Where the wires go in at the bottom of regulator , you have symbols of solar panel , battery and light . Light what is this used for ?
Can I have a couple of wires coming out of light to a Anderson plug to use stand alone solar panels when the roof ones are in shade.
Hi goldcoaster
The light terminals are used to power a light ! Imagine that Those terminals can be set to turn on and off at set times or sometimes at dusk and daylight. EG if you had a stand alone panel and battery and street light or security light. Those terminals can be used for your other loads but will be restricted in current capacity. They will also be turned off at a settable voltage to prevent over discharge of the battery. Check your manual for information.
You should only use the solar panel terminals to connect solar panels. Otherwise the battery charging will not be regulated. If all your panels have their diodes fitted and working correctly, then parallel solar panels of similar type will be OK with some in the shade and some in the sun.
""Most off-gridders will not need to use the Load connection on the CC directly. Its common use is to provide a limited amount of DC for directly powering small DC loads and disconnecting them when the battery voltage goes too low.
An inverter will need more power than you can get through the Load terminals on the CC and has its own low voltage cutoff circuit, so it gets directly connected to the battery, just as the CC is. But you did not mention an inverter.
If your total DC load is lower than the amp limit listed in the ProStar documentation, you can wire it directly to the Load terminals instead of to the battery. If it is higher than that, you can use the Load output to drive a relay that cuts off your loads when the battery voltage goes too low. But first check to see what the low voltage cutoff in the ProStar is. If it is much lower than 12 volts , it may not protect your battery properly and you will have to do something else"".
Little post from Solar Installers forums.
Mine are ProStar. but they all the same in that respect (Load)
Another one. from DC forum.
""the LOAD terminals are only for small (1 or 2 amp) loads, that the charge controller manages on its own. Something like a dusk-dawn or timed lighting, and it usually has a LowVoltageCutoff integrated with it.""
Those terminals can be set to turn on and off at set times or sometimes at dusk and daylight. EG if you had a stand alone panel and battery and street light or security light. Those terminals can be used for your other loads but will be restricted in current capacity. They will also be turned off at a settable voltage to prevent over discharge of the battery. Check your manual for information.
