We are going away for a couple of months and it will be hot in the garage where I have the inverter.

I have a fan I'm going to use to help with cooling.

I was going to leave it on 24/7 but the electrician said something about 3 hr on and 3 hr off, or something like that.

What's the opinion:

1. On all the time.

2. On/Off 3hrly.

3. Something else.

Thanks

Will the inverter be working hard during your break? If not I'd just leave alone.

Or just leave the fan on.

Feeling fancy?

Get a Smartlife switch and turn the fan on remotely if the inverter temperature gets too warm, that could also do the timed on-off thingy.

Can you do a test before you go away?

I think room ventilation would be more important, get rid of the hot air.

Thanks Crossy, good idea with Smartlife switch and maybe point the fan at the window to help heat dissipation.

Installed a camera already and electrician from Udontani monitoring the gear so let him work the fan as well. :)

@carlyai LVTopSun battery, they seem very popular at the moment. I have one on my backup system but I'm planning to get a bunch more.

Morning.

We are off on Sunday so just letting my new Solar hum along until we get back.

Really the electrician and engineer are looking after it from Udontani (I hope). Not handed over yet, waiting on PEA.

Seems to be using a fair amount of grid and not much battery, so will have to check when we get back and to get off grid may need another LVTopsun as well.

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SL7 is at 54% and I haven't driven it for about a week. Should I take it for a drive and then top up to 50% before we go or just leave it?

Not sure how long we'll be gone as I keep breaking my back discs, looks/feels like L1/2 is gone now. Could be a couple of months but Wifey may only last a month before returning. ;)

42 minutes ago, carlyai said:

SL7 is at 54% and I haven't driven it for about a week. Should I take it for a drive and then top up to 50% before we go or just leave it?

Not sure how long we'll be gone as I keep breaking my back discs, looks/feels like L1/2 is gone now. Could be a couple of months but Wifey may only last a month before returning. ;)

My take and what I will do when we leave: Charge to 100%, use the app to turn on seat ventilation and A/C for 20 minutes every 3rd. This will make sure that the 12V battery gets charged or is being kept charged as the car will not go into prolonged deep-sleep. After you return in a few months, the battery will still be above 50%, albeit this is a function of how hard and long you run the A/C.

(Just make sure the car is parked in area where it wont ingest leaves etc into the hot-coil/radiator.)

@Bandersnatch - yupper, I have two of those LVTopSun bricks, too - the prices are great, the BMS seems to work without a hitch.