Recent content by RyanNicholas

Damn. Looks like this thing will maintain a 20 amp charge for maybe 10 minutes, then it drops to around 5 amps for some reason. Lame.

Well, since I just installed this amazing little diesel heater, I'm not concerned about things getting too cold in the van ? Although it has also increased my power consumption, contributing to the need for extra charging (in addition to the weather).

How about something like this?

Just now saw this comment. A lot of what you said is Greek to me, but I just hooked up the battery tender one I posted the picture of above and it has a lithium settings so I'm guessing it's probably fine. I'm also curious about ones like this one on Amazon ( picture below)... Seems they are...

At 20 amps, plugging it in for 10 hours should juice it up to about 200 amp hours, right? Since the battery is already partially charged, I'm hoping that plugging it in now means topping it off by morning.

Turns out she was telling me about a jump starter, not a charger.

OK, so if I use something like this, do these numbers mean that 20 amps is what I can expect on a consistent overnight charge?

Yeah, that's kind of what I figured.

That's great to know. What do you think the maximum safe amperage is to charge one of these? I just called the auto parts store and they said they have a 12-volt charger with an 800 Peak amperage, which sounds insane to me but maybe that's safe?

Just as I posted this, I realized that since the isolator I have running from under the hood of my van back to my solar battery is clearly safe to run, with everything still connected to the battery and even on long road trips when the battery is already fully charged, that hooking up any other...

Hi everyone. This might be a bit of a noob question to ask, but you guys are generally pretty supportive for people on the learning curve, so here goes. I've been operating for the last year on the battery I built, which is a 280ah 4s 12v with a BMS from Current Connected (just like the...

Yeah, apparently they're all JBDs. So I guess we'll both be happy!

Oh, damn... That's less than half of what I just paid for one from HighTech. Well... at least the one I'm getting is 150A. But thank you, I'll definitely keep this in mind for the future!

Not sure if you saw my exchange with rhino^^^ but apparently the Hightech guys sell the exact same product, but with higher amperage. I just ordered one! And I won't have to wait a month for it...

Awesome, thank you for these clarifications. I sent a message to the high tech guy's profile, so hopefully he'll respond soon!