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You obviously did not read a single word of the opening post on the purpose of this thread. I'm super happy you love your ac180 and it works great for your house 24/7/365. Yeahh...this thread isnt for that, it is for truck campers. I listed the criteria on what was required to make this list...

Yes they bith have same capacity. Well, if same voltage. Capacity is better expressed in Watt-hrs, not Ah, because Ah depends on what the voltage is which folks always forget to include. 100Ah of 12.8V battery is 1280 Watt-hrs. Like @dstefan said, it is cell size, case size. These case sizes...

Right now for me, the only real 120V use I do, and feel I would always do, is the electric kettle for coffee etc. I like using my Coleman propane 2 burner, and I also like my backup small dual fuel Sportster. But the ease and speed of the elec kettle in the morning for coffee is just so...

All good info, and this no AC style works for a lot of folks. HOWEVER... "Good Solar gen powerstations for DC and Light AC truck campers" is my focus on this thread ;) It's a lot of posts, so easy to lose sight of my start, here it is just to remind you on why my posts here all lean away from...

I thought I did the new Pecron e1000LFP up above. I like that one as the minimum size I'd use. The 11-60V 600W 20A solar mppt means you probably can't run panels in series, as they'd have to be 25Voc or less to do 2 and still account for cold weather voltage increases. And most 200W or...

1. After resetting dip swutches, a lot of devices need to be completely powered iff to see the reset and change their config. The 12.8v looks like a lead acid float voltage. Remove all power from dcdc from both sides, set dip5 to lithium setting, add battery power back. See if that helps. 2...

You want to keep total amps, alternator load, below 60% or so. So 62A on yours. I have extensively tested my Tacoma with all loads added one by one and alone. Engine uses 8.3A idle, 10A at 2000 rpm driving. Hibeams, wipers, full air-conditioning, turn signal, gives 42A. Power brakes adds 10A...

Contact company for warranty if it had more than 4 yrs. If it runs and fan on, it probably leaked freon out. A fridge is just a closed loop of freon in pipes with a compressor and a fan, if the compressor and fan run then only freon is left. I guess look at the set temperatures to be sure...

https://www.licitti.com/licitti-cyberbox-3000-portable-power-station/ $1600 Price is bad meh, compare to bluetti etc to decide how you like it. Specs are all fantastic except 26v max on its mppt input. It can do 40A dcdc from car alternator, which may be all you ever need, no solar. However...

On On Off On Off 14.4v is fine. Your manual is a bot different than the one I downloaded off their website when assuming your exact model #, is why the difference. Just look at the charge voltage for type 1 and type 2 lithium. You obviously have a type 2. Type1 are older chemistries with...

Yes, ok. Brass is copper and tin btw. Compression rings for copper tube are always brass.

BACON!!! You are totally right, but I assumed everyone just licked their plate and pan spotless when bacon was involved ;)

@bonuscup I know not what you asked, but you may find of interest for zero cleanup cooking: https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/energy-efficient-food-prep-sous-vide-all-in-one-method.242340/

I have a collapsing rubber sink too. Also small collapsible table. If I want to wash dishes, I put table far enough away from truck I dont make mud if I spill, that depends on terrain. Then I put minimum hot water in, and NO SOAP. The largest water usage comes from trying to wash off soap...

This is a 42V output power source that is intended to be fed into an mppt to charge batteries. So, yes you could feed it into a victron mppt. It's just a 42v dcdc converter. I TRIED to find and buy a Victron 12/48 dcdc converter first, it was hard to find and everyone was sold out. Here it...

No prob. However... Why don't you just go 4Awg, and be ready for your eventual 30A or 50A charger? Totally worth the one time cost to do it correct once. Also, you're still using those oooold FLA batteries! We get less than 2 years here in Phoenix from a car FLA battery before it doesn't...

Totally available in US. My b.i.l. company used to be sole distributor. I see now they are available on Amazon.

@Martinjmpr Meh I downloaded the manual for the OLD 1212 20. Here are the potential mistakes you may have made and issues I see: 1. Did you wire an ignition source to the D+ terminal? If not, charger won't work. 2. Did you make a mistake and wire into the LC terminal instead? Instant derate of...

I think on 1st glance that everything is working correctly, and you have just failed to abide by required engineering i.e. cable sizes. 1. For DC circuit cable voltage drop calcs, THE ENTIRE CIRCUIT LENGTH IS USED! POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BOTH! 2. Length matters...someone should have told you this...

This charger is a dc2dc or alternator charger, but is intended for use soecifically with a PowerStation rather than just a battery. It has the output voltage boosted to 42V to allow rapid charging of PowerStation through the solar input ports. This sort of alternator charger is becoming common...