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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 05-27-2014, 02:53 PM
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Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

Did Advanced give you an estimated daily amp hour usage based on your predicted use patterns. If they have simulation software, they would have the actual power requirements for all of their...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 05-27-2014, 02:09 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

As we are slowly progressing through finding out how this stuff works, or doesn't work so well, together, it has bee pretty obvious to us that many of the old standards that we all have heard and...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 05-25-2014, 11:52 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

We had a chance to get away for a few days and see how the new electrical parts worked in the real world, before we leave for Custer in 10 days. We started with batteries that were a little low as I...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 05-18-2014, 09:26 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

Got a chance to check out the different switch position on the solar controller, and that was why the voltage was not increasing, and the wattage tapered off so far. Moved it into the sun, with...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 05-17-2014, 11:19 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

Finally got some sunshine, so I could get a better look at the solar and how the ACRs work with it. The ACR part is a bit confusing, but always to the good side. It appears they will not connect...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 05-02-2014, 11:41 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

We moved on to the next step in testing to start to see what will actually happen while we are camped. As with most stuff like this, the instructions don't come close to telling you what is going to...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-27-2014, 08:05 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

What I was told by AMsolar, and from what we have seen they are probably right, is that with these monocrystalline panels we will get about 1/2 ouput in cloudy weather. Of course there are various...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-27-2014, 07:02 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

Raining like crazy here today, and will be for almost all next week, but I took the multimeter to the solar connections to see why it mismatched the Trimetric by so much. They both connect to the...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-26-2014, 06:58 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

We got the van out to wash it today, finally. Pretty cold and windy, but it is going to be worse the next few days.

As long as it was out, and had full batteries from the testing, I decided to...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-26-2014, 04:28 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

Those getting the diesels do have an advantage in getting rid of the propane with the diesel heat. Those of us with gas are stuck with the noisy Suburban furnace for heat. We would keep the tank...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-26-2014, 03:19 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

Marko-we are still considering the auto off on the solar, and will know for sure if it would benefit much when we get a bit more information from our early runs later on. The one issue on doing it...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-26-2014, 03:09 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

Davydd, It is no question that we "technoloonies" spend a lot more time and effort on these things the we probably should, but it is a better hobby than drinking in the bar, I would think.

Your...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-25-2014, 11:45 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

I think I have a pretty close to final settings figured out. Just did a draw down of 203AH of the 375AH of batteries. SG check showed the the 260AH GC2 batteries at 56%, the 115AH SCS200 at 45%,...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-21-2014, 01:00 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

I think your suspicions are proving out to be correct, and I would bet that most solar systems are messing with other things. Folks like Handybob, who are nearly completely solar wouldn't see the...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-19-2014, 06:29 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

The new charger is working fine, so I ran another discharge/charge cycle at 14.6 volts, after running a bunch of short cycles on the full batteries to determine the actual ending amps at 14.6 volts. ...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-16-2014, 06:18 PM
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Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

The replacement charger got here late yesterday afternoon. Only took 20 minutes to swap out, so happy about that. I had planned on getting the van off the stands today and outside to see how the...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-07-2014, 02:24 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

I too would think it would be fatal, if the batteries were actually discharged to 11.5 volts, but in this case it is just the very high current levels make is so the batteries can't deliver the power...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-06-2014, 10:34 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

I have been trying to collect as much data as possible, and while the tests are running, trying to clean up the loose ends on install end of it.

I know Marco is very interested in the microwave...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-03-2014, 02:58 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Re: Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameter

The temp correction thing kind of explains how the chargers all seem to have wound up at 14.4 volts for absorption and 13.5 for float, when the "ideal" charging parameters are 14.8v and 13.2v. The...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-03-2014, 03:21 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 10,291
Posted By booster
Battery chargers, inverters, engine generators-parameters

We are starting to get some information and data from our just (mostly) completed, charging/power/inverter upgrades. There was a lot of discussion previously as to the different chargers, charging...
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