Recent content by 0truck0

Think of controller as a sink faucet. When your bucket is empty you fill at full faucet flow, when near full you adjust to slow faucet speed until it is full and then you turn off your faucet. lf your bucket has a very small hole in it then you might have the faucet flow or drip at a very slow...

Avoid the flex panels, they would be disaster for moving on n off all the time, will break fast. Yes, 4 100w panels seems your best option. That is good price for 100w 12v panel. I have not researched this brand. Look up EPever on ebay for better prices if you want save a few bucks. I would...

Can you fill a pool with multiple water hoses? Also, please read a few forum post using the SEARCH function as all this is discussed already- before you make a new thread. You can fill a pool with multiple hoses. This answers all of your questions above. Chargers with an equal voltage when...

IDT there is anything special about your panel. Is there? In the end it has one positive wire and one negative wire coming out of it, the same as every other 100w panel. Seems like you provided useless info, or is this info signifiant somehow? The fridge is also useless info, or is it? What is...

You got the answer that you asked. If you want specifics on your particular model and not the general reason why, then need to contact manufacturer or research the details further. Nope, this would be a bad myth and one I never heard. Controllers are more like a light switch here, they can...

RV world is full of garbage. Blows my mind that on a $2,000,000 RV that they use these same garbage AC units and the same garbage noisy vent hood fans....

It is a FACT that it is possible and has happened sometimes, but most of the time, no, no issues will occur. The danger is to the controller itself and not your lack of handling live wires. I advise ALWAYS disconnect the solar panel first before disconnecting the battery (or anything else)...

l think "illegal" is a bit of a stretch for a bicycle.

Agree with the above. The controller runs off of battery power and should not turn off if solar is not present. Solar is not present every day, so there is no logic for it to turn off either. Agree, use "USER" and program in your own charging profile.

Can you just skip the pedal assist and replace with a throttle? I think your project is too specific for a solar forum, and the ebike forum will have people who have done similar things instead. Since you are going external battery then that solves a lot of issues trying to fit something in a...

One option is to take the existing battery to a Battery Store/ repair shop and have them put in all new 18650 batteries. This is a simple task for a battery enthusiast. 18650 batteries are in everything including the tool 12v battery you mentioned. They are the favorite for Tour de France...

I think part of the answer is to swap out the alternating current compressor for a DC compressor so you can run the compressor straight off the battery. This have to be 12v compressor. Then you have a fan that is still alt current, so you still would need , though be it a smaller inverter, or...

Yep, exactly. Most use a switch like this: With this one you can charge either or both or neither. The solenoid or relay option with toggle above will do the same thing too, but just more complicated, and only if you must have a remote toggle switch. They key is that both batts should have the...

The deployable panels were added and the existing ones left alone - as this way I did not have to un-do any existing panel wiring in a tight space. The top panel is the deployable and it is selected to power the front battery because the front batteries panels are under the deployable ones. So...

https://diysolarforum.com/threads/double-stack-solar-deployable-wires.79970/ You can always expand your square footage when parked.... Deployable Panels