The system is getting a workout here in Indiana! It's been 95 and humid for several days with partly sunny skies. I'm slowly running out of juice - but I have yet to plug in. I woke up with 48% this morning, got to 63% (it only got up to ~85 degrees & humid today, partly sunny and rainy).. now at 57% and will probably wake up with 30% ... but tomorrow is 100% rain all day and I may need to plug in for the first time ever
So, in light of that, I finally installed the
Progressive Industries EMS-LCHW50 electrical management system to protect my Victron's from Bad Stuff at the Campground... I tested that I can plug into 50a or 30a no problems and it passes through properly to the Victron and they do the right thing whether on 50 (split phase) or 30 (single phase). So I'm ready. I'm gonna try not to plug in. I'm at almost 3 months now without plugging in.
I'm on my way to Kanas (where New Horizons - the 5th wheel manufacturer - is headquartered)... I'll be there the week of July 13th ... a few things on my list will be done, including upgrading my LR AC from 9k to 12k ... it definitely needs it. I'm not even convinced 12k is enough if you're gonna camp in temps over 95 degrees but a 33% increase in BTU should help a lot. The LR got up to 77 when I closed off and shut down the bedroom ... I have to use the bedroom + a fan in order to get the LR down to the low 70's when it's in the 90s right now.
And speaking of all that, the AC was running the hardest I've run it ... both 9k units running at max, consuming about 1000 watts of AC power. Right now I have the BR turned off and the LR set to 64 and I'm consuming about 200 watts of power for the AC (430 watts total for everything in the rig right now). It's now an hour after sunset and it's been raining and it's quickly dropped to 73 degrees outside. 68 and dry and QUIET inside
The BR is 80 degrees haha but it will cool off quickly when I go to bed and turn on the AC there.
I leave the AC in the LR set to 74 when I go to bed. I typically use about 25% of my battery between sunset and sunrise (or about 30% from peak high to peak low). You can see all the graph/data here:
https://vrm.victronenergy.com/installation/76892/share/d5bbdd04 -- go to advanced and you can see some really nice information about my power consumption etc ... and yes, my battery is getting too hot (due to outside temps, not due to charge/discharge). I just received the parts I need to pull the cool air from inside to the battery area.
Last two days if you're too lazy to hit the VRM URL