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    Lithium for RV

    Got my LiTime 100amp battery and have been told that I must have a DC to DC charger on my pickup truck in order to charge the Lithium battery in my 5th wheel. My alternator is 180 amp. I realize that the RV converter must be set to Lithium instead of standard battery mode. If mine doesn't...
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    Lithium Battery Charging

    I am going to install in my RV a 100amp LiTime 12V battery. I already have 200W of solar and a 30amp MPPT charge controller that I am using to charge my current SLA batteries. My MPPT has a setting for charging Lithium. My question is will I hurt my LiTime charging it with the RV's current...
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    Is it true that since a panel puts out say 18+ volts, that will cook the battery. So you put the voltage through an MPPT.

    Since a panel puts out more volts than the battery is rated at ( 18v vs. 12.7v ) does the mppt controller take those extra volts and make it into more amps going into the battery during the charge cycle?
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    Solar panel question

    I am new to this. I have been looking at 100W panels for my RV. In comparing panels for most output, do I take the Wattage and divide it by the VMP #to get max. amp output. If this is right, HQST, NewPowa and Renogy all have different VMP #'s which give me different amp #'s. My goal is to...
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    Confused about amp hours

    This might sound really stupid to some but I have 2 lead acid 12v batteries hooked in parallel. According to the battery manufacturer, Interstate, they each have 64 amp hours. But their chart also says (RC) Mins @ 25 amp = 100. This sounds like each battery can give out 25 amps for 100 min...
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    Don't understand

    I am very new to this solar stuff and I am quickly becoming very confused. I have read many posts about either a 12 volt or 24volt system. I understand about hooking up 2 solar panels either in parralle or series. Same as with 12 volt batteries. But if my RV is a 12 volt negative ground...
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    Solar Equipment needed

    I am designing my system for RV. I have 2-100W panels and I will be getting an MPPT controller, so I can add Li batteries later. I also want to put in a battery monitor. The monitor that I am looking at is a 500 amp Renogy Battery Monitor. It has a screen that tells me power going in and...
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    Used Commercial Panels

    I'm just a weekend RV'r with 2-12V lead acid in Northwest. Either looking at 1-170W panel or 2-100W. Don't like putting holes all over roof. Might just use long cord from panel so I can move it around to get max sun rays, so 1 larger panel would be better for ground use. If I get 2-100W would...
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