diy solar

diy solar

Recent content by Inq720

  1. Inq720

    Can't Turn Off Protection Locking

    Fantastic! Once you've dink'd with 1015 for a bit... would you mind noting the differences/enhancements you saw in 1026? Thanks
  2. Inq720

    Can't Turn Off Protection Locking

    As many of the posts in this thread can attest, the newest doesn't seem to be better. I see 1014 is still the Play Store version and I still use 1015 which is the one that successfully got me out of this problem. I'm a little gun shy and your post further convinces me not to upgrade. Doing a...
  3. Inq720

    Keeping a Battery Warm???

    I probably should have re-iterated in my question for clarity, but his question pertains to Lithium based batteries, not lead-acid. Lithium batteries should not be stored fully charged.
  4. Inq720

    Xiaoxiang's "Charge Balance" / Overkill Solar's "Balance only when Charging"

    Thank you... Now that explains the difference between passive and active (waste highest cell versus transferring it to the lowest). I had just finished re-top-balancing as you suggested... each cell up with it still assembled. Thanks.
  5. Inq720

    Xiaoxiang's "Charge Balance" / Overkill Solar's "Balance only when Charging"

    My volt meter has limited accuracy as well and considering the app has 3 significant digits, I'll go with that. Just for shits and grins, I turned off "Charge Balance" and for the first time, I finally see something in the circles to the right of the battery voltages. I'm guessing that...
  6. Inq720

    Xiaoxiang's "Charge Balance" / Overkill Solar's "Balance only when Charging"

    I think these two "wordings" are for the same feature. I had my built battery sitting for two months at about 40% discharge (reading here that storing at 100% SOC was bad on cells). No external loads were on the battery during the two months. The Bluetooth was on as I checked in on the...
  7. Inq720

    Can't Turn Off Protection Locking

    Overkill BMS, xiaoxiang 3.1.1015 It may not have been clear, but... I said you cannot connect two phones to the same BMS. Once a phone is linked, a second phone cannot connect... even if the linked phone is turned off. I see the benefit in a EV bike scenario... it is like a set of car keys...
  8. Inq720

    Can't Turn Off Protection Locking

    Driving versus Monitor mode is a configuration set manually. Lock is also, but seems to be only access when in the Driving mode. Apparently the app is mainly for EV bikes. Maybe that way someone can't drive off with your bike without your phone also.
  9. Inq720

    Can't Turn Off Protection Locking

    I'm not exactly sure what I did. I didn't short anything, but I was charging and then connected a trivial USB port to charge a tablet off the battery while it was charging. I also, was fiddling with multiple phones and tablets trying to connect them to the BMS. I discovered only one device...
  10. Inq720

    Can't Turn Off Protection Locking

    About to go on a trip and this new battery / BMS (Overkill Solar) was going to make it pleasurable. I got in this state Discharge: off / Protection: Locking. After trying different things including disconnect/re-connect wiring, I found this thread - I tried just toggling back and forth and...
  11. Inq720

    First Battery Assembled

    I wanted to thank this forum for all the support. Especially Michael B. Caro for his infinite patience in my first purchase with China during extended shipping delays and of course Will for all his great video tutorials. NO way could I have done this without those. Here are my almost final...
  12. Inq720

    Lishen 272 Ah Top Balance and Capacity Test

    Is this commonly used? I've not seen this on the forum... or hadn't noticed it.
  13. Inq720

    Dual Inverters for low and high wattage

    That makes perfect sense for a large, house system. My design paradigm is for a single 12V, 272 Ah battery boat system. 90% of the loads will be 12 VDC and the Inverters are ONLY for luxury items and will be switched on for their use and turned off afterward. So... no standby losses. I'll...
  14. Inq720

    Dual Inverters for low and high wattage

    I wanted to close the circle on this topic... at least to my satisfaction. :) I finally got the Lishen cells and finished all the top balancing and capacity testing. I returned to do this test and check efficiencies. Theory - That small Inverters might handle smaller loads more efficiently...
  15. Inq720

    Lishen 272 Ah Top Balance and Capacity Test

    I rigged my test like Will did in his video and I had an AC variable speed control that I could dial-in to get the 54 amps between the battery and the Inverter. I don't image everyone just happens to have one of those lying around. I only did the two runs above, but they were only 0.7%...
Back
Top