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  1. Brewman

    Victron 100/50 Design and question

    I'm building a pure DC system using Victron equipment for the first time. The manual talks about using a breaker on the battery, 4.2. Battery The battery supply must be protected by a fuse as per below table. But if you look at all the schematics on Victron's website it shows a fuse off the...
  2. Brewman

    12V lighting

    I'm building my mom a tiny house for my mom but it doesn't have 120V ran to it yet. I have a small solar system I put together with a 12V 280ah battery. I'm looking for BRIGHT 12V lighting as she is losing her eyesight. Everything Ive found so far is not very bright. I'm hoping you guys have...
  3. Brewman

    1965 Grayhound buss

    Has anyone ever put solar in an old bus? Dan
  4. Brewman

    Panel cell count

    Ad long as the voltage is within my SCC's capability does the cell number on panels matter?
  5. Brewman

    CATL 271Ah cell issues.

    First things First, all of the issues listed below are not @Michael B Caro fault. As I said in the group buy thread, after some tracking issues my cells have arrived. All four boxes were damaged and seemed to be taped together. A few had holes so big you could see the cells inside. The...
  6. Brewman

    Free to a good home 5 125A ANL fuses

    Fuses have been taken. Dan I ordered 125A ANL fuses but needed 150A, I did a return with amazon but they said keep them. I don't need them so if anyone wants, Ill send to them for free. Dan
  7. Brewman

    Please check my design.

    I have labeled all the wire sizes. Please look it over and see if I have it all correct.
  8. Brewman

    Tracer 4215BN grounding screw.

    It this screw on the bottom next to the load outputs a grounding screw?
  9. Brewman

    Inverter says I have to be a pirate.

    My Giandel 24V 2000W inverter users manual says on page 5 under warnings to wear an eye patch. This will make it harder to set it up but I always wanted a reason to be Captain Morgan.
  10. Brewman

    Adding shore charging

    I'm looking for options to add shore charging to Wills 2000W 24V system. My battery will be a 8s 271Ah DIY build with a Overkill 8s BMS. The system will have the optional ATS installed as well. I'd like to add a shore charging option to the system but not sure which way to go. Dan
  11. Brewman

    Is this switch any good.

    Removed this from a piece of equipment we are getting rid of at work. I'm hoping to use it as a battery disconnect. Seems to me it should work just fine but wanted to check here first to be sure.
  12. Brewman

    Power supply share

    I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a power supply share. I know a lot of us building batteries need a PS for balancing but after that it just collects dust. I wanting to see if we could start a sharing group where people could ship there PS to another member for use in there...
  13. Brewman

    Extra copper wire for sale.

    I have some extra copper cable I'd like to offload and will be offering it to forum members first. Price will be very very reasonable and will use flat rate shipping from USPS. I have: 4 AWG copper 6 AWG coated Copper 1/0 Copper If you want any, PM me with which type, amount and I will reply...
  14. Brewman

    Big plans on the horizon.

    I've been living in South Florida for 24 years now and plan on retiring in 3 years. We rent a condo on the east coast but own a house on the west coast. We have decided to sell the house (under contract now) and get 36 acres in north Georgia. All my solar projects have been small stuff for...
  15. Brewman

    Captivity tester issue.

    I ordered the 150W adjustable Constant Current Electronic Load Battery Tester 12V24V48V Lead-acid lithium Discharge Capacity meter 200V/20A from AliExpress and it arrived fine and it working condition but for one thing. There was no heatsink compound between the heatsink and the chip. I added...
  16. Brewman

    Upgrading DIY battery bank

    I'm building two independent 24v 272Ah battery banks using cells I'm getting from the group buy thread. If I ever want to increase my bank size what would be better, combining the two banks for one system and getting all new for the other or adding in different cells to both.
  17. Brewman

    SanTan Solar T Series 250W

    I'm thinking of ordering 8 of these panels and was wondering how the framework is on these. I want to mount them on a box trailer and need to figure out a good strong mounting system.
  18. Brewman

    Hybrid trailer build

    Well I went and did it, I showed off my little milk crate system to my brother in law and he said "Oh that's cool, now you can build a system for my new trailer I'm having built." What he is having built is a 24 foot trailer with a 8.5'x12' enclosure on it. What he wants is indoor/outdoor...
  19. Brewman

    Sahara Dust

    Anyone seeing any effects from the dust? Sky is real milky here in S Fla.
  20. Brewman

    Load test panel

    Ever make something to make life easier ( in your mind) and the thing you make took more time to make them you would save in a long time.? Well I've been testing different loads and I got tired of taking the fuse box cover off and on to connect different the wires. Thinking there must be a...
  21. Brewman

    It died.

    My 10+ year old inverter kicked the bucket. It was only 350W but it has worked well for what I needed it to do. Today it was struggling with 150W load and when I upped it to 200 the fan died and the power soon after. I'm not ready to go full scale yet on my system so I found a deal on amazon...
  22. Brewman

    Free to a good home.

    I have a plastic electronic enclosure that I never used. Free to q good home, just pay shipping.
  23. Brewman

    How old is this

    Found this on an old power cable. Never seen one like it before.
  24. Brewman

    Footy is back.

    Strange watching with no one in the stands. They are piping in crowd sounds. Almost seams real.
  25. Brewman

    Plug-n-Play vs DIY lithium

    Besides price, what are the major pros, cons of each. With all the threads about balancing and BMS's it seems to me that plug-n-play would be much easier with less room for failure. Now I love building things and the thought of making my own banks sounds like a fun challenge, but when I...
  26. Brewman

    Search function

    After the upgrade it was working much better, now all I get is this when I try to use it.
  27. Brewman

    Everstart 29dc battery

    I use this in my boat and was going to charge it with my solar test rig but am a little confused. It says it's maintenance free but has the caps on top where you can add water. My question is, is it a AGM or flooded?
  28. Brewman

    A good reason to go lithium.

    I just pulled a muscle in my lower back moving a heavy lead acid battery. Ouch.
  29. Brewman

    Lowest voltage setting

    When setting up my capacity monitor, it asked for the lowest voltage the battery should see. Do I set this for what I want or what? If I only want to go down to 70%, should I make the low voltage 12.3v?
  30. Brewman

    What else to you build?

    Besides my new love of building solar stuff I also homebrew, I make all my own equipment if possible, I've even made a electric brewing rig.
  31. Brewman

    Ah settings

    I have two agm batteries in parallel, when inputting the battery size into my SCC and capacity monitor so I use total Ah, or usable AH. Each battery is 26Ah, so do I put in 52 for total or 26 for usable. Thanks in advance.
  32. Brewman

    EPEVER 3210N DS2/UCS time set.

    After reading both the manuals for the 3210 and the MT50 I couldn't find how to change the clock. Thanks to my friend Google I figured it out. If anyone else needs help with it, here you go. *NOTE* I'm using the MT50 to do the time adjustment. From the main menu, scroll down to option 6...
  33. Brewman

    I used to love the rain...

    Until I started messing around with solar, now I want it to go away.
  34. Brewman

    Battery stats

    Anyone know where I can the details on this battery beyond the basics. SLI27AGMDPM
  35. Brewman

    Please look my design over.

    This is my first read draw up of what I'm wanting to build that will eventually go into a teardrop style camper. The load will be small, 12V fridge, 12V lighting, 1000W inverter (seldom used), 12V water pump (seldom used), USB ports (phone, tablet charging). Parts List: PV Two BP Solar...
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