Should the Inverter (No Charger) Be Switched or Unswitched?
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hi youtubers jeff cote here with ask pys so we've got a question uh from san francisco actually um this gentleman is asking and asks we run an all-girls youth broking program in san francisco bay our boat is a 55-foot x rcmp patrol boat built by canoe cove canoe cove is actually here in british columbia we're preparing to install a solar system with an inverter and we have some questions clarifying questions between where we should connect the inverter should it be unswitched or switched distribution all right so with that what we're going to do is we're going to start having a look at the concept of switch versus unswitched so follow me here on the screen so unswitch distribution is what i'm highlighting in red right now and that's basically where all things that should always be powered be connected to so what are things that should always be powered on your boat a bilge pump carbon monoxide uh chargers uh should always be connected to the unswitched and also and very importantly an inverter charger okay now if it's an inverter only you'll notice here that i'm highlighting the switch distribution and an inverter can actually be connected to the switch distribution but the key is important it's not an inverter charger it's an inverter because if it's an inverter it's a loan load only if it's an inverter charger it's both a load and a charger so if we change the diagram and we're looking at just inverter only or an inverter charger you can actually see that there's an inverter service disconnect and it's connected actually to the unswitched distribution so when you've got an inverter charger you're going to want to connect it to an unswitched distribution and when you have an inverter only right here you can actually connect it to the switch distribution it's better to have as many loads as possible be on your switch distribution and the reason for that is when you disconnect your invert your loads on a boat you want with one single throw of that switch you want to know that everything is off except a few very few circuits like bilge like a charger like an alternator like solar those are unswitched and always connected to the battery and switched are things that sometimes for in the men's an event of a fire in the event of an emergency you can simply throw the switch or turn the switch over and you disconnected all those loads from the battery thank you for watching this pys video if you've got further questions ask them down below or go on our website to fill one of the forms don't forget to subscribe and thanks for watching
