Recent content by Curb71

I feel like this is a topic that's been beaten to death for years but I'm not finding much about it anywhere. Does battleborn recommend charging their batteries to 100% daily? Is a full 100% discharge cycle the same as discharging from 80% to 30% twice? Should I set my solar generator to...

The LiFePO4 battery is a Lion Energy UT1300. The solar generators are the Ecoflow Delta, R600 and Bluetti AC200.

Can I just connect a 12V LiFePO4 battery to the DC input of a solar generator? Do I need a DC to DC converter or anything else?

It's not just the warranty. It's the lifetime charge cycles. LiFePO4 is 3000-5000 to 80% SoC. Lead acid is...300? There's also the half the weight and size benefit. If you do the math based on life expectancy, LiFePO4 is actually cheaper if you can such up the initial cost.

Thank you again. I guess I'll be upgrading my SCC.

Thank you. I wasn't able to find that online. I entered -80 (or -90?) on the calculator for the V temp coeff and that's apparently incorrect because all recommended SCCs disappear from the list once I do that. Does PV Module temperature [°C]: just mean to enter the lowest and highest possible...

I want to do a big upgrade to my little RV solar setup. I bought 4 Lion Energy UT1300s. Trying to figure how many panels my Renogy Rover 30A can handle or if I need to sell it and upgrade. Here's the panel specs. I don't understand what this calculator is asking for the Temp coeff & PV Module...

That's interesting but what I can't find is the voltage range for solar. 25A seems very high. 300W is lower than the Delta but no mention of voltage. ? The battery cycle life is way better than the Delta but it weighs DOUBLE! 62lbs. Yikes.

annnnnd they're back. :) Grabbed 4.

I was pretty close to pulling the trigger last night. Spent hours watching videos and reading. Went back this morning to grab at least a pair and POOF! They're gone. Maybe Battleborn will have some black friday sales this year?

Going to need more than 6 minutes. :geek:

Since the rigid panels I'm looking at using have an aluminum frame, I was going to add some standard solar panel mounting brackets to the panels and then attach a ring shaped magnet to each one. With the magnets being secured to the bottom of the brackets, they'd hopefully be little shoes that...

Lets take a panel like this for example. Here's the specs: Max. power voltage(Vmp): 18±5% Max. power current(Imp): 10±5% Open circuit voltage(Voc): 21.6±5% Short circuit current(Isc): 10.5A Series fuse rating: 15A Max. system voltage: 1000V DC J-Box IP Rating: IP65 If I want to use a panel to...

I have a gazebo type structure over my BBQ and I want to add a couple 200W~ solar panels on top. It's a solid metal roof and I don't want to drill through it. Wondering if some type of magnetic or adhesive mount exists.

There's a few in the facebook group I linked above.