Recent content by Vision.Urban.Reed

ah nice, like a 5 terminal relay instead of 4? I am only just getting familiar with that recently, good idea.

OK that sounds terrible. I will put on my thinking cap and go back to the drawing board, and ponder a long while on your points there. I had the lingo backwards on the switch, good that you caught that. Thanks SeaGal

Hey SeaGal! It is my fault for not clarifying that: This van IS (will be) my house, so any lighting-for-security set up is being planned here for use while I am sleeping inside the van. My thoughts about adding more lights to the already included backup camera led lights, are only there to take...

I have a major blockage in my solution finding here. I am 95% sure that everything else checks out here in my circuit, but I have reached todays limit on thinking through the circuit for a solution to my primary problem, as I am a major electrics beginner. My primary problem is as follows: I...

JUST the answer I was looking for! :p I will ask in beginners corner. Thanks 45North.

I wanted to ask this question before I plonked down another electrical wiring question that is unrelated to the specific topic of solar/batteries/tools etc - into the DIY Solar Power Forum. I am unsure if the general topic forum or beginners corner is a reasonable place to ask my questions. I...

Thank you, I shall heed this 230v vs 12v switch advice. As to the automatic transferring of excess energy to different destinations, there is a built in relay on this victron battery management device that I am learning about right now, I am figuring out a way to set it up right now. I am...

I am reading related posts on this concept as I post this, as I clarify my understanding, I will remove this beginner post. I am mostly wondering about using the hot water reservoir as an accumulator of sorts, or if I should move the cold line accumulator back in the chain to after the pump and...

Update: I like the look of those. Would you use 36 of them all the way down the non-hinged sides of your tilting panels? Neutron bomb proof! Nice! I might just be a tad slow, but could you help me understand why maybe 3 or 4 wouldn't work? Connected opposite the side of the hinges? I am...

I like that rope locking stop idea and the adjustable panel angle via rope length idea. Thank you!

hey! I would love to see your idea via photos if you end up creating it. This process of idea osmosis-ing from the internet and applying our own ideas to this mix is so invigorating and exciting. I am just now entering the word of relays and I feel like Aladdin on my magic carpet, a whole new...

THANKS PEOPLE! I am realising now that I calculated the amperage wrong. I kept mistaking the 15w per pad for 15a per pad. oops. SO. each pad is only 1.25 amps in fact, and that means I do not need a 60a midi fuse there, instead I only need a 5amp fuse if I use all 4 pads. I can skip the relay to...

Thanks Vigo! You soothed my unfounded worries.

Hello! If anyone has any time to help me confirm the validity of my very simple battery heating pads circuit, I would be VERY grateful. Here is the diagram I drew. I will have this W1209 thermostat switch (also attached in photos) activate when the temperature has dropped towards 0c freezing...

Superb, thank you MisterSandals. I will check these points as you have recommended, and return here with results once I have reached that stage, in the case that it could help someone else in the future. I like your thinking about direct to battery simplified connections. I need to think about...