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Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 05-23-2018, 01:26 AM
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Posted By booster
I think they do it the same as on our Ample Power...

I think they do it the same as on our Ample Power regulator, with a pulsed full voltage output to control the field %. It will be consistent, but it won't be linear to actual output, and it also...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 05-23-2018, 01:12 AM
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Posted By booster
For the Nations GU, he will need a 300 amp unit,...

For the Nations GU, he will need a 300 amp unit, as it will run 250+ when cold and then drop to 150ish hot, then oscillate between 145-185 amps after that until the acceptance starts to taper. ...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 05-22-2018, 11:59 PM
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Posted By booster
I don't think there is any way with the Balmar,...

I don't think there is any way with the Balmar, as it will only measure and control field %, I think.


I did get the inductive 300 amp capable setup for ours, first with just one pickup and than...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 05-22-2018, 10:21 PM
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Posted By booster
Somebody on here posted an approximate but close...

Somebody on here posted an approximate but close (claimed) chart on SOC vs voltage that would be what you need. All you would do was add a column to your chart for SOC after taking the readings off...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 05-22-2018, 05:15 PM
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Posted By booster
It does appear that the spreadsheet simply added...

It does appear that the spreadsheet simply added the voltage increases up, so dividing by the 7 readings would give the average voltage increase for the modules, which would be more useful in seeing...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 05-22-2018, 02:50 AM
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Posted By booster
I think that result is just about what I would...

I think that result is just about what I would expect out of the EG system on all at the same time.



The EG is going to net about 165 amps average, when heat cycling so that would give about...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 05-21-2018, 12:32 PM
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Posted By booster
I would actually be a bit surprised if 7 charged...

I would actually be a bit surprised if 7 charged faster than few, as the limiting factor would seem to be the alternator output and heat cycling of it. Perhaps one module would not be able to accept...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 05-17-2018, 02:28 PM
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Posted By booster
It will be interesting to see how it goes for...

It will be interesting to see how it goes for them into the future.


One thing that stands out is near the end of the article where they talk about needing to guess how many modules to leave on...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-29-2017, 03:48 PM
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Posted By booster
I would call Adam at Nations and ask him, or Lake...

I would call Adam at Nations and ask him, or Lake Regions to see if the tech remembers. If you smoke it, you might have trouble getting it replaced.
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-26-2017, 06:17 PM
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Posted By booster
The is a good possibility that the reason we...

The is a good possibility that the reason we haven't seen anyone successfully put a battery monitoring system on the Ecotrek modules is the nature of the parasitic losses. If they are internal to...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-26-2017, 02:03 PM
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Posted By booster
This discussion is turning into the primo example...

This discussion is turning into the primo example of the consequences of Roadtrek not putting any kind of useful battery monitoring system in the Lithium batteries systems. All that can be really...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-25-2017, 01:20 AM
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Views: 106,748
Posted By booster
From the information we have seen, full charge on...

From the information we have seen, full charge on a lithium is actually in the 14.7v range, but they are now saying that is not a good place to go to because it shortens the battery life. Most are...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-08-2017, 08:32 PM
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Posted By booster
The air conditioning is variable output by...

The air conditioning is variable output by cycling the compressor, keeping the evaporator at nearly the same temp all the time to have the same exit air temperature cabin. If you have less humidity...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-08-2017, 06:20 PM
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Posted By booster
I think what we run across, is that with it in...

I think what we run across, is that with it in recirc, we can use a substantially lower fan speed, and the evaporator is running at lower capacity to keep the same temp, so the dehumidification is...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-08-2017, 05:46 PM
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Posted By booster
Now that is weird, IMO. We use ours on recirc...

Now that is weird, IMO. We use ours on recirc almost all the time. It makes for less humidity and dust coming in and really reduces the duty cycle on the compressor.
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-08-2017, 01:23 PM
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Posted By booster
We may be speaking of different AC units. I was...

We may be speaking of different AC units. I was referring to the van's dash AC unit, not the coach rooftop one, as WingedRyno had said he was driving. The dash air almost always will have a recirc...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-08-2017, 12:29 PM
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Posted By booster
I think you will find that a cooking or meat...

I think you will find that a cooking or meat thermometer will work much better than an infrared thermometer for checking air temperatures, as the infrared can just take the temp of surfaces.

I...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-06-2017, 08:54 PM
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Posted By booster
You may have a fuse for the solar controllers...

You may have a fuse for the solar controllers and/or the panels that would make it easier.
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-06-2017, 08:31 PM
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Posted By booster
The whole "how much power do I have left" gets...

The whole "how much power do I have left" gets pretty complicated for an Ecotrek, kind of like having "reverse Peukert" on steroids :p.

If you discharge the module very quickly, in an hour for...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-06-2017, 07:00 PM
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Posted By booster
That chart is way, way, different than anything I...

That chart is way, way, different than anything I ever recall seeing for lithium. Most show them staying much flatter in the middle range, kind of like this one that shows (to one decimal) the same...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-06-2017, 03:33 PM
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Views: 106,748
Posted By booster
is how I stated it, so certainly not inditing all...

is how I stated it, so certainly not inditing all lithium batteries, as it appears to be only Roadtrek that loses anywhere near this much to parasitic.

I was also not saying AGMs were more or less...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-06-2017, 02:28 AM
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Posted By booster
At the risk of being a nay-sayer, I would contend...

At the risk of being a nay-sayer, I would contend that a lithium battery system that costs tens of thousands of dollars and loses 2% of its capacity PER HOUR when just sitting there is not exactly...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-04-2017, 09:41 PM
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Posted By booster
It is interesting about the AC issue. If it was...

It is interesting about the AC issue. If it was one of the tubes on the passenger side of the engine, it could have been cracked putting in the engine generator. On the Chevies, there is very...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-04-2017, 09:36 PM
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Posted By booster
AFAIK, Nations is still doing the programming of...

AFAIK, Nations is still doing the programming of the units, but it could have changed. My guess would be that they normally don't really "test" them as in running them on a test bench with an...
Forum: Welcome Wagon - New Member Intros 08-04-2017, 07:38 PM
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Views: 106,748
Posted By booster
I don't think that the first Balmar can be...

I don't think that the first Balmar can be assumed to not have been on at all, as something could have taken it out before it was looked at. There is no way Nations could have programmed it if it...
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