I am starting to plan an off grid solar setup to power critical loads at my house that has utility power. I will be using an all in one unit to power the critical loads which will be on a transfer switch. So no feeding back to the grid but the all in one unit will also be connected to AC power from the house when there is not enough solar/battery.
Anyways, I would like to be able to power additional certain circuits during the day when there is sunlight, but have them switch back automatically either on a schedule or by some other means when there is no sun. The solar array on the roof will be oversized and provide more power than what just the critical circuits need. I want to use this energy instead of it being wasted. I also don’t want these same loads using battery during an outage because they are not critical.
Looking for some sort of solution for a “smart” breaker or transfer switch. A breaker that can be on a schedule. Or maybe there is an entirely different solution I’m not thinking of. If I had a breaker I could put on a schedule, the loads would be connected to an auto transfer switch. The smart breaker being on or off would cause the transfer switch to direct the load where I wanted it, either on the grid or through the inverters. This seems logical in my head at least.
Hopefully what I’m wanting to do makes sense. If this solution doesn’t work, or I am completely missing something, please let me know. I am pretty new to this. My experience is doing a 24v system with an all in one unit and 1000w of solar on my trailer.
Anyways, I would like to be able to power additional certain circuits during the day when there is sunlight, but have them switch back automatically either on a schedule or by some other means when there is no sun. The solar array on the roof will be oversized and provide more power than what just the critical circuits need. I want to use this energy instead of it being wasted. I also don’t want these same loads using battery during an outage because they are not critical.
Looking for some sort of solution for a “smart” breaker or transfer switch. A breaker that can be on a schedule. Or maybe there is an entirely different solution I’m not thinking of. If I had a breaker I could put on a schedule, the loads would be connected to an auto transfer switch. The smart breaker being on or off would cause the transfer switch to direct the load where I wanted it, either on the grid or through the inverters. This seems logical in my head at least.
Hopefully what I’m wanting to do makes sense. If this solution doesn’t work, or I am completely missing something, please let me know. I am pretty new to this. My experience is doing a 24v system with an all in one unit and 1000w of solar on my trailer.