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I was on the waitlist from years ago and just bought the Gen 3 dish. I happened to be on the bleeding edge of technology getting the latest dish that was begining to be released. I've been using a Yagi antenna and a booster for 4G and it served well while overlanding. It took time, effort and...

I haven't heard anything about the twin screw busbars. They are strange to me and I'm curious how they are allowing flex in the middle of the bar where the orange material is. I put all the bolts in, thanks for the suggestion. The other suggestion about the rods I need to heed to but I may end...

Springs would make sense to me only to unload pressure so that cell compression doesn't exceed maximum pressure.

The capacity value stuck, so now both apps report the correct capacity and it correctly reports how much has been drained. Thank you!

The Miady 16ah LIFEPO4 battery is performing good. It has more than enough energy to power the refer overnight and well into the next day. Today I pushed the draw time further and harder with a 100% duty time for hours after wake at sunrise. At that time it was 68F and today's high was 97 F here...

I had originally drafted a case design and gave it to a plastic shop to build, but they fell through. Instead, I found plastic cutting boards as a material resource at a local restaurant supply store. They had blue cutting boards :D For this build I felt a bottom would be helpful so I don't drop...

That was the problem! Thank you!!

I raised the charge current on mine, it was set to like 25A by default on a 200A JK and I have a 60A charger. I set it to 200A and its been charging perfectly. For my EVE 304's I set Cell OVP to 3.65. Otherwise, it would shut down charging too early with over volt protection triggered.

Its a V1 DIY pack and I'm on the 3rd BMS I've had for it. I did have proper connectors/terminators, but they went back with the wire when I returned the last JBD BMS. I'm going to re-design the box so that the inverter can be mounted to it vertically as well as mounting 12V cigarette lighter...

That sounds like a better idea vs a torch. I'll have both hands to steady the wire over the flame. I use a backpacking stove:

I plan to do that and will report back. It will be an interesting experiment, but right now I need to use the pack and writing to the BMS has historically cut the power output.

I'm overlanding and being off-grid is part of the game. I wish I had a house but I'm not ready for one. No regrets at all being off grid, I don't wish for a power line while out in the country. I run off a generator and recently started with a DIY pack thanks to this site with1216ah on tap. So...

Not having a battery heater is convincing, but I didn't want to pay for shipping from China to the West.

Buy store-bought batteries that already have a BMS and a heater. The DIY route is for people that like to get hands-on and tinker with things as well as save money. I built a DIY 304 AH 12V pack and for its size, weight and cost its amazing compared to lead acid. I get 3.4 kWh out of the pack...

Yes, I am lucky. I cheated death and I'm grateful to be here to talk about it.

It was 32F this morning and I used a chinese diesel heater to warm the pack. The beauty is it warms my tent too. The black/aluminum tube is the heat output.

Right, the whole point of getting the conversion kit. To keep the refer and just upgrade it. If JC conversion has good reliable components then it is worth buying to upgrade the refer. When efficiency is important, then insulation matters as does the compressor quality. There is a huge quality...

Don't forget the corn and Cornhuskers.

I use computer fans. They do move air, they are 12v, long lasting (when you buy a good brand) and they don't take much power. I have one blowing on my phone to keep it cool when using it as a hotspot and it is hot out. It will drop the phone from like 110F down to 95F when it is 95F ambient.

So far its a good inverter, the fan is apparent. I can hear it kick on if I scroll a web page since my PC gear is running off it. I haven't geeked out with it and its buss connectivity for metrics and settings. I need to get a bluetooth adapter to plug into it.

I went with velcro to secure the BMS since that is what I had. Some of the heat can transfer off the sink and onto the threaded rod.

Thanks for the tip. That does look like a nice setup with a celebrity-like endorsement. I'd like to do solar don't have space for solar panels. I'll be charging using the wall and a generator.

I was curious about how long it would take to charge. A 2 1/2hr charge time would be sweet and it is under the standard charging rate. The math results are great information, thanks for that.

I did connect the power switch and toggled the switch with all the cables connected. The circular light around the switch didn't illuminate and there wasn't a bootup noise. I tried jumping the pins for the power switch in case the switch was bad, no dice. It was an open box.

I called the vendor about the DC being turned off and got an RMA for the BMS since it sounds broken. It also had a tweaked fin on the heat sink. So I bought the JK 200A instead of a replacement since the replacement JBD they have could be the exact same thing. The first JK I had was DOA. The...

ah, well that is good to know I did the math wrong. The BMS doesn't report 304ah either, it reads 560ah. I can draw about 3.07 kWh's from the inverter that is connected to the pack from full capacity to BMS shutdown. Does that sound like 304ah?

I'll move the ring terminals to on top of the bus bar. That is a good catch on the charging wires, that is actually my diesel heater wiring so I'd need to connect the negative of the heater to the C- of the BMS. There aren't any insulators in-between the cells, its bare casing. That splice...

It isn't that simple, case in point the Progressive Dynamics 80amp draws 19 amps at 120v to get started.

I didn't want another JK so I bought a Smart Jiabaida (JBD) 4S 12V 200A. I hope to get it soon.

Good thing you tested it.