Recent content by AlexBen

No, I'm sorry it isn't more clear. The 12V Lynx which will fuse the lift, the liftgate, the fusebox etc.... will get its supply of 12V either from the paired Orions.... OR from the truck battery/alternator as a back up if my 24V system crashes. So obviously all the 12V items are fused at the...

I don't think you read my post. I pretty clearly say I'm talking about my 24V distribution, and want to fuse the Orion. If I were to put a load on the 12 V side, you're fusing the load, not the Orion..... So I'm talking about 24V busbar/fuse to the 24 input of the Orion.

I'd like to confirm I've got the right idea fusing my 24V battery Lynx Distributor From my 24V battery that has its own built in fuse covering it..I need to run the following: 2x Orion 24-12-70 amp converters. I figure max current they pass is 85amps at 12 volts = 1024 watts. They are...

Consider if you are penny pinching that the Power In distributer from Victron is easily modified to add fuses, and way cheaper than the Lynx version which really has limited ability to take advantage of information sharing. I’m going to nu some cheap green LED and add them to power in modified...

Yes, not a bad catch for a rookie taking his first swings at bat. But as my mechanic mentor taught me: If I see any further than the next person, it’s because I’m standing in my mentors shoulders. Great stuff being taught through these forum discussions. (But you need some experience and...

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Consider the full output of an Orion 24-12-70 amp to be 12Vx70 amps= 840 watts. This means you are drawing 840 watts off the battery. But you are drawing it at 24V. That means your amperage is only 35. (840/24). I think you want a 35 amp fuse, not 70. Your diagram shows 70 amp fuse. That’s...

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I didn’t want to build a 48 volt battery.

I'm building a RV-Car Hauler. The plan is eventually to have AC with a Mini-split, so the need for a inverter over 1500 watts drove the selection of a 24V battery. The truck has a liftgate on the back for lifting a race car up into the truck, it has a resettable fuse of 150 amps, hence parallel...

By the way, intuitively you put 70 amp fuses on the feeds to your 24-12-70 Orions. Remember, that's 24V, so if you're trying to protect the draw on that wire, its only 35 amps, I think I'll put a 40 in there. Each Orion can put out 70 amps steady, 85 peak. So its draw is similar, but at 24...

Thanks for sharing this. Is if fair to assume you revised (ninja edit) the wire diagram on your first post to accommodate the suggestions? Second... what is your plan for keeping your rig running right if you blow one of the 70 amp fuses in the Lynx? Will you carry back up fuses? Having a...

Very interesting thread. Glad people are talking about it. I have a box truck conversion to RV car hauler that has a liftgate we've modified dramatically to lift a car into the truck. In stock form, as it came from the factory, it has a resettable fuse of 150 amps. This will necessitate using a...

Appreciate input. Turns out that EG4 unit is nearly useless for RV as it has no ability to bleed off excess capacity from solar panel to keep battery charged. Plans have evolved to three stages. Build or buy a 24V battery, 200ah to 240 range, use 70 watt Victron Orion 24-12 transformer. I...

Hey, also unrelated but important. Many people buy kits for the purpose of battery 12 V back up pumps and miss out on an important detail. The 110 pump you have which is 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 or rarely full Hp rated has WAY more flow rate for 8-10 feet down from where it’s trying to dump the water...