THIS WAS JUST AN EXPERIMENT AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN EMERGENCY.
(and if you saw this in the Cold Temperature Systems subforum, yes this is the same thread - sorry)
Just a quick real world experiment. I purchased an Ecoflow River 2 Pro last summer for some...
I've mainly been a lurker, but thought I would share my project - powering my sailboat on the weekends and my shed during the week. I'll put the back story at the bottom. I'll update this first post as I learn more.
Current setup as of Sept 1, '23: (I'll keep this at the top and update as I...
Wasn't sure which category best for question, but, since this is all off-grid, figured I'd check here.
My Scenario: I have a 24v LiFePo battery that I use at home on my shed and the lake with a trolling motor on my sailboat. I am going to put a quick connect, similar to fork lifts, on it so I...
Original Question (Dec '23):
I'm just curious if anyone else is using Dielectric Grease with LFP batteries? I'm a firm believer of using in automotive and farm applications, as well as marine, with LEAD batteries, but was wondering if there was any concerns or negative experiences with LFP...
I understand the purpose in dealing with the shading problem and single panel failure, but the only time I see Micro Inverters (or MIs) talked about is on grid-tie systems. Is there a use case for MIs in an Off Grid system with batteries?
Well this past winter I started a sailboat project, both in terms of cleaning up an old boat and powering it by battery. To be clear I am in no way anti-ICE, I'm just not a fan of outboards and my girlfriend (sometimes referred to as my wife) had ZERO experience with boats before I bought this...