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My latest project, a reproduction of a 1970 Chevrolet LS-7 engine, took about a year to put together. Most of the components were donated to the project including a genuine LS-7 forged crankshaft. It's still a project in progress as I'm prepping a set of correct cylinder heads. It's my...

My answer is "because you can." I'm from the "you can't ever have too much battery and too much solar" school. As a person who loves muscle cars, I'm also from the "you can't have too much horsepower" school as long as it LOOKS stock. If the car came with a 396, no one will know if you slide a...

My parents taught me to keep my mouth shut if I didn't have anything good to say about someone. So this is me, keeping my mouth shut about Jennifer Granholm, current energy secretary and former governor of Michigan.

I wish I could come up with a witty reply but I got nothing.

I bought the Kepworth 300ah battery on Amazon. Received it last Wednesday and so far it's been as advertised. If I remember right (hey, I'm super old and I killed way too many brains cells when I was younger), the voltage was 13.24 out of the box. I completed the charge and at a discharge rate...

Maybe it's just dumb luck. I started expanding our new (at that time) camper's system three years ago. The camper was equipped with one GoPower 190-watt panel, a GoPower pwm 30-amp controller, and one "camper special" 12-volt battery. We ordered the camper with a 12-volt 11 cu. ft...

Interesting things about the manual that came with this battery; there isn't a 300ah battery listed in the manual. There's a 320ah battery though. Page 27 shows the 320ah battery as having a 200-amp bms but page 34 says the 320ah battery has a max continuous discharge current of 320 amps and 640...

I can't offer any help but I'd like to thank you for rescuing these creatures from a terrible end. My wife and I have adopted horribly abused animals from rescues like yours. Without exception, our adopted pets have been absolutely wonderful pets, even though they have all required a higher...

Not that this has anything to do with the thread but the question about a totally electric home revived my memory. In 1960 my parents bought a new home that was 100% electric with General Electric Company devices. The living room, hallway and bathroom had GE electric baseboard heating. Each...

I'd love to see the innards of this battery. I'm too much of a wimp to whack it open though. If only I had an X-Ray machine, or maybe a set of those X-Ray glasses that used to be advertised in the comic books (if you're old enough to remember comic books and X-Ray glasses). These were usually...

I like it here. I learn something new here every day and every now and and then I can contribute something.

This inverter-charger looks very similar to my Sungoldpower 3000/9000-watt inverter-charger, although mine has a max charge rate of 95 amps. The charge profiles are similar except mine has a selection for Euro gel batteries (whatever that is. I'm not an expert on any of this stuff). For cycling...

Hi Daxo. Welcome to the forum. I bought my 12-volt 3000/9000-watt inverter-charger because of it's charging capability of 95 amps. As far as loads, a 2000-watt inverter would have performed admirably but I'm not a fan of running devices anywhere near their capacity. It's input side is fused for...

My 2500-watt msw inverter works great for taking up space and collecting dust. Jeez, I think it cost $800 and it weighs 50 lbs. I bought it in 1990 to run the marine air conditioner on our boat while away from the dock. It's worked great for everything including powering our new camper. It went...

It looks like it's available again, $589-$80 coupon. Has anyone else bought one? Mine is in the basement, paralleled with my Pionergy 300ah battery and powering my 3000-watt inverter-charger. So far, they're playing together nicely. Next step is to connect my two 100ah lifepo4 batteries in...

We don't cook. We had a "take-in" window installed when we built our house. Its been mighty handy the last year or so.

If only I had the nerve to do that. I ran it pretty hard yesterday, with a 307-amp load for 60 seconds, a ten minute recovery period and a 430+ load for 5-6 seconds at which time the bms shut down. I followed the instructions in the manual; disconnect all loads and let the battery rest for 30...

To answer your question, yes, I run our new Rockwood 2205's air conditioner with a 4000-peak/3000-continuous modified sine wave inverter with two 100ah lifepo4 batteries. In fact, it's running in the driveway right now. I've had my inverter for over 30 years and it just keeps on working. If it...

The odds are anyone's guess, as is the expected lifespan. This was definitely a budget battery but I'm okay with however it turns out. Thanks for telling me the high temps are in the 70's. I'm envious. Ongoing health issues keep me real close to home. Otherwise we'd be visiting places that are...

Sorry for the delayed reply. I'm super old and take several naps during the day. Hmm, maybe that's why I don't sleep good at night. Or it might be because our little dog Clyde keeps kicking me at night. Anyway, yes, I bought and received the Kepworth battery. It performs slightly better than...

My inverter-charger's advertised lvd is 11 volts but the voltage at the inverter-charger terminals was 10.8 volts when it turned off. I'm just an average cranky old guy that likes to play with our camper's batteries and inverter-charger during the winter. There's not much else to do here in...

I chose the Sungoldpower 3000/9000 watt 12 volt inverter charger. It has an adjustable 20-85-amp charge rate and different settings for several battery chem is tries including lifepo4. It powers everything including the rooftop air on our Mini Lite 2205S. It also has an automatic transfer...

We have a 3000/9000 SunGoldPower low frequency inverter-charger and a 500 amp-hour lifepo4 battery bank of one 300ah battery (200 amp bms) and two 100ah batteries (each has a100 amp bms). Our rooftop AC is a Coleman Mach with a soft-start. The inverter-charger pulls 130 amps from the battery...

Which half of the solar system? The half on the other side of the sun, I hope. We keep a secondary coffee pot on standby. It's a shame my cardiologist just forbade me from drinking coffee any more. I swear, on my deathbed I'm going to ask for a cup of coffee, no cream no sugar.

"Has anyone else realized how far we are away from running society on wind and solar?" Probably not in my lifetime.

Refrigerator and range were white. Pink steel cabinets and white appliances, what a color combo. I wish I had pictures.

Thanks. I appreciate that. As a member on other forums, I try to avoid going off the rails. That said, it sometimes happens, after which I feel an apology is due. Personally, what I find annoying is improper word usage, some of which is related to spell check; here/hear, their/there/they're...

Yes they do. And they're a pretty impressive sleeper with the 6.2 high output package. I'd like to own one but we already have three cars (one being a Mustang GT) but only a two-car garage. And at this particular time I'm considering purchasing a 1972 Corvette convertible, so I may need to find...

Thanks for posting. I plan to install one on our home AC unit this Spring.

Congratulations! Looks nice. Those RV light fixtures give off quite a bit of light, don't they? Nice inverter too. Got plans for more camping gear powered by your solar setup?