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Thank Neil, I will plan on a tank vent and for each sink, a trap. The shower will likely be a separate sump with a pump so that should act as a trap. Starting to look into a re-circulation system for the shower (anyone know of a good one?). On the boat the shower is our largest use of water, but...

Hey guys, been doing a bit more reading and thinking about the suggestions made here. I have made the request from the battery supplier to send me the invoice so I can move forward with the order (16 100Ah 3.2 aluminum cased cells for a 4p4s bank at 400Ah at 12v). I have also stumbled on...

Thanks for this reminder, I have asked for the batteries to all be from the same manufacture date (they all have a serial number with the first few digits being the manufacture date. I had asked for consecutive serial numbers but from the serial numbers they sent me they make at least a thousand...

I have read a bit about the hall effect sensors and some places say they are not as reliable over the long term as a shunt (I have a 18 year old one on the boat that is still working fine). Would you know if this is true or not and if not point me towards a BMS that uses a hall effect sensor? I...

One thing I am looking for is a navigation app that allows for types of roads. Our truck is a 11 ton truck and it would be nice to have a navigation app that takes this into account.

So I have been doing some more reading about our possible lifepo4 battery pack. So I think now it will be a 4p4s battery pack made up with 16 Frey 100Ah 3.2v prismatic cells. I can either order them from EPCP or straight from Frey in China. I might go the China route as I have gotten a price of...

Very cool, I was just wondering about batteries with a claimed 10 year life (all LifePO4 based batteries) but with a 2 or 3 year warranty. Good work Battle Born.

Hey guys, one of the things I have been thinking through is the under habitat storage boxes. My plan is to clad the bottom area with aluminum panels and storage boxes where there is space (sort of like what Bimobil does. Originally I was thinking aluminum frames with aluminum panels. Then I saw...

Just unpacked our complete windows/doors and hatches from David and Aimee. They look great and can't wait to be able to put them into our habitat.

Thanks for the links and info. From a bit of bouncing around the web it looks like the best bet, if you wanted to get drop in batteries is from a reputable US based company that will stand behind any warranty claims. Given that our plans are for out of the US travel, if we go with LifePO4 it...

Ok, since we had to hang out waiting for Florence to pass I had a bit of time to look more into the LifePO4 batteries. So I went back to the "drop in replacement" batteries to look at them closer. It seems like BattleBorn is the most common one in this market in the USA at $950, but I also...

Hey all, just got news that our boat made it through Florence ok! The water level rose about 7 feet and is on the way down, I figured at about 8' we might start to have problems. Anyway, for now we can continue on with the plan to move the build from Vermont to North Carolina for the winter...

Hey luthj, we have lived on sailboats for about 20 years now with the last 18 years using 6 6V Trojan wet cells for our house bank. This ends up being a 675amp hour bank and has worked well for us. So given a 50% usable capacity that gives just shy of 340amp hours. With a 300amp hour BB bank at...

Here is the batteries I am considering Fortune 100Ah Aluminum Encased Battery They claim the aluminum cased batteries are better for heat dispersion so have a longer lifespan. They also sell the required BMS and balancers for this setup.

Thanks JonyJoe101, that was the info I was looking for. Looks like the electric car company has all the needed parts. Joe, what you mention about lead acid batteries is pretty much our experience over the last 20 years living with them. We pretty much count on 2 years for our battery bank...

Thanks Joe for the link, I actually was on the phone with the company they bought their batteries from today asking a lot of questions. They seem to sell some reasonable systems. One of my ideas with the lithium was reduced size and weight of the battery bank. Since we will likely move off the...

Thanks for the tip. I did talk with Renogy about their batteries. Tech support told me I should size my new lithium bank the same as my current wet cell and should only discharge the batteries to about 40%. Then if I accidentally fully discharged the batteries they would be "locked up". Not sure...

Hey guys, starting to work on the details about our eventual house bank. I know we live ok with our 6 6V Trojan T125's on our boat (675 amp hours) but am considering lithium batteries for the new RV. I looked into the Battle Born drop in replacements and they seem like a nice option but would...

Hey all, Andreas did let me know the Total Composites kit should arrive Oct 5th! Can't wait and thanks Andreas for the update. Also the Tern windows/doors are now awaiting pickup at the local FedEx. Why are they waiting, well our home of the last 18 years (our sailboat) is in North Carolina, not...

I am also in the process doing this. Trick for me is getting an 8mm nylon pipe to the 1/4" nylon pipe. Trying to mix "American" with the rest of the planet is a bit challenging at times.