Solix - Use while charging batteries?

[tmaupin520]

May be a 'not so smart question'; however, I have always subscribed to turning off main breakers prior to charging. I have seen some videos of folks powering on units (Solix) while charging. I could not find any posts talking about this specifically, but would like a few thoughts on the matter. I have (2) Solix 15s and know that prolonged 'garage time' will draw down to 11V in some cases. I don't know at what voltage issues begin to appear, but would hate to have that happen while downloading software. Thank you for any help!

[Wayne P.]

Well you don't want the units to shut down during a software update. No issue when a battery charger is connected and plugged in.

In a worse case scenario it is better than how I do it in-house with a AC/DC converter if the house power were to go off during an update. At least you would have battery backup.

[Phoenix Jim]

Funny, I do a lot of garage time to and was wondering about this just yesterday

[ntslam]

I have always done my updates with units on the boat and onboard charger connected.

[pfisher]

Do it all the time.....

[Diesel Pro]

Really no different when wall charging than running unit on the water with the engine running. The battery is a huge buffer so no matter how hard the charger wanted to go assuming it went rogue it would take time to get the voltage up to dangerous levels.