Re: Remote install, no AC

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Crash Gordon wrote:
> Thanks Frank, it's not that kind of trailer (truck) - its more like a
> shipping container filled with contractors tools and supplies on
> construction worksite -  you've seen them.
>
> So you're saying I can connect 12VDC from a car battery into, let's say a
> Vista 10P AC input and I won't fry the panel? I hate to waste a board
> experimenting.
>
>
Crash, I've been hooking panels up this way for eons in boats. Long
time ago, I ran into one panel that wouldn't work but later found out
that it was polarity sensitive on the AC terminals, for some reason.
Never fried a panel. Can't speak for any of the newer more
sophisticated panels but a call to tech support ( talk to someone who's
been around for awhile) will let you know for sure. If there's a bridge
rectifier at the input, DC in, will work.