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    Seeking larger gauge wirestripper recs

    I need to strip a largish number (40) of #4AWG and #2AWG welding cables I'm using on busbars. I would like to find a tool like all the slick ones for 8AWG and smaller, but I'm not having success. I just want to take about 1/2" off ends so I can crimp on ring terminals. I've done it before...
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    2S2P, not seeing what I thought I would.

    I dutifully took the advice here and connected my panels in a 2S2P x 3 arrangement. Because of the nature of my placement (a curved roof on a small trailer facing true E-W with an open S exposure) I have: 1 ea 2S2P pair facing due E, 1 ea 2S2P pair facing straight up, 1 ea 2S2P pair facing...
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    Banking AGM of different Ah

    I can't find my specific question asked of AGMs, tho it is an active question on LFP. I have two 12V AGMs of mature age (years old) who live outside in or under a travel trailer. They both have always been BatteryTendered, and still show a resting charge of +12.7V. One is 12V100Ah, the other...
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    Why Is? Variation in Voltage from Panel/Controller

    I am watching a normal power generation cycle and wondering why things are. I use BlueTooth Victron MPPT and their controller app, and am watching the "Trend". Right now, on the panel/Solar side, Watts produced per minute doesn't vary much, and Watts variation seems tightly correlated to Amps...
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    Charging a battery bank with a Victron 15A

    I have 5 x 12V100Ah LFP batteries connected in parallel via a 300A busbar. I want to charge the whole bank by connecting a Victron IP65 12V 15A charger to the busbar. The LFPs are in their winter home in the crawlspace where the temp is a fairly constant 64F, and this would be done probably...
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    Repeat of enduring theme - cheap Chinese LFPs

    I see this has a history, but I will ask again anyway. Chinese LFPs from both Chins and Amperetime are now well below $400USD on Azon. At that price it's really hard to think Battleborn. I have 4 Amptime, seem to be doing the job, but only months old. They will never see an unheated...
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    Request recommendation on a non-conducting, nonflamable base to screw things on to

    As my design is progressing to fully operating production I am accumulating things like busbars, fuse blocks, controllers, etc. While all the parts operate as planned, they are accumulating, especially since I am building duplicate 400W arrays (think very lite, very mobile, boondock arrays)...
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    Questions on Chip shortages and MPPT controllers

    Saw a news item that Toyota is cutting car production by 40% due to the shortage of chips. At the same time I don't see an obvious shortage of MPPT controllers. Granted that MPPTs probably use different chips, how is it that Victron can sell me a MPPT seemingly without issue? Probably...
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    Is hosting a Solar controller in a tool box a bad idea?

    I have some Victron Blue Solar 100-30 MPPT controllers that I want to use in field-mobile systems for boondocking. Right now they live in standard DeWalt small black heavy plastic toolboxes. Currently when I use them I pull them completely out, and they rest on whatever is convienent...
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    Crimping lugs for 175A Anderson Powerpole 2AWG

    I want to create some 2AWG cables with 175A Anderson Powerpole connectors on one end, marine grade 2AWG 3/8" ring lugs on the other. I have a 10 ton hydraulic crimper with 35mm fittings, and have added 2AWG ring lugs to cables a bunch of times. While I have done 4AWG Anderson spade without...
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    Three questions starting with Are my LFP batteries "normal"?

    I spent the coin to add four AmpereTime LiFePO 12V100Ah batteries to my RV system. Previously I always used AGM, and never ran a battery bank. After much reading, including Victron's pub on Wiring Everything, I arranged the four LFPs in a parallel bank after fully charging individually using...
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    The actual numbers - Series Volts for a object oriented system

    I am building an adhoc system for an RV, trying especially to engineering in modularity. I want to be able to change configuration depending on needs and conditions. Two of my panels are suitcase, one flexible (Renogy), but I plan to add or subtract down the road. So far I am finding a ton of...
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