If any Inverter or UPS (both are almost the same things with small difference) auto cuts the electric power supply when there is no load for a certain period of time is called a no-load shutdown. Only modern ones have such feature. It’s only possible when the Inverter/UPS is on the battery mode or using power-saving mode.
This feature is useful in many cases but could be annoying sometimes, if you are already using minimum load and turn off everything at night.
When it is useful?
It is useful when I’m going out and not going to turn on any load, still, I want to charge my Inverter/UPS using either grid or solar panels.
When it is not useful?
No-load shutdown becomes annoying when you need a 24×7 electric power supply even when there is no need. But the problem is, most Inverter/UPS are designed to save electric power for long backup when there is no load.
What is the fix?
So to fix the issue, either disable power-saving or eco-mode or if there is no such mechanism to change power modes, have a small load always running like a colored 3 to 9 LED bulb. We found mobile chargers and similar charging devices do not use more than a few milliamps; better avoid them as 24×7 load.
For instance, I always turn on the in-house temple lights with are close to 12 Watts I think (3 Watt LED x 4), so now my home inverter never goes to no-load-shutdown mode even if the whole house is not using any load (except that 12 Watt load).
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