IHaveThePower
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In the winter I was traveling across country and I needed a battery to run a diesel heater.
I also wanted a safe way to charge it from my trucks alternator. Being new to lithium I trusted the sales person but I'm thinking they messed up..
I bought a 100ah 12v bat and it worked great.
But the guy sold me a dc/dc converter that I now understand steps up the voltage rather than a straight up charger. He said it was a good unit to charge the battery from the alternator.
Was he right? Or was he wrong?
And now that I'm setting up a 24v system for a work trailer. Can I use this unit in any helpful way?
It's a victron - Orion 12/24 - 10a (240w) isolated dc-dc converter
It says In - 8-17v
And Out - 20-30v
I see this being quite useless in a system where my outback 150 MPPT CC with take the voltage and output 24v already.
It was also a little useless in the truck because I didn't think it was what I needed to draw the appropriate power from the battery.
I actually had the alternator blow up during that trip and had to replace it myself on the side of the road, mid winter. Which was a proud moment as I was just learning to work on the 7.3 e350 diesel truck.
Why does this unit exist?
How would someone make use of this in a practical way?
Cheers
I also wanted a safe way to charge it from my trucks alternator. Being new to lithium I trusted the sales person but I'm thinking they messed up..
I bought a 100ah 12v bat and it worked great.
But the guy sold me a dc/dc converter that I now understand steps up the voltage rather than a straight up charger. He said it was a good unit to charge the battery from the alternator.
Was he right? Or was he wrong?
And now that I'm setting up a 24v system for a work trailer. Can I use this unit in any helpful way?
It's a victron - Orion 12/24 - 10a (240w) isolated dc-dc converter
It says In - 8-17v
And Out - 20-30v
I see this being quite useless in a system where my outback 150 MPPT CC with take the voltage and output 24v already.
It was also a little useless in the truck because I didn't think it was what I needed to draw the appropriate power from the battery.
I actually had the alternator blow up during that trip and had to replace it myself on the side of the road, mid winter. Which was a proud moment as I was just learning to work on the 7.3 e350 diesel truck.
Why does this unit exist?
How would someone make use of this in a practical way?
Cheers