5 Starting and Stopping the Off-Grid System
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5.3 Stopping the Off-Grid System
Electric discharge of the battery:
When the off-grid inverter is stopped, it will discharge the battery via self-consumption. Hint: If the
system is to be shut down for an extended period, switch off the off-grid inverter (see Section 5.4).
• Press the start-stop button on the off-grid inverter
and hold it until the inverter LED is glowing orange.
or
Press and hold the button on the Sunny Remote Control until the progress bar expires.
or
Press the deactivation button briefly.
☑ The inverter LED is glowing orange on every off-grid inverter. The off-grid inverters are in standby
mode. Time-controlled inverter operation is automatically deactivated and you must reactivate
if required (see Section 5.6 "Setting Time-Controlled Inverter Operation", page 40).
What happens when you hold down the deactivation button?
When you hold down the deactivation button, you trip an emergency disconnection.
This triggers the uncontrolled shutdown of the off-grid system, and unsaved data is lost.
• It is better to switch off the off-grid system with the start-stop button or the
Sunny Remote Control.
