Hello
I am trying to construct a circuit for some outside lighting.
The idea is to have a set of LEDs light up at night, using solar panels to recharge a battery during the day and then power the lights at night.
I apologize for the childish circuit diagram, using the real symbols just confused me and I wanted to keep this as simple as possible.
The problem I am currently having is that once the solar panel activates the relay and closes the NO circuit (to charge the battery), the battery feeds into the solar panel's connections and locks the relay into the "on" position, so that even when it's night and the solar panels no longer supply current the relay is still on.
How do I connect the solar panels to the battery to keep this from happening? I've been trying to find an answer for several weeks now but I always run into the problem of the battery locking the relay into the "on" position.
I am trying to construct a circuit for some outside lighting.
The idea is to have a set of LEDs light up at night, using solar panels to recharge a battery during the day and then power the lights at night.
I apologize for the childish circuit diagram, using the real symbols just confused me and I wanted to keep this as simple as possible.
The problem I am currently having is that once the solar panel activates the relay and closes the NO circuit (to charge the battery), the battery feeds into the solar panel's connections and locks the relay into the "on" position, so that even when it's night and the solar panels no longer supply current the relay is still on.
How do I connect the solar panels to the battery to keep this from happening? I've been trying to find an answer for several weeks now but I always run into the problem of the battery locking the relay into the "on" position.
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