Search results

Did some research. Monitoring and balancing these appear to be easy and cheap. HSR Motors can provide a custom converter board to replace the poprietary unit and a Tenergy 5 in 1 cell meter / balancer for next to nothing. I also see that Xantrex offers a charger inverter 807-2055 which is a...

I will, thanks. I'll report back.. From what I have seen, most add a bms as the factory unit would require a ton of work to utilize.

excellent, thanks !

Understood. That is good news. Now, how do you ensure a balanced charge automatically? I assume there is a module or component i need to add in here?

Yeah, that's inline with what JonyJoe101 had indicated. I understand the connectors are readily available online. I understand that the configuration will require balancing of 6 cells essentially. There are a number of people that are claiming to use these at fractional C with very little...

This is comforting information and tends to support my limited knowledge / understanding. I am obviously interested in learning what the batteries like in an effort to maintain them for safety and longevety. I do understand the balancing issue and where you are going with that - I'll keep that...

OK, Here we delve into territory that is currently over my head. I have read some great articles discussing "the knee" and what Lithium will tolerate / prefer, but really dont understand this yet. I am determined to, however. Of course, I assumed that once settled on some reasonable...

Nice! This is very helpful. I will look into this unit or comparable units by the other MFR's. My early look into inverter / chargers were pointing me toward components for much larger off grid home systems. The cost seems reasonable considering that it would replace 2 components I would...

Thanks for the detailed response - Much appreciated. As discussed, this type of camping is new to us. Your suggestions all seem to make sense and I am sure I will settle in to some acceptable generator use. Our goals are to spend as many nights off the grid on BLM (or similar) land as...

Gotcha. I appreciate the input and the help. I'll prepare some info....

I do know the consumption of my Laptop is right around 300W and the monitor is another 50W +/- I had used some calculators a while back to figure out that I felt a 100AH battery was not nearly enough and a 170AH though better was still lighter than I would like. I'm happy to get into it...

I cant say I have any experience with Generators and quite honestly the whole idea is new to me. We have been tent campers our whole lives and tend to stay in tent only campsites and sites where generators are not allowed. So, while I appreciate your experience and acceptance of them, it is...

I was originally considering building my own battery with cells as I was intrigued by the idea and the costs (I have been following Jehu Garcia on youtube for the last year and belong to Second Life Storage group on Facebook). After some consideration, I decided against it and started looking...

I don't disagree, but I cant stand when people fire up a generator. I would certainly not want to burden someone else to have to listen to mine. I will be doing my best to avoid being next to someone with a generator and also avoiding dealing with a cranky wife if I do. I have a Predator 3500...

They are very aware of this thread. I was sure to discuss it with them when bringing up my issues, assuming it would escalate the issue. It appeared to. Unfortunately, I am out of the country and can not verify what was delivered based on my tickets....

Reeeeeallllllyyy..... Thanks. I was going to ask if there was some sort of converter / transformer, but thought I should look around first. I will take a look at what they offer. This is an item I will likely need to weigh cost vs expected use. I need to consider that maybe this would be an...

Ha, NO! Good point there! I remember now that when I was thinking about that in the past, I had abandoned the thought of charging from the alternator. I plan to have 1 panel on the roof of the Jeep which I can keep connected while traveling and solar / Generator charging capability in camp...

Thanks for the feedback, exactly what I am looking for so that I can narrow down a search for the remaining components. I am sure I will be back in touch as I research components for this system. I have several months to sort it out before committing to purchases. I had not considered...

I certainly understand your response and expected to hear this. There are a number of these units being used in RV's. In this application they are being used at a fraction of their designed charge / discharge capabilities and unlikely to be a fire concern. I would be interested in hearing...

Yeah, I have been following Jehu Garcia for a while on his YouTube channel and had originally planned to build my own packs. I felt comfortable with the process, but was concerned with the time and expense of procuring some decent cells. Since a friend ended up having some spare Model S modules...