone have the order of shutdown/start up for these components for storage?

Thanks!

[jd1923]

3 hours ago, Olive2Roam said:

I know it's here somewhere but I can't seem to locate the sequence for shutting these down for storage. Does anyone have the order of shutdown/start up for these components for storage?

Thanks!

Throw the switch or breaker on your solar first since it’s the only item that produces power.

Store LiFePO4 batteries at 50-60 SOC%. You may need your inverter on to run SOC down.

Then switch inverter off, or it will go dead as soon as both shore power and batteries are disconnected.

Finally throw battery switch if you have one or disconnect main ground.

[Olive2Roam]

Ah yes, and reverse the order on startup. Thanks JD!

[Dean and Mary]

3 hours ago, jd1923 said:

Throw the switch or breaker on your solar first since it’s the only item that produces power.

Store LiFePO4 batteries at 50-60 SOC%. You may need your inverter on to run SOC down.

Then switch inverter off, or it will go dead as soon as both shore power and batteries are disconnected.

Finally throw battery switch if you have one or disconnect main ground.

Good advice above. In addition, if you have lithium batteries with a built-in Battery Management System (BMS), consider powering the batteries off (via the built in battery power switch) as well as throwing the physical battery disconnect switch.