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LFP IN COLD WEATHER
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We are at older sons place in northern New Mexico at 8000. The temperature dropped to 9 F with 10 of snow. We put a 60 W lamp in front bay with the LFP battery suite and it kept the space above 40 F. Son ran an extension cord to fifth wheel after I whined about needing to probably run generator in morning since I...
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LFP IN COLD WEATHER
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We are at older sons place in northern New Mexico at 8000. The temperature dropped to 9 F with 10 of snow. We put a 60 W lamp in front bay with the LFP battery suite and it kept the space above 40 F. Son ran an extension cord to fifth wheel after I whined about needing to probably run generator in morning since I...
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Solar Controller Wiring.
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It seems to me that one of the limitations of camping using only battery power, is the ability of the batteries to be brought back to 100% charge each day. The new solar regulator I have installed has apart from battery connections, load connections as well. Would there be any advantage in taking power...
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Solar controllers
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Hi everyone. What amp controler would I need for 500 watts of solar? ie 2 x 250watt mono panels. Thanks. i looked on here but couldnt find the answer.
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Flexible solar panels - feed back
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Anyone out there got any information on the durability of flexible solar panels ?, these are the ones with a fiberglass or plastic backing, and have 3 eyelets each side to attach. I am not asking about the ones that fold up into a small square, these can't be folded, and perhaps not even rolled up. They ar...
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How long to charge
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Roughly how long should it take to charge one 100a.h. deep cycle LA battery using a 200 (72cell) panel if starting from a battery at 11.6v.
Controller is at the battery & all wires are correct size.
What is the resting voltage of a 100ah LA deep cycle battery after the surface charge has dissipate...
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I need to know ----Diode heat
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Okay, have got two panels up and running, with the new regulator ticking away just fine. In at Altronics yesterday, and when I asked the sales person what I wanted, he did a few calculations, and advised that the diodes (2x) for the two 160w panels (4 diodes all up) should be put into a metal enclosure, th...
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Anderson plug for portable solar.
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Quick question, is there a colour code for the Anderson plug (mounted on the RV) that a portable panel will plug into.
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Broken panel
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hi guys found a 120 watt folding panel the other week . 1 panel was shattered . So me being dragged it back to camp wired it up and bingo works a treat . Makes what the tag says . Moral to the story dont throw away shattered panels . dibs
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Blocking diodes between solar panels
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Hello everyone A technical question from a layman, which hopefully may help others in the future Can someone give me a link to blocking diodes, for a 160 watt lightweight portable solar panel I am thinking of either connecting directly to the leisure/house batteries, through the portable solar pan...
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Charging Caravan house batteries from an outside source of solar and aux battery.
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OK I have 2x 120 AH house batteries in the caravan being charged - only by 450 watts of panels, flat mounted. When running short of power, and I should say here, we have a few electronic devices including TV and vast, as well as a 12v compressor fridge. I have the ute set up with a DC-DC charger from the motor...
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Recommended supplier for Flexible Solar panels please
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Title of the thread says it all with the possible exception of saying they'll be supplying a lithium setup. I've always considered Solar4RV to be the recommended supplier but i'm seeing numerous options on evilBay for 'around' the $1 per watt (roughly) price tag. I don't want attached controllers i...
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Solar regulator position.
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Its my understanding that the regulator for solar panels to battery is placed as close to the battery as possible to avoid voltage drop, thus allowing the batteries to reach full charge. The problem I have is, I have noticed that all portable panels on sale have the charger fastened to the back of the pa...
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Hot water indicator light
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Gday Just hoping someone has replaced the little rectangle red lite that indicates gas hot water heating up. $50 or so to buy the whole thing. Has anyone been able to buy just the little light separately? Thanks (havent done this before)
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A cat among the pigeons, a can of worms? Interesting discussion?
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Hello members, I did a bit of searching earlier this evening after testing today on the subject of solar panels mounted on an angle or flat on the roof. TI Terry took macca17 to task nearly two years ago with this comment - "Fairly obvious this opinion is not base on actual testing. Fact is the input is app...
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Panels series vs parallel 80v vs 40v benefits ?
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Hi all, I'm about to install some permanent panels on the roof of the van and have now come up with a mounting plan based on research. The pop up roof offers its own challenges. The panels have an open circuit voltage of around 40v and are rated 235w. Of course I'll be using a suitably rated mtttp contr...
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Solar controller voltage output
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I recently purchased a 120watt portable solar panel for use with my caravan.Today I used a multimeter to measure the voltage output and found while I was getting 20V on the input to the controller I was only getting about 2.5V on the out put side. Does the panel have to be connected to a load (e.g. a batter...
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solar power
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ive just bought a motorhome for the first time. Being a complete novice, I was hoping for a little advice about solar/ 240v power/ inverters/batteries. My Ford Transit h a 120w solar panel, 2 house batteries and controller. No inverter. Therefore the only way to utilise 240v power points is to connec...
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Need advice - first time buying solar
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Hi everyone
My hubby and I are going travelling soon and we need a bit of advice on solar. We have a camper trailer and want to buy a solar set up, but we have absolutely no idea about it....total solar virgins!!! Can anyone help with what we should get???
Thanks heaps
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Tristar 60
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Apologys in advance if this has already been covered and my lack of knowledge re solar. I have a tri star 60a pwm controller which hasnt got the the monitor module. I have installed a victron bmv 700 and I am very pleased with it. Do I need to install the add on monitor to the Tristar side of the system to pro...
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