Recent content by johnny5

Yup, but that's not my issue. with the alternator off and solar on, I'm not seeing any power coming in on the battery monitor, like i normally would

They are wired parallel

Hi, In my Chevy astro van i have a renogy 50a dc charger, 2 renogy 100w panels, 100a lithium battery, aili battery monitor. Solar panels suddenly stopped charging the battery. It was working yesterday but not today. The red light indicator on the DC charging unit for the solar panels panels is...

Price update to $180, someone buy this please :) Leaving for 6 month road trip in 4 days.

Yes but will charge the battery with solar and alternator. i should have mentioned the alternator charging, i have a dc to dc charger with mppt for solar. also sized the wire for an inverter that i want to add in the future. that way i don't have to rewire.

max amps, i can't see drawing more than 15 amps simultaneously. i have a 28l dometic fridge (7 amps i think when just powering up), 12w of led overhead lights, will charge cell phone and camera, have a laptop and monitor, both running on 12v not through an inverter. that's it, no big appliances...

Just bought a blue sea systems on off switch for my battery (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MMC914) and boy is this thing HUGE. I have a small system in a Chevy Astro... 100ah lithium battery, 200w solar. Space is limited, this stupid switch takes up almost as much space as my entire DC...

Not the same model. The one I have has power saving eco mode, and is listed as "new edition" on Renogy's site. They are have a different look to the case as well. Don't know much else about how they are different, but you can see the price difference on renogy The one I have...

Tried posting again and now the pics are working:

New, never used, but no original packaging "1000W 12V Pure Sine Wave Inverter with Power Saving Mode (New Edition)" https://www.renogy.com/1000w-12v-pure-sine-wave-inverter-with-power-saving-mode-new-edition/ I bought this one month ago from Renogy.com. I am building a Chevy Astro camper and...

Sweet. I already have a breaker :)

What is the sequence of connecting the solar components? Unfortunately I am mounting the solar panels now, can't really wait any longer, and the connections are underneath the panels. But as far as connecting them to the charger goes, I can certainly do that in the am, or just in the garage.

Thanks. This is pretty much what I assumed, but wanted to make sure there was no additional potential to harm the panels. I've taped the wire ends so that should be reasonably safe while parked in my garage.

Maybe a dumb question, but given I don't know much about solar, and there seems to be a ton of little nuisances, better safe to ask... I am almost done mounting my solar panels to the roof of my van. I have routed my solar panel cables through the roof and have not connected them to the panel...

Oops, haha yes 13v not 31! Ok cool, that puts my mind at ease. I'll just hurry up and build quickly :) thanks