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    Best mounting method for Flexible solar panels to an RV roof

    Hi - I'm interested in hearing other's opinions on the best way to mount flexible solar panels (MiaSole CIGS panels) to an RV TPO Roof? - My panels don't have adhesive, what do you recommend? Eternabond around the edges? Roll-on adhesive or peel-and-stick to the bottom? I'd prefer to not drill...
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    EB Tester Software Capacity Bug?

    Hi, I picked up a ZKETECH EBD-M05 Mini Load Capacity tester to test the capacity of my 202ah and 85ah cells. I wanted an inexpensive solution since I only have the 8 cells and was only planning on running the tests only a couple times, and I liked the EB Tester software since seeing it demoed by...
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    Why not CIGS?

    Hi, just wondering about why CIGS panels haven't really taken off for RV use in particular. I've seen that with many discussions of CIGS flexible solar panels that folks seem to get them conflated with some of the drawbacks of flexible crystalline panels, focusing on the 'flexible solar panel'...
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    RV Roof-mounted plus portable panels

    I have a 200w portable suitcase panel and I went with a Victron 100/20 MPPT charge controller with the intention of putting something on the RV trailer's roof someday. My Suitcase panels have a Voc of 22.80v. As I understand it, I'd need to select a panel with similar Voc specs for the roof if...
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    Removable battery for other use?

    Hi, rather than building a 4s 280ah battery for my RV, I'm wondering if I could set up 12x 100ah batteries like this: ...since I will occasionally use a trolling motor to go fishing when camping, I though about making one of them removable with an Anderson plug that I could use in the raft...
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    Unconventional DC-DC Charger Use

    Hello, I have a 23' travel trailer and have been preparing it for boondocking - a 200w solar suitcase and Victron shunt, MPPT, and inverter with a 100ah Lead Acid Marine battery for now (hope to get 2x GC2's or Lifepo4 soon). We're light power users. I'm wondering if it's possible to use a...
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