Recent content by jsalbre

It's been like that for about a year and a half. It's on a platform raised up 1.5" from the floor so that the openings have some room to breathe. The fan that you can just see behind the MPPT is controlled by a Cerbo relay and turns on if the MPII fan is on (and/or if the MPPT is on, or any of...

So I currently have a (failed) Renogy 60A DC-DC in my RV, that I'm replacing with a pair of the new Victron Orion XS 50A DC-DC chargers. The current Renogy is fed by 2AWG from my truck. The Victrons will only take in a max wire size of 4AWG. What's the best way or splitting the 2AWG into a pair...

No assumptions here. I spent years working in RF. There are plenty of things that are widely used and aren’t safe, but this isn’t one of them. EMF doesn’t propagate via microwaves, microwaves are a form of EMR, with a frequency between 1 and 1000 GHz. Bluetooth does fall in that range at 2.4...

If you’re avoiding Bluetooth devices for health issues then I have some bad news for you. Whatever device you’re typing your posts on is putting out far more EM radiation than the Bluetooth BMS in those batteries.

Not that I’m aware of. I’ve heard of some people having luck getting SOK to send them one of the old non-BT BMS modules to swap out.

Interesting. I don’t have any issue even with the solar controller breakers flipped off. I wonder if it’s a difference between BMSes or MultiPluses?

What inverter are you running?

Oh yeah. I consider an EasyStart to be a requirement for running an A/C unit on any inverter or generator. Many people talk about needing precharge circuits just to turn on their inverter though. I’ve not needed that for mine.

I’ve finished my system now and my pair of 206Ah with the BT BMS have no issues starting my 15k A/C(or running anything else) from a MultiPlus-II 3000 120x2. I don’t have a pre charge circuit. I do have an EasyStart installed in my A/C unit.

Yeah, they’re all using the same Bluetooth BMS now (it even has contacts for a heater). I just received a pair of 206Ah form the latest shipment last week. Personally I wish they were the old BMS as I’d prefer the higher discharge rate. I agree on keeping the same type for all 3, it would be...

All of them are Bluetooth now. Even the non-heated ones.

Yep, that's the issue at hand Factory was 8AWG and a 30A breaker. Seems unnecessarily small. 6AWG and a 60A makes more sense to me. It's only a 20' run. Thanks for the confirmation!

Diagram as promised.

Nice setup! My trailer only has the tongue jack, power stabilizers, some underbody lighting, and the breakaway brake switch wired up to the front (aside from the DC load center of course). I’ve got that planned for in my diagram. I’ll post that up here when I’m actually at a computer.

Yeah, the batteries and all other equipment will be installed under the bed.