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    why did my fuse blow between car battery and dc to dc charge controller?

    Hi guys. Here’s my setup Starting from the car battery Car battery with 40amp fuse to 30amp renogy dc to dc with 50amp fuse to 12v 100amp lithiumbattery to 1000 watt renogy inverter.”no fuse between” System worked fine. I plugged in my laptop to inverter which can pull max 14amps “see...
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    Can I splice these two cables together? USB C with power cord.

    Is it ok to splice this usbc cable to this power cord for a computer? I have to bypass the original power plug to pc because that port doesn’t work per computer repair company. I can however charge it with usbc port. Usbc has data on green and white wire which I don’t need. But it does...
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    Remove your rings or else this could happen! (GORE)

    I don’t know the details of this but I saw this on a paramedic page.
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    12v enjoybot 100ah sudden voltage drop to 2.2v?

    I have a 12v 100ah enjoybot battery. After using it for several weeks its voltage was 12.6 today then it dropped to 2v with the multimeter. I'm guessing i ran it empty but even if its empty shouldn't it show more than 2 volts? Everything is tight with the bolts/cables. Or is this normal...
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    How to connect cable to car battery for dc to dc chargers?

    How do I connect my cable to the car battery terminal? A lug doesn’t seem like it will fit under. Is there some type of special connection needed?. I bought the 40amp dc to dc charger.
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    How do I connect to these lugs with unremovable washer?

    I bought a battery that has these lugs on it. They have a thinner top section with a washer and lock washer. When I tighten it all the way down it reaches the bottom washer. The washer isn’t removable since the bottom of the lug is thicker. I could put a ring terminal below it but then the...
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    Can I use a bench power supply to charge this battery lifepo4 battery?

    I know the manual doesn’t mention it but I was wondering if I could use my bench power supply to charge this battery? If I can’t, why not? Just wanted to understand and maybe learn something
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    How do I hook up a 12v panel that has multiple cigarette lighter connections?

    I bought this 12v multiple cigarette lighter outlet and need help understanding how to wire it to my 12v battery. I would connect it straight with a fuse between but i wonder if I plug in multiple cigarette lighter plugs then it might go over capacity? How does that work electrical wise? I...
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    Top balancing question

    I originally started top balancing 2 days ago putting batteries In parallel with voltage set at 3.65 and got batteries from 3.2 to 3.3. Also the cells were balanced before starting and now they are not. I thought it was slow so I read more about it and say to start with a 3.4 charge then...
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    New lifepo4 280ah build was charging fine then rapidly charged and now show 0 charged with overkill solar 120a bms

    Beginner here doing my first Eve lifepo4 280ah build. I was charging them with a overkill solar 120a bms and all seemed fine on the app until they got to about 40% charge then they begin to rapidly charge or the bms was reading it wrong and went to 60% then 20 min later they hit 100% with...
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