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Hi all, I'm not sure if that's normal or not but when the batteries in my tiny house drain overnight (which is rare) I have to use a car battery charger to jump my solar batteries for them to start getting charged by my solar panels. Is that normal? In my van, if they get drained, they...

Gotcha thanks for tips! Hmm sounds like I have some research / math to do. I honestly thought I was going overboard with my wires but it doesn't seem like it. The wire going from battery to inverter does get somewhat hot when running the AC and water heater at the same time. The wire run is just...

Yes I'm getting my battery readings from the charge controllers. Good to know! I thought I could rely on "renogy's" charge controllers for that. I'll invest in some actual battery monitors. I don't think I'm using more than what my solar panels are providing. At peak sun hours I get anywhere...

No, I turn off the AC at least a couple hours before sunset to be able to top off the batteries. I just have the fridge and inverter on at night and a couple 12v lights. I'd probably get ~3 hours past sunset if I left the AC on.

@sunshine_eggo ahh I see. Thank you. I have a 170ah Lithium battery in the van. But yeah, the house definitely uses more power day and night.

@Supervstech Thank you I'll have to look into it! Inverter? You mean the charge controller? I have a 2 Renogy Rover Series 60A. I hope I can set it to not drain the batteries that'd be amazing

@sunshine_eggo Ohh my bad yeah I wasn't thinking about "that" inverter ?‍♂️ Yes, I do have one. It's a Giandel 4000W/8000W, draws about 3amps with no load. With my fridge running through the night and the inverter it draws about 12.

My bad yes I think it's 900W. I have the Amp meter/Voltage monitor recommended by Will (the "bayite DC 6.5-100V 0-100A LCD Display Digital Current Voltage with 100A current chunt"). When I have the AC on it says on it 90W on average, I'm assuming it's missing a zero or I wired it wrong but yeah...

I see. Yeah sounds about right. Thank you so much for all your input!

@Supervstech I'm running a 12V system. Would it be more efficient if it was 24V? I'm not sure that I can switch it to 24V at this point without having to replace the charge controllers. Having a dedicated inverter for the fridge alone would need some serious remodeling to run the wire from...

No :/ the fridge is 120V only. Yeah I don't think the inverter is programable, it just has an on/off button. I emailed Giandel we'll see. When I wake up to a dead battery, it's usually at 85% or below and hovering between 11.9V to 12.3V around sunset. But even with that I didn't think the fridge...

Hi everyone! I have a question (noobie here) I can't seem to find an answer for. I watched plenty of youtube videos and read a few solar system books and countless of hours googling stuff. I have "The Classic 400W" set up on my camper van and it works like a charm. Now I'm building a tiny...

Perfect, thank you for the clarification and quick answer!