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    Will Solar charge controller work.

    I bought 2 of these used 330watt panels.will this charge controller work ok with my 12 volt lifepo4 battery. It's a 20 amp 12/24 volt. I'm afraid the amps could exceed the 20 amps in full sun. I bought the controller for 2 -100 watt panels wired in parallel. I will now use the 2 -330 watt...
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    Simple cheap plugin from battery box to inverter

    Ideas for a cheap simple plug in and out from my battery buss bar to an invertor. It will be rarely used but would like something better than the car jumper type cable ends that came with the inverter. Is it ok to wire a heavy gauge extension cord end? Female to buss bar male to inverter. It'll...
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    Best use for extra battery pack in rv

    I just bought a new 200 amp Lifepo4 to build into a portable self contained box. Including solar charge controller, battery monitor, ect to wheel around while camping this allowing more sun in my usaully shady campsites. I will continue to boondock with my existing golf cart batteries for...
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    Guidance on new Lifepo4 SOC

    Moving from golf cart to lithium. 200 watts of solar going to 200 amp Ampere Time LiFePO4 battery. To be used for minimal needs boondocking, say 100 amps a day or less. I will be putting this into a portable tool box for now as a supplement to my still decent golf cart batteries to extend my...
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    Current thoughts on first battery purchase

    Going to buy something. I'm just looking for opinions on a 200 amp chins or ampre time for about $750. Or a renology for about a grand. The renology has a Bluetooth connection for an app and low temperature charging cutoff. The other 2 do not. I can deal with the low temp by only charging...
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    Switching to lithium, house charger ok?

    I'm switching to a lithium battery soon to replace my old lead. Mostly I want to use solar to charge but if I'm plugged into shore power will the camper charge controller be ok with a lithium? Or would I have to disconnect the battery when on shore power and charge it with a separate...
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    Cheap charger

    I'm building a small battery box for a new 6ah lifepo for charging phones lights ect. Can anyone suggest a cheap efficient pmw charge controller? 50 watt solar panel and battery come to 80 bucks so what do I need for a fit for this please?
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    Extension of panel to converter wire

    I have 200 watts of solar feeding on 10g Mc4 30 ft cable to controller. It runs 3 feet from panel on 12g to plug in mc4. This for a boondockable rv. I ground deploy the panels for optimal sun. I want to add at the least 10 more ft of extension pluggable Mc4 wires at times but really 20-30 ft...
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