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I'm thinking aof putting a box in the bed of my truck, and putting a battery and chargers in there. Then when I get a newer truck most of the stuff will swap over easy. I'm planning on around 8kw-10kw in my 5th wheel.

Problem seems to be with the renogy. Unplugged renogy, reset the gfci on xantrex. With the renogy switch off or on plugging it in trips the gfci on the xantrex Pulled renogy out, put the bestech in. With bestech running one leg and xantrex the other works fine. Back to work, I'll have to...

I have a 28ft 5th wheel with a 50amp connection. Boondocked. I've been using 2 flooded batteries I keep outside on a hitch rack by the plug. On one battery is a bestech 500w pure sine, on the other battery is a renogy 700w pure sine. each inverter goes to a 15a to 30a adapter. From there I...

Haven't decided on 12v or 24v victron yet, checked each battery before ordering to make sure a series connection would work incase I go with 24v.

It's the PROwatt SW No shore power, I'm out in the boonies. Xantrex must have a different setup for neutral bonding or something. For tonight I'm going from 15a to 30a then a 30a dog bone Into the 50a, works fine. The xantrex also turns off when the battery dies, and stays off after the...

On 100a lithium batteries they can usually do 100a continuous, and 200a peek. After a short time at 200a bms cuts out. Starting batteries for starting. Deep cycle for running stuff. And dual purpose in the middle. AGM batteries can fall in that dual purpose catagory and could be deep cycled...

The neutral wires from each inverter get joined in the wish bone. The xantrex has the same gfci you would find in a house. The renogy has some type of gfci sensor. The bestech has no gfci. I'll have to see if it plays well with the xantrex in the morning, it's cold and dark out. These are...

Go direct heat. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041XXSJW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_b7CZFb6AHD4VR?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 Photovoltaic is 10-20% efficient (maybe a little more now I haven't kept up). Direct to heat is 80-95% efficient.

Seems like a problem with the neutrals from the wishbone, and a gfci on each leg. But gfci on only one leg seems to be ok. Guess it won't be an issue once I hardwire, I guess that will still depend on internal wiring once I get a look inside.

I think the one I linked is a little expensive for the performance. The pool ones seem more cost effective. Heat could also possibly be done cheaper with scrap hose or something, low tech easy to build your own. PV cells are kind of just have to buy. I might do some setup with my sestem...

Honda generators are the most expensive, but also most reliable. Champion makes a good generator for a good price, a little more expensive than harbor freight, a little less reliable than Honda. Seems like a win-win for cost/reliability trade off. I have the Champion 3500w dual fuel inverter...

Good thread I was looking for 12v to 24v https://diysolarforum.com/threads/dc-dc-charger-b2b-options-and-general-discussion.17211/

I got the 3.2kw aims with auto start https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MY8XVBP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_2XTW4APHPSMP1PKTDZH7?psc=1 I suggest against the aims. It was cheaper when I got it. The electric start works when using it manually. But the auto start only turns it over a couple times when...