Buysolar

Can you use your existing home Inverter/UPS for solar?

No! you can not use it directly because it has inbuilt AC charging whereas DC charging is needed for solar.

But you can do it the “Jugaad” way:

  1. Buy Solar charge controller with an changeover with AC but priority solar. The Solar charge controller’s battery output DC voltage & current specifications should exactly match the DC voltage & current specification of inverter’s AC charger & the charging algorithm shall be almost similar!
  2. Ask Inverter’s service engineer to remove the inbuilt AC charging circuit and connect the new Solar Charger.

Caution:

  • The warranty of inverter & charge controller will become Void. So it is advisable to do it after warranty period or buy another off-grid solar inverter.
  • If specifications do not match then the inverter will not work!
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