Yes, there is a way. You will need an inverter and an auto switch. Inverter will need to be sized to suit your planned usage. The one in the pic behind the battery is 1200 watt pure sine wave.
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Okay great! Yes pure sine for sure. Where can you buy a auto switch from? Do you supply them yourself?
Yes we have them.
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RS do a range of nice relays that you could use to automatically change your mains sockets over between MHU and the inverter.
This one is nice & solid but reasonably priced at £27 inc, I've used a couple in domestic jobs, no trouble in years of use
Schneider Electric Control Relay 2NO/2NC, 10 A | CA2KN22P7 | RS Components
This one is nice & solid but reasonably priced at £27 inc, I've used a couple in domestic jobs, no trouble in years of use
Schneider Electric Control Relay 2NO/2NC, 10 A | CA2KN22P7 | RS Components
hi martyn,would the wiring kit from my ring b2b transfer over to a redarc 1240 or would I need a new wiring kit?
I have gone for the inverter charger. However, to educate myself can I ask you guys few questions to see if I understand:
1. Is is true that with the Multi device I can increase the 500W to 800W when charging from mains? and how it works is that the device will top up my W from leisure battery when I am using more energy.
2. what kind of cable do I need to go with it to be able to charge from mains?
3. when hooked up I can switch off and use electricity from mains and not from leisure battery? do I understand it properly?
sorry my technical language is a bit limited.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Beata
1. Is is true that with the Multi device I can increase the 500W to 800W when charging from mains? and how it works is that the device will top up my W from leisure battery when I am using more energy.
2. what kind of cable do I need to go with it to be able to charge from mains?
3. when hooked up I can switch off and use electricity from mains and not from leisure battery? do I understand it properly?
sorry my technical language is a bit limited.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Beata
You would need a different one unfortunately as the 1240 requires 10 mm cable and 60 amp fuses.
You mostly have it correct but to answer the other questions we will need to know which model you bought to see what the wattage is.
That's the one that we use Phil
Yes it is.
Cheers Mike.
Thanks again. I got the Victron Energy Multi 12/500/20-16 230V.
One thing now I am not sure about how do I go about getting the cable to charge from mains? All seem to have 16V at one end and 230W sockets at the other end, how actually do we connect it to the the charger, or in my case charger/inverter? What I am missing here?
Thanks!
Are you in the UK?
Can you phone me this morning please Mike, I need to know the voltage of your solar panel before I prepare your order for shipping.ordered the kit martyn,thanks for phoning and the quality advice as usual
That's great. Thanks Mick.
You just need a standard mains hook up kit then, like this one Electrics | Travelvolts
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