The DL and Smart Shunt allows me to program in a cut off level, leaving plenty of juice in the battery to start the truck with. I also have a Noco jump box as well.
In the 14 months we have been on the road, most of that with just 200 ah, I have never dropped below 30% charge in my battery...
I misspoke when I included the Victron Smart Shunt in the statement, my apologies, the DL battery itself has an app that allows you to leave some ah on the table via its BMS.
I hear ya there, except I've already done the math on how much energy my typical day will require (down to the ml of...
We are getting way off topic here,, but just to make sure I am not losing my mind, I am familiar with PD charging and all that, and the camper has (4) 12v sockets, and (4) usb ports within a couple of feet of the (2) laptops (among many others elsewhere).
Thing is, the Surface Laptop 4's...
My truck is already wired up with all of the components necessary to run the SL off of DC, which I did for a while (4 months), until my first dish unexpectedly fried one morning in the Arizona desert. After that I decided to just run the flat mounted dish off of the SL router for now, as it is...
Hello everyone, a friend of mine recommended coming here to solve an issue (Renogy BT battery not showing up in DC Home App) I am facing:
I have a setup in my Tacoma (we live and work full-time out of this truck, so we use it literally all-day every day) as follows:
Renogy 50A dc-dc with mppt...
I have a set of questions relating to incorporating a new starter battery (the Dakota Lithium 12V+135ah: https://dakotalithium.com/product/dl-plus-12v-135ah-dual-purpose-1000cca-starter-car-truck-battery-plus-deep-cycle-performance/) into an existing Renogy LifePO4 300ah battery bank.
Wife and...
No offense taken, I am actually on the fence about this Dakota battery, and I have reservations about its use myself. This post is a part of the discovery process as to whether or not I should go through the trouble of incorporating it into my system.
If I don't use this battery (which it is...