Recent content by Maast

I've got a Espar diesel heater on an aluminum pilothouse-style that I used in/around Anchorage AK without any real insulation and a 5 gallon can was enough for a weekend trip, but we'll be spending weeks boondocking so the big tank will get used. And I really like the idea of when I'm filling...

Our outdoor kitchen is worthless - in fact it has negative value because it takes up room in the rear bunkhouse. If we cook outside its always on a propane grill anyway. I'm thinking I could rip out contents, sell the stove top and micro fridge and use the space to put in a 15 gallon plastic...

We've got one of the Harbor Freight 3500 inverter generators and its super quiet. Can't be heard from inside the trailer.

I want a wind turbine to boondock at the coast but it just doesnt make sense no matter how I massage it. We've got a lot in a place called Ocean Shores in Washington, the only thing between the lot and the ocean is about a quarter-mile of sand so the wind is constant and strong averaging about...

No, it's strictly a active balancer, albeit the highest amperage balancer that I know of.

This guy, fair warning though, it wasnt cheap at about $530. The cool thing is that it moves 10A even when the voltage is only a few millivolts apart. I had to get something with that amount of amperage because my bank is rather large @64kwh and anything smaller wouldnt keep up with my badly...

Here was my solution, I paralleled each module using 10 gauge wire and attached each cell to its group by a fusable link that pops at ~100A. The BMS and balancers are attached in the middle of the stack so resistance differential was minimized.

You might want to add something like: When overpaneling, since unused power from a panel raises the input voltage if you hit the maximum input power limit the panel voltage will start rising towards their VOC voltage. Or words to that effect.

Honestly, if I'm in a trailer in the middle of nowhere I want absolutely deadnuts reliable and I'd rather go with a component approach and the brands that "just work, always" with "just can't kill it no matter what I do to it" reliability: Victron, Outback, Magnum, Midnite pretty much...

Looks good! I would also add rear 45 degree bracing. The bending moment at the base of your poles in a wind gust will be a lot more than you think and pipe bends easier than you think.

Thanks! Much appreciated. Of course now I'm looking at the new 304AHs too. A bit more capacity in the same space.....

Havent been on the forum much lately, summer projects have taken precedence (~1850 yards of fill dirt to level out back yard, sprinkler system and fence) but I'm starting the research phase of adding on to my monster sized BYD bank and I noticed Amy has two types of cells and am wondering what...

Eventually it would, but at such a low draw it'd take years on my 64kwh bank to even be noticeable, the BMS draws more than the resistor. On a small bank like for a ebike it'd wouldnt be such a good idea though and it would indeed draw down a battery. I also found that the surge on my gigavac...

Its just a plug-->diode-->inductor-->diode-->twisted pair wire and then the same on the other leg with the diodes. The inductors are 330uH 3A toroidials and the diodes are 20A axial schottkey that I had laying around. I think I got both from Amazon. It does drop the output voltage about 2...

FWIW I ended up going with the 10A supercapacitor balancer. Works awesome.