Pack rats and field mice. Lights don't keep them away, but they prevent them from nesting in lighted areas. Both trailers are fully illuminated inside, and various traps are set in the dark corners.
I found out about pack rats quick enough when I first moved to AZ. I parked my truck & small trailer at a friends house at the foot of the Superstitions for two weeks while I was transitioning from my camp to another temporary place (a tiny-home park) and when I went to pick up my truck I had two pack rat nests sitting on top of each battery under the hood of the truck. Fortunately, they didn't get to the trailer and they didn't chew anything up in the truck. Thanks for the heads up.
Question, likely stupid - are their cockroaches up around your place? Before I moved to AZ I had never even seen a cockroach but I found that, in the city, if you don't spray chemicals, it's insane. It's like every breed of cockroach in the world loves to call Mesa their home. I'm hoping the cooler temperatures up north keep their numbers at bay?
My BMS communicates with the GX, so it's telling the system what to do. I ultimately need an external relay to completely isolate the battery, but for the time being, I'm pretty happy with the options. As it stands, the BMS tells the system the charge voltage from all sources. The GX will limit all GX connected sources to that voltage, and I can also set a charge current limit if I wish. The final word at this time is the remote switch on the MPPT. If the battery registers a critical condition, it will open that switch to the MPPT causing it to terminate all output.
Curious to see what your solution entails.
I haven't integrated my CANBUS BMS' to the Quattro's yet. Is that what you've done? I haven't bothered to dig into it yet but I'm pretty sure CANBUS is standard serial communication? It is something I need to look into. I need all of my BMS' in the same place & chatting with the Cerbo.
My current solution is almost completely analog and quite primitive, however very reliable.
I use several chineseum voltage/current displays w/ programmable voltage set points that trip multiple 200A contactors and a few smaller relays for different things. For charging, in addition to the Quattro I use two AIMS power 12/24V chargers for (FAST) generator charging of the lithium banks, along with two PowerMax 100A chargers for my FLA bank. (just four-six Trojan golf cart batteries I've been using for testing.)
I use two of these to control the AIMS chargers individually on the A/C side. These are great as they can handle quite a lot of current.
For alternator charging or moving power from the FLA bank to the lithium banks I use a 200A Sterling Power DC-DC charger and a 60A Renogy unit. Which reminds me, I need to check into a secondary (24V) alternator for my truck.
I am a huge, huge fan of keep-it-simple-stupid so I don't want to complicate things but I do need to cover all of my bases.
Sounds like you're getting that sorted out! Good luck!
Thanks man, I appreciate it.
I'm gettin' there. I'm currently disassembling everything in preparation for moving everything.