Using solar energy when hooked up?

I am no expert on such things but we have a solar panel that came as standard with the motorhome and we plug into the mains as usual. I would have thought it would be the solar panel controller which would monitor the amount of charge being supplied to the batteries so there was no conflict between the built in battery charger on 230v and the charge coming from the panel? I would have thought both would have an overcharge cut out facility on both controller and charger which should be automatic? If not I have been doing it wrong for the past four years?

David

I have a 140w solar panel & don't switch off anything.

I'm sure the 'set up' automatically switches when not on EHU, this is what the solar panel is there for......

I don’t know how the solar works either but had assumed the same as above that it must be automatic. Assuming that to be the case then if you are trying to limit the electric consumption I wonder whether you could disconnect from the mains periodically and only connect for the times that you actually need to use the electric maybe? Someone with more technical knowledge than me may have a view on that idea.

I have 3x 100W panels and have my on-board charger turned off practically permanently.

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Much the same but it is not easy to turn off my on board charger. It involves removing a pannel to get at it so it remains on all the time.

peedee

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