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Thanks, I'll look in to this unit. Before breathing a sigh of relief after building both packs, I charged and discharged them more times than I care to admit, to make sure that my solar settings on the Victron were perfect (staying in a very comfortable range). This was total user error, I...

As title states, LIFEPO4 and thankfully things just got really REALLY hot, and one pack is fried - no damage to my pop up camper which I was using as a workbench for this process. I have (had) two identical 40-cell 26650 lifepo4 battery packs, 10 cells paralleled, 4 series, lovely 12v portable...

Yea, wait what? I'm just getting to the end of a $4.50 quart of oil by Power Care from Home Depot. That lasted the three or whatever seasons of using the echo saw and will probably last with the Ryobi til autumn. The echo in particular probably leaked more out than it used. And as far as why...

I got this Ryobi because I already had their 18v weed eater and got their 18v leaf blower the other week. Both of which perform great for my uses by the way. Anyway, got the 12" saw and am blown away. I've used it on two 3 day trips in July thus far, and have left the sites with an abundance...

Sure, I can see things in the app too - but the bluesolar can't communicate with the Victron SmartNetwork (created by a BMV or smart battery sense) if you have the older dongle. Bluetooth connectivity, yes, but allegedly some hardware limitation with older dongles that won't let it receive...

That's what I settled on. I built two identical lifepo4 packs in Apache cases and had barely enough room for the battery itself, an XT60 panel mount for charging, a cig lighter socket, and a panel-mount cigarette female-style USB-C+QC USB thing. Fitting an inverter would have required a much...

Also worth noting that if you intend on doing any VE Smart Network stuff (ex: transmitting temperature/voltage from a BMV or Smart Battery Sense) you're better off getting the SmartSolar. I had the bluetooth dongle for my BlueSolar to give it bluetooth communications, but apparently an older...

For just maintaining a starter battery? I guess you'd have to know the specifics of your parasitic load. If you don't have to start the vehicle every day then it can't be crazy. The 4A noco onboard battery charger/maintainer says it's good for up to 120ah batteries. I suspect it can maintain...

I don't understand what you hope to gain from this? If it's allowing it to sit for longer durations without the parasitic drain getting to it, it seems like you're preventing that with the NOCO maintenance charger. And it doesn't seem like you need more capacity otherwise from the starter...

Yeah, a drag but makes sense. I have a lot of room behind the panel of my portable battery packs, so nothing is really stopping me from just buying a macbook compatible one and hacking it in to the side of the case. I've found my 13" '17 MBP charges at a max of 44w and for a relatively short...

I've seen 68w being supplied to the battery, limited by the charge controller's max charge current setting. Right here it's just floating along making up for the power I'm pulling out of the larger apache case... 20v negotiated from Macbook 87w charger.

Charging from a 87w macbook pro charger. So yeah, to accomplish B2B charging either inside my truck, or from its auxiliary battery in the bed, I just need to use my high powered USB C PD charger. Ignore filth, I absolutely destroy my coffee table and everything else whenever I do a project.

Well, one would think. Two or so years ago I was on a road trip and noticed my fridge wasn't at the set temperature at a rest stop, like 20 degrees above but actively running with compressor going. Then it cut off completely before my very eyes as stood over the roof top solar scratching my...

I don't think these shunt based capacity meters care about your battery chemistry. You input your battery capacity, and they know what goes in and out of the battery via the shunt- allowing a gauge to be displayed. Here's an affordable capacity gauge and here's a video of it being evaluated on...

I have two of those, identical but sold by 'MICTUNING' on Amazon. I could live with the 18w PD for sustaining my 13" macbook pro (surfing the web without a bunch of applications open is like 12w) and that's why I bought them. Sustain laptop in evenings, fully charge it back up if it wasn't at...

Getting warmer with panel mount female to female, though I dont know how to purchase. Seems like I just found the manufacturer's site.. https://www.umateck.com/product/high-quality-usb-3-1-type-c-usb-c-female-to-female-panel-mount-cable-umpm6201/ errr i'm a doofus, USB gear has it for $10...

I have a few Anderson things but the 30a plugs are just a pain in the the ass even with the $50 crimp tool. Maybe I'd like em more in 45A. I've switched to XT60 for most stuff now but they don't feel good at the end of a home made extension cord. Andersons never really have either. Damn...

Something like 5a... the controller and the battery could handle a lot more but I'll never be in a hurry to get them charged. They'll most commonly be charged from USB-C PD -> 2.1x5.5mm 20v output feeding in to the controller as PV. This dongle thing has an inline module that negotiates the...

So if it handles 3a @ 5v, does that mean it handles 3a at 20v? Or more? Or less? I'm thinking both carbon60 and I are wanting to run in excess of 60w / 20v@3a to make use of the large power supply capable of 20v @ 4.5a. I'd put more faith in the 20" panel mount extension posted being to spec...

Was looking for 1/2/OFF and all the search results were muddled with 1/2/Both, and I didn't want to accidentally flip to both - or have someone else at my camp screwing around with it. And they're all a little large considering this battery pack is in something the size of a small pistol hard...