I'm working on a project in which a relay is hooked up to your home grid and also a battery that is charged by a solar panel. The idea in theory is if your grid is compromised due to a power outage the dpdt relay will switch over and allow your device to be powered by the battery. Here is the problem; weve bought a dc to ac power inverter with 2 ac outlets and a usb port. We want to be able to tie the main grids ac voltage to the outlets as well as the dc voltage from the battery. Is this possible using that single inverter?
Our suggested proposal is to drill a small hole in the outside case of the inverter then solder the main a wire from the relay to the outlets of the inverter. Basically bypass all the internal components of inverter and use only it's outlets for the main power part of the circuit. a 12 battery will be hooked up to the input of the inverter in which the dc to ac conversion will occur and be outputted through the inverters outlet. The relay will only switch over to batter power when the main power cuts off therefore the inverters outlets will only be fed through one source at all times.
Is this a solid design? Any input is greatly appreciated.
Our suggested proposal is to drill a small hole in the outside case of the inverter then solder the main a wire from the relay to the outlets of the inverter. Basically bypass all the internal components of inverter and use only it's outlets for the main power part of the circuit. a 12 battery will be hooked up to the input of the inverter in which the dc to ac conversion will occur and be outputted through the inverters outlet. The relay will only switch over to batter power when the main power cuts off therefore the inverters outlets will only be fed through one source at all times.
Is this a solid design? Any input is greatly appreciated.