My motorhome turns 20 years old in a couple of weeks, so I thought it would be nice to buy it something special for its birthday. I have decided to upgrade the current battery system and solar charging system, budgeted $2,000 for this project, and so far I am on track to come in under budget at...
Which of these 2 wiring layouts should I use, Option be is a shorter wire run length to the inverter, also is it ok to have the switch first then just one fuse, or should I move the fuse to the negative return side ?
How do you maintain your engine starting battery when you have a LiFePo4 house battery system? Prior to installing my LiFePo4 system I used a Trik-L-Start unit to maintain the engine starting battery tied to my lead acid deep cycle, which would maintain the starting battery while the house deep...
This may seem like a basic simple question, but I can't find the answer anywhere here.
I just received my first pair of LiFePo4 batteries, a pair of 200AH ReBel batteries with 100A JDB smart BMS with bluetooth (a pair from their discounted mis-manufactured batch (wrong BMS 100A vs 150A...
I am updating the technology in my RV (switching from PWM to MPPT, Lead Acid to LiFePo4 and have a small problem, most of the existing cables have 3/8 inch lugs on them, and most of the new equipment has 8mm (5/16) female terminals with 8mm screws. My question is are there adapter studs, etc...
I have an older (installed in 2015) 400 watt solar installation on my motorhome which uses 4 100Watt Grape Solar GS-STAR-100W (VOC 21.9, ISC 6.13), I have also recently acquired a number of very lightly used 305Watt LG NeON (VOC 40 ISC 10.1) panels from a hurricane damaged installation, that I...
I currently have 4 100 watt Grape Solar panels (installed 9 years ago) a Renogy DCC-50S MPPT / DC-DC charger (installed 18 months ago), feeding a pair of Rebel brand 200AH 12V LiFePo4 batteries.
As chance would have it, I have recently acquired some lightly used LG Neon 305 watt panels (circa 4...