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  1. dreadlocks

    Yet another AGM/battery bank question....

    if they are disconnected when not being charged, they can be any size or lead chemistry you want.. It takes ~6-8h to fully charge a depleted lead battery, you need a shore charger or to move further away from your job.. much further.. wire it up w/a engine warmer too and with that diesel you'll...
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    LiFePO4 Install

    for everyone following, I did 8 days boondocking w/the new LFP and it did better than the previous LFP ever had performed.. it held voltage higher with the inverter, temps lower, charged faster, etc.. Triggered its protection mode once when wife tried to run microwave with crockpot still on, it...
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    LiFePO4 Install

    its a heavy duty bus bar, but that was rather preliminary.. things expanded a bit.
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    VW Eurovan

    nice, i love me a 12v VR6.. they great motors, I boosted one and ran it 60k miles at 3x its normal rated HP and it was perfectly fine when I tore it down and rebuilt it into a 3.0L.
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    DIY Lithium Packs, Proposal and Discussion

    Venus gives you alot more customization and flexibility, you can go dig through its docs.. but ultimately it didint do everything I wanted, so I'mna go with standard debian, setup the dbus interface and write my own safety layers.. and a simple WebUI for status display.. but most of that is due...
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    Need the solar/power pros to weigh in

    dont a series of bypass diodes together just act as a blocking diode? Its still not going to let current flow back into the panel w/a series of bypass diodes.. the very last bypass diode is going block any return current to the panel.. the only reason for a blocking diode is if your putting...
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    Small offload trailer that has propane furnace???

    So your car's electric then? No worries, you wont make it towing out to the campsite anyhow.. he'd need a battery bank that rivaled the cost of a trailer to run electric heat, at that point your better off just running a genset all night and pissing EVERYONE off within earshot and burning alot...
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    DIY Lithium Packs, Proposal and Discussion

    lead chips make you stupider, silicon chips make you smarter, salsa chips make you fatter.
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    DIY Lithium Packs, Proposal and Discussion

    dont listen to him.. void, void, void. seriously tho, warranty void if removed stickers are unenforceable, as long as you can crack it open w/out physically damaging it.. you'll be fine.. void, void, void.. you kno u wanna :P
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    Victron Energy: Alternator/Solar Charging - LFP Battery System

    I have a 200A Blue Sea Terminal Fuse on mine, max loads are much less than that but there is potential for the inverter to drive it that high intermittently for anything that has a heavy startup surge.. if it goes over it, I definitely want it to trip asap as it has no business pulling that...
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    Need the solar/power pros to weigh in

    yes, you can feed it more wattage than it can output... actually thats better because you wont overload your converter.. it should be bigger than the output of the solar so its only running at like 80% output instead of 100% output.
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    Need the solar/power pros to weigh in

    sounds like you set aux input to midpoint which is only for multi-battery banks.. if you just have one, you either dont use it (set it for starter battery, will show zero v if you dont have a 2nd battery to monitor) or get a temp probe sensor if you want to provide temp readings to your victron...
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    Small offload trailer that has propane furnace???

    I have a battery powered home smoke alarm and co2 detector.. and a lp hardwired alarm.. both came with the intech and I didn't add em. All combustion is external (even air intake, so its not consuming your oxygen), only danger is if heat exchanger cracks and let's exhaust inside.. same as any...
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    Need the solar/power pros to weigh in

    Victron Products are starting to talk to eachother and share info via BT networking, my solar already gets battery voltage from the battery monitor and next firmware will allow multiple chargers to synchronize charge stages via bluetooth, I have to imagine the new DC charger they announced will...
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    Small offload trailer that has propane furnace???

    I installed it my self in my intech, was not that hard..
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    DIY Lithium Packs, Proposal and Discussion

    presumably for his big inverter.. but if you need a 200A load, have you considered a 24v solution? often comes with a nice efficiency boost for the inverter and you can push same wattage out 100A.. stepping down from 24v to 12v is pretty efficient for your lighter loads.
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    Need the solar/power pros to weigh in

    A multimeter or test light on trailer plug with key in your pocket will check if its always hot or not. BMV will show you how many amps you get when your hooked up w/engine running.. I only got about ~5A outta my vehicle plug.. brakes and stuff are own circuit, and rated for higher amps than...
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    Overland Journal's Shelf Stable Meal Test

    For backpacking I just bring cooked venison, cheese, and pasta shells.. of various types and mix them together in varying combinations with some spices here and there.. Its about as ultralight and consumable day after day as I can take.. those MRE Backpacking meals are just terrible and...
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    Small offload trailer that has propane furnace???

    check out https://www.intechrv.com/
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    Feds to open Utah’s national parks to ATVs

    there's so many less restricted places in utah to rip ass and get your rocks off w/an OHV w/no traffic at all.. I dont see the national parks becoming a big magnet for people who wouldn't of done it anyhow in a vehicle.. this would be different in other states, but if your driving through a few...
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