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Yea the remote function is what I was referring to. The basic model does not have it but the better one allows you to run small wire to a switch in the car to manually connect them. Which sounds like your aware of. yea I didnt think about the solar volts keeping the 2 batteries connected until...

Yea its its on my main vehicle so its driven once a week or ever 2 weeks. I totally forgot ill be needing to upgrade my relay setup. since my old one broke Ive just had them directly connected. Not sure how I forgot that part lol I guess the blue sea auto relay would be the way to go them...

Well I wont be using the starter battery for anything other than starting so It should not need solar charging. Just dont think its worth the extra cost and hassle to put the solar on the starting battery safely since I should be full anyways. Yea handybob is the reason I looked at crown. If he...

Yea here is the optima charging specs says 15.6v Recommended charging information: Alternator: 13.65 to 15.0 volts, no amperage limit. Battery Charger: 13.8 to 15.0 volts, 10 amps maximum, approximately for 6-12 hours. Cyclic Applications: 14.7 volts, no current limit as long as battery...

For fun throwing this out there. My cs144 alternator charges at 15v when I first start the car in cool weather. It eventully lowers to 14.4 after about 30min of driving. I assume its because the engine bay finally warms up. I also replaced the stock charge wire with 2 gauge a while back and...

Just throwing out my plans for people to see. Im always thinking of a better battery storage for when one of my optima's die. I like crown batteries so iv'e been looking and I think this might work. Their are a few post about people fitting a die hard platinum group 31 battery into the Toyota...

Maybe were are just saying the same things and our minds are looking at it differently. In a solar setup we dont have the time to slowly eventually top off with the lower wire so its looked at as not fully charging since its not being able to do it in the time allotted. My explanation was wrong...

Agree to disagree. If the battery is only getting 13.8v from the voltage drop then no more amp are flowing since the battery is also at 13.8v.So the volts are at a stalemate. So it would need a high voltage(more pressure) in order to push more amps. So your saying there is no such thing as...

Voltage drop has a HUGE issue. Imagine you batteries need 14.8volts to be fully topped off. Now imagine that charge controller is 10ft away with bad wiring and has a voltage drop of 1v. So now the charge controller is charging at 14.8v to top off the batteries but since the voltage drops 1v...

It has to do with the controllers, I think the extremely basic ones with high/low/off work but most have timers to auto shut off for safty and are actually kinda smart. I thought I would try it anyways back when I had a modified sine wave and picked up a simply heated blanket from walmart. It...

Lol pretty funny you ask, I basically did that exact thing a few days ago. 85w panel to sun savor to blue sea fuse box that feeds to the battery. It does not matter what battery is connected to, wont hurt anything. Just make make sure if you charge controller is far from the battery you are...

Thanks, The fridge has been flawless. When I lived in the city it ran 24/7 but now I dont drive everyday so I unplug it. Im going to do a little more testing with the new 85w panel and see if it can go forever. I drive all over the country so its perfect for keeping everything cold with out ice...

Funny how it went from how affordable can we make this? used montero...rebuilt the engine.... Ah screw it lets go all out!!! hahaha Amazing setup, im jealous. Like the ultimate expo rig.

Want to see a cool trick, pull a bottle out and ********** it againt your hand and Im willing to bet it flash freezes into ice slush. Ive ran into it many times with water bottles, since it cools them soo slow it gets the temp below 32 with out freezing it. kinda like a frog in slow warming water...

i have a xantrex 1000w sine wave. Its a little large for most things but its nice having clean power for anything i need. we had a power outage last week and I ran an extension cord into the house and ran the coffee maker and toaster off the inverter. I also like using heated blankets when...

Finally got my 85w panel installed and my new morning star sunsavor. All in all im pretty stoked how it turned out, I copied an idea I saw on here by revmoving the rear storage cubby giving it way more room. I moved all the electronics to that spot and put a blue sea fuse box for everything. I...

Finally got my 85w panel installed and my new morning star sunsavor. All in all im pretty stoked how it turned out, I copied an idea I saw on here by revmoving the rear storage cubby giving it way more room. I moved all the electronics to that spot and put a blue sea fuse box for everything. I...

For speed. Back in 2003 I decided i was going to take the test so I got the question list an read through it 2 or 3 times. Just reading question and answer and I was able to pass but just recognizing the answer lol. While I had a good mentor to show me the ham ropes it can be done in a pinch...

Awesome to hear! Yea that that 120w is a ton of power for your setup. 14.4v on the display is perfect float, means it totally full. Id be curious to see what the batteries them self are at when it shows 14.4 on the batts( just curious in any voltage drop from the cable size). If you think about...

Can always take it on the road if times running out.