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@hour, we'll they have an external switch IO I could just bang around, but my plan is to use the VE.Direct API.. this is something you can do.. After a long night of research I'm just going to write my own dashboard for monitoring the system, VenusOS is going to end up being too restrictive...

yeah its got a dedicated breaker and a dedicated output that you can put a switch between.. but I'll be wiring the 48v shore charger up to that same circuit (I'm out of circuit space).. I've also got a green 120v LED I installed into the panel and its wired into the shore charger circuit.. this...

No danger w/the battery inside as long as its in a box and you regulate charging to it and just dont hook it up to a big dumb shop charger. Turn off the LVD on the ARB fridge and put an external LVD near the battery.. and you can get away with a bit of voltage drop on long runs. Chassis...

If you want something a bit more quality than a cheap china led power supply check out Mouser/Digikey, they got industrial and medical grade, high 90%+ efficiency, wide range voltage acceptance w/out flipping switches, you can find em w/conformal coatings in just about any voltage you want.. and...

I'll still have redundancy w/the Progressive Dynamics charger it has now.. I'd still keep it cuz its my fuse/circuit box but I'll hook it up to a switch thats normally off.. If for some reason my 48v psu goes down I can fail back to that.. I decided last night the shelf I have all my...

So I was working out the next phase over this winter, was going to be mounting the genset and portable solar externally.. part of that is getting another solar charger and a more sophisticated AC charger.. being sad that victron dont make an AC charger of suitable size, I'm thinking of just...

I like the ProNautic being accepting of any voltage worldwide.. since I got a big inverter I dont have to worry about traveling internationally and not running my appliances (since I can run em off inverter).. you can get em in basically any size. Do you ever do stop overs at friends/family...

The biggest that comes is 15A, which is not enough IMO.. I'm going for a ProNautic 1240p if Victron dont release something w/more umph before then.. you could go for the 1260p if you want to flex that LFP more. I'm looking forward to charging from an EV spot in the PNW when they wont give me...

Almost all packed up and ready for a week at the grand canyon, leaving the dirt bikes behind on this adventure so lots of room!

Yep, the time I got a fake we were testing a new 3D Gyro on the market.. a few people had gotten their hands on em and they were really good, just what we'd been looking for.. so I got my hands on one, soldered everything together then spent the next 2 weeks trying to figure out why I got no...

Its a law stating no video displays within drivers view, I can play a DVD out mine, but it shuts off the display once you start moving.. with my tow vehicle, I had to plug a service computer into it and modify some values so I could get Video in Motion unlocked.. dunno if possible on a...

yeah that was the deal breaker, I dont let anyone else work on my stuff.. if I ******** it up, then I'm at fault and learned a lesson the hard way.. if someone else **********************, and I paid extra for that.. I wanna see heads roll. I like the dual heat source approach, first I have redundancy...

I was gonna get a Truma Varioheat.. but bailed on those plans and have been totally happy w/my Propex HS2800.. I needed heat sooner than later, and Trauma wont let any dealers sell direct, you have to get it installed at a dealer.. no DIY with that route. Propex never woken me up kicking on...

Inverter Test w/Microwave.. 5mins Holding Voltage 12.58 Final Temp: 92F (ambient 70F) This is much better than the original battery, the microwave has always triggered a LVD cutoff because voltage would drop below 12v and temps would usually be in the tripple digits after a run like that...

oh so true, I used to cook flight controller boards (literally, in my oven) all the time for prototyping, so many fake components that are hard to avoid if you've not got Intel purchasing power and can deal directly with manufacturer. Its hooked up and charging up, something interesting.. this...

I think thats probably it, as soon as I started hooking up big loads I was surprised by how much the voltage dropped and how hot the battery post got.. that was the first sign something was not right, but I didnt have any other reference points.

I never mentioned this post or that any of this was getting publicly blogged, unless they are lurking here.. they have no idea. Yeah this battery is going to be pampered even harder than the previous one, I never went over their spec'd limits but now I think I'mna use the Victron LFP charging...

BattleBorn Update: Brand spanking new battery New Serial Number is ~25k, old Serial Number was ~5k Installing it now, dont expect any problems.. kinda nice getting fresh new battery w/latest electronics and they didnt refurb my old cells that the BMS might of messed with.. I'm interested in a...

Did you use a smart ACR or just a big dumb starter solenoid to isolate them? for starting you'd want the later as it connects batteries before/when starting instead of after engine is running.. if they are isolated when not charging having varying ages and states of battery life is pretty much...

if the truck shipped with two batteries standard I'm sure your overthinking this.. two batteries flat lead batteries are highly unlikely to kill a 240A alternator.. I'm familiar with getting diesels going in cold weather, but thats not really the death valley scenario you proposed is it? If you...