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how much solar you think you can fit? just a single 325W? tha'll probably do the job most days.

thats kinda how I'm doing it, my Victron SmartSolar is by far the best charge source I have for my LFP and I feel completely comfortable leaving it unsupervised and let it do its thing.. so its primary and other charge sources require manual intervention in default mode.. I keep my shore charger...

I put a filter on the high pressure side of my regulator because I had encountered stories of poor quality LP gunking up even hardlines.. figured with how much money I spent on furnace and stove, the filter was cheap insurance.

A TJ or JK dont have half the towing capabilities I currently require (~8klbs 20ft toy hauler).. and a truck wont carry a family of 4 + two dogs comfortably either. I dunno bout the LR3 seats, but my Audi seats are the best Ive had.. Ive got a messed up back (not broken but ruptured disks), but...

@TexasTJ Do you tow? whats the height difference on lowest and highest? on my vehicle its dramatic.. I'd much rather drive the highways and at speed w/a low center of gravity, than drive around lifted everywhere just for the few occasions I need actually need such clearance. Yeah, I'm ruined...

Air Suspension has a bad wrap because it was problematic early on when introduced into production vehicles, but most of the lessons have been learned the hard way and long ago resolved with today's air suspension systems.. for example the infamous Audi Allroad was one of the first, and always...

Just throwing this into the conversation: https://battlebornbatteries.com/shop/lifepo4-battery-isolation-manager/

Air Suspension is the tits, my current vehicle has it.. and it has absolutely RUINED me.. I have to have it on my next vehicle, going without it would be a regression in features... its been totally reliable, never given me any grief in 5 years.. its like I have 3 vehicles in one, drop it to the...

With lead batteries, The battery determines the charge current, not the charger.. You can hook a 2000A charger up to a battery, it'll only take what it needs.. probably far less than 30A. You cant force it to take more amps than its capable of receiving.

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my maths was wrong, I'm a lil too tipsy.. reread, its 30A.. you'll want the 30A smart solar. Ive got a fixed 325W panel @ 70V on a SmartSolar 100/30 and LFP Battery, does quite awesome.. input amperage is 5-6A, output is like ~25A+ in good sun.. I've seen full 325W output w/my setup this...

360W @ 12V = 30A.. The panel's rating of 36V is 10A.. Watts = Volts * Amps 15A @ 12V is only 180W.. you are leaving a whole lot of panel off the table.. if you read the victron manual it says 220W is Nominal, ie add a bit of overhead into it so its easier to achieve 15A output: Its okay to...

75/15 is about half the size you need for that solar panel, and one of the advantages of LFP is its ability to quickly recharge.. which a 25A charger is not really a fast charge for a 150AH LFP when you could charge it with 60A.. its like difference of running a genset or driving for a few hours...

Series until you approach the high voltage limitations of your MPPT, then parallel until you reach the current limitations of your MPPT.. for various reasons. 18awg is a bit skimpy IMO..

20A is about minimum acceptable charge rate for that IMO.. typically I found anything less than 10A per 100AH not really worth the trouble.. anything much more than 20A per 100AH is unlikely to yield much in return for the extra costs as it'll spend so little time above that, if it ever does...

they always make a better idiot.. I like the fact they cooking their own boards and making revisions, you can always improve a design, especially with further insight.. but often some corporate finance guy wont always let yeh.. especially if it results in a bit of scrap, despite any long term...

got another phone call from a tech, we chatted, he's the one assigned to my battery.. Told him the story from the beginning he agreed its either some cooked mosfets or a faulty connection to terminal post since my terminal post temperature probe often saw high temps w/inverter loads and...

so? put em in a battery box to contain any spills.. your FWC camper is not going to contain hydrogen gases, the smallest and lightest atoms will escape anything but a perfect container.. flooded lead batteries really are no danger indoors with a regulated charge source.. My vehicle has a FLA...

fixed that for you.. If its a danfoss compressor unit, its about as power efficient as can be had.. outside that it depends on insulation, which on a front loader like that has ample room for DIY improvement.. I would not depend wholly on the freezing capability of anything like this, a single...

yeah but thats moot because new gas engines got a particulate filter that will someday fill up too.. its just a wear part, Ive had catalytic converters clog up on cars long after manufacturer stopped making parts for em.. its the same old song and dance. California has already taxed diesel to...