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  1. J

    Where is my mistake?

    You are absolutely correct. And I figured it out as I was walking upstairs from my garage. And I should know better, V=I/R. This is truly one of those ImADummy moments, smh.
  2. J

    Where is my mistake?

    So I bought a battery bank from Jag35. It’s the Sony 24v bank with 112 26650 cells. I’ve already harvested the cells. My question is since each cell is 3.2v and 3000maH, and there are 112 cells, wouldn’t the total aH rating be 112*3000? And come out to a total of 336 aH? I did damage one of...
  3. J

    Valence U27-12XP red LED flashes every five seconds.

    I could be mistaken but I think I remember Travis mentions this somewhere
  4. J

    Valence U27-12XP red LED flashes every five seconds.

    you can open the side cover and figure out which cell is dead. And if the cell is dead, you’ll have to open the case anyways. Maybe you can find the same batteries and rebuild that cell? otherwise you’re stuck with a dead battery...
  5. J

    Valence U27-12XP red LED flashes every five seconds.

    The min cell voltage of 283 is concerning. Too bad you can’t charge each cell separately.
  6. J

    Valence U27-12XP red LED flashes every five seconds.

    Good stuff. I think the blue shade has something to do with the balancing? I know that my battery only had active balancing for a small fraction of the time through its entire charge. The cells kept the spread below 10 all the way up to the final minutes of charge. I had to disconnect the...
  7. J

    Valence U27-12XP red LED flashes every five seconds.

    I actually got mine sorted out. I made the adapter and watched the cell balancing. Bummer about the dead cell.
  8. J

    Valence U27-12XP red LED flashes every five seconds.

    Let me know how that goes please, the red light came back for me last night and I’m not sure why
  9. J

    Zombietacopolypse

    When the compressors are running the coolers pull about 50 watts a piece. Depending on the weather they cycle anywhere every 10-20 minutes per hour. I bought the Alpicool 30L thinking it would be large enough, and it is, for me. But when we go camping I have 5 mouths to feed. It's not large...
  10. J

    Zombietacopolypse

    So I'm a bit of a techie. I have some electrical theory background as well as some fabrication skills. I originally had the first solar panel mounted to the rhino rack. It took up some valuable real estate. I needed something else. I googled away to my dismay. The wheels in my head started...
  11. J

    Zombietacopolypse

    The semi-permanent panel on the roof is held down with nite ize reusable twist ties. I have several lift-rings installed on the rhino rack that can be moved around for whatever needs to be fastened down. I can’t tell you enough how useful those twist straps are, and I trust them. From the...
  12. J

    Zombietacopolypse

    The semi-permanent panel on the roof is held down with nite ize reusable twist ties. I have several lift-rings installed on the rhino rack that can be moved around for whatever needs to be fastened down. I can’t tell you enough how useful those twist straps are, and I trust them. From the...
  13. J

    Zombietacopolypse

    Thank you
  14. J

    Zombietacopolypse

    So here’s my solar Tacoma zombie Rona Karen escape vehicle. 100w permanently mounted solar over the roof. 100w semi-permanent over the shell and 2 more 100w foldable panels in the shell just in case. The panels feed a Renogy Rover 20amp lithium MPPT charge controller. The charge controller...
  15. J

    Valence U27-12XP red LED flashes every five seconds.

    I use the NOCO Genious10 10 as well. After some advice last night I threw the charger on it and I woke to that nice little green flashing light again. Ive got the adapters coming from amazon and will be downloading the software as soon as I get home.
  16. J

    Valence U27-12XP red LED flashes every five seconds.

    Hey maybe you can help me out please? I have one of the valence batteries like yours. I’ve had it for about 4 months and it’s been working fine. Until now. I have it installed in my truck, in the bed. It’s enclosed in a camper shell and weather tight. I charge it with a Renogy Rover 20 amp MPPT...
  17. J

    best way to charge a Valence battery with no bms?

    Hey maybe you can help me out please? I have one of the valence batteries like yours. I’ve had it for about 4 months and it’s been working fine. Until now. I have it installed in my truck, in the bed. It’s enclosed in a camper shell and weather tight. I charge it with a Renogy Rover 20 amp MPPT...
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