On May 9, 10:01*am, "Twayne" wrote:
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Ron Hardin typed:





Is there a simple power strip that has two male
plug-in cords instead of one, with a switch
controlling which cord connects to the female
outlets on the strip?

It's needed for quickly switching some stuff
between solar power and regular house A/C mains
power.

Extension cord comes from the solar panels and
inverter to the power strip, and the power strip
is also plugged into the A/C mains.

When there's enough sun, the idea is to throw the
switch on the power strip to it takes A/C input
from the solar side.

The same thing could be achieved by unplugging
from A/C mains and plugging into the solar
inverter, but that gives a couple seconds of no
power, which is not desired.

Use a relay instead: Make after break type, as many poles as you need.
Sunpower comes on, relay flips, disconnects from mains.
* *Might need a zener to keep it from coming on too early.

HTH,

Twayne`- Hide quoted text -

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I hope he has batteries in that solar system to even out the power.
Otherwise, it sounds like a problem, depending on what the loads
are and how sensitive they are to power variation. For example,
sun goes behind a cloud, power starts to brown out.