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I am getting ready to mount 24V panels on my trailer and decided to check the bypass diodes in the little black box that’s located on the back. The first thing I noticed is how poorly they are soldered — I can fix that. But when I checked the actual diodes I’m seeing big differences in the...

So I’m finishing the install of a battery-solar system on my travel trailer. In the past I hauled around a 2400W Yamaha generator and it served me well. The generator weighs about 90 pounds with its cables and fuel can, and it worked with two golf cart batteries that hit the scales at about 120...

I have two new 100ah Battle Born group 27s and the instructions are to charge them before use. My Schumacher charger has a selection for AGM/Gel and I set that to try and top off the BBs using a 15A charge rate. On the first battery the charger only ran for a few minutes before announcing the...

We traded our old 2008 car for a 2019 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. The Toyota engine has no conventional starter or alternator, but it does have a small 12V lead acid battery to run the low-voltage systems. This battery is charged from the HV “drive” battery with a DC-DC converter. I‘m adding a...