Recent content by Stircrazy

that's what I would expect, 12V would be 9ish % capacity and the bottom knee is below that, batteries I wouldn't buy from renogy myself, but I do use their hardware as a normal working guy can't afford Victron. :LOL:

you can pick any source that is hot when the car is running and not when it is shut off. I used an upfitter switch that was only hot when the truck was running in my pickup. that way I have control of when its charging and when it isn't

ya I just may have to go that way, no one seems to carry 26-24

ya, I was going to see if I can find some locally before I double stuff up. I could also dig out another plug set and make a jumper with larger wire if I have to.

well hit another snag, went to start throwing together the battery in 12V configuration yesterday and found my BMS used 24AWG wires, now I have to find some 24AWG ring termanals......

ok so, I got it up to 3.58V and unplugged it while I was at work so I could finish the 3.65 on my days off while I could pay attention to it. Just went to check the voltage and after 5 days of rest the batteries are at 3.48V does that make sense I was expecting 3.4V at the highest. any they...

weird, the Bluetooth on mine loads up in like 2 seconds once I hit the connect button, but to tell you the truth its more of a novelty, I only use it to change my battery charge settings and when I'm showing people what it can do in that regards. I would never look at their batteries my self...

for an rv, I people use it for generator back up, so when they start their generator it will switch over and start charging their batteries, I use it myself for the inverter, so when I am boondocking and I want to use a 120V appliance I just turn on my inverter and the transfer switch energises...

I wouldn't necessarily call it garbage, is it as good as the blue, I don't think so, but I know about 30 people including myself using Renogy stuff and not one has had an issue, the only place I read about them being garbage or failing is on forums like this and I often wonder if people are...

what is your typical length you go camping for? what I did was insure I could cover that with just battery power, then added enough solar to replace my overnight usage by early afternoon. that way I can still enjoy a normal trip if something breaks down with the solar. for me I typically go...

I am thinking about it. I have to replace mine as it failed last season.

while that used to be true even more places in BC are starting to ban gennys or reduce the hours, I have been to some places now that don't allow them at all, but for provincial parks yes that is the hours you have quoted. for the most part I never hear a genny in the provincial parks, last...

so a few things you should look at doing, if you are adding two more 200 watt , set them up in series with the other two so you have a serries parallel set up and change the controller from the PWM to a MPPT controller, the efficiency gain alone will be worth it. but if your running two fridges...

I wouldn't mind buying the blue stuff, but I would have to get another job to afford it :oops:

ya my first battery I built I was flying by the seat of my pants and didn't know much about the top balancing so I just put it together and let the BMS top balance it. I wanted to do it this way to see if I notice any differences. as for my spare, it is the one that was replaced because it had...