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I see now, thx! Farking Renogy! ;)

I read your post twice. I still can't really tell what your issue is. Can you more concisely state the proplem? I think it is that your Bluetti only has one charging input and you're trying to use solar AND a feed from car alternator in one input. But I'm not gonna go look at the specs for...

They all have a power draw of their own, quite significant for some. The larger the inverter, the larger the parasitic draw, in general. On some inverters it is 100W or more, and will drain your whole 100Ah 12v battery if left on overnight. This is why all power stations have an on off switch...

You don't have an ac180, and it doesn't matter squat that the battery chemistry is the same. No lifepo4 can be charged below freezing, yes, but the DISCHARGE doesn't depend on the chemistry, it depends on that particular power station BMS, battery mgt system, and whatever temperature limiter...

You still didn't give the model and brand so anyone can help you. It all depends on the unit specs. "I have a car. Can anyone tell me the gas mileage and weight?"... you see the problem... There is no standard. Some solar charge controllers are 11-20v, some 11-40v. I have a 9-25v and a...

That victron has bluetooth, just connect to your phone and it will tell you what is happening, and what is toggled off. Ot has reverse polarity protection, your wires might be jacked. It has battery temp protection, you might have that toggled on with no feed, may stop charge. Maybe you...

Hey... these are clones of the Eberspacher heater. They have a 98pg installation guide. It applies to all these Chinese heaters too, they are just too cheap to provide it. Go download it. You are violating like 3 basic install requirements. This is why Eberspacher charges 3000$ and required...

What makes you think you HAVEN'T run your batteries down? 1. You say you measure 12.9v when testing the bar terminals. You also said after 3 days charging, but unclear if 12.9v before or after charging. In any case, that is like 20% charge remaining for LifePO4. Close enough to empty that it...

I missed that once a week drive, that makes it tougher for a single battery. There definitely IS an mppt charge controller that has 2 dc outputs for 2 separate batteries, house and starter, and charges up house 1st then when full trickle charges both. This may be that renogy you mentioned...

I got the ep3000 and like it, because as you say it us basically it's own power station, just no 120v inverter. Has 400W solar with mppt, can do car and ac input, usb c output, and most bestest, another 30A 13.4v dc xt60 port! Between it and the e1500LFP I can have 60A of 12v (13.4 really...

Nice then. I see they have small $35 AGMs that are 12 to 15Ah, perfect as a cold weather piwer source to bootstrap up my diesel and then warm the main players up to functionality. Little AB switch would give options, and I could just let it charge from system once in a while. Thx!

I happened to make a 2 min video today showing e1500LFP ac capacity test. Once drained, I started filling it up using a 100Ah 12v mini LiFePo4 from Redodo, just to test the Redodo capacity to be sure it was good before return period runs out. Using the 12-18v 100W solar input, will take 12.8...

Inverter microwaves. Microwaves are only 35 to 42% efficient overall at putting electric energy into food as heat. They first convert electricity to microwaves, at about a 67% efficiency, then only a bit is captured by food for 40% ish overall. If a Normal microwave is labeled "1000W", that...

Sounds correct to me... without being plugged into 120 wall power, your ground is not bonded probably. There should just be 1 ground neutral bond in a total system, so there isn't one set in your eg4 as it assumes wall power provides that probably. In mobile systems, you actually need to...

I looked, but Will has so many videos I cant find that video or exact renogy part. Please provide a link to his video or page you are talking about, and the device you're talking about. The MC4 is limited to 30A. Whatever wire you use should be at or less ampacity than its connectors, say...

You are pretty much an exact copy of Wills 48v off grid system. Just compare yours to his, done. https://www.mobile-solarpower.com/48v-complete-system-blueprint.html

Your question is confusing, because I think you are using the ">" sign wrong, the reverse of what the world uses... Heater > Bluetti means heater goes into or supplies the bluetti. You probably meant Bluetti > heater and I guess you really mean: Bluetti Solar input < 36/48v external battery...

Uhhhh... no it doesn't? I already mentioned that a 700W microwave pulls 1100 to 1150W, you used a 1500W inverter soooooo... when you used 50% power, it STILL used 1100W or so, jist turned it on and off more, and took way longer to cook your food, for no reason. LOL. Bummer for you, but it's...

Hi, looked at your inverter charger and options for replace. Yes, I would replace it, 4000w is huge for 12v cables. Literally off the charts, 333A and charts mostly stop at 200A! You are really pretty well set up to just run a 24v system. Put your 2 batteries in series for a nice easy...

There is a good use of 12v 100Ah battery in an RV, because the jacks and leveling and tongue and any extenders all are pretty high power 12v usage. So even when you later do 48v, it is good to have that 100Ah 12v to supply these big amp drawa and even out your usage. The 12v 100ah mini is only...

@crawllander The one way to burn out your Mppt is to input a voltage above its limit. Stop doing that. Get a different mppt.

Read this. https://diysolarforum.com/resources/grounding-made-simpler-part-4-mobile-systems.159/

The multiplus II is for 240v I believe. Standard multiplus for 120v. You can download and read their spec sheets at victronenergy.com and I'm sure one of these guys with a multiplus will chime in.

Take a look at the new sub forum here, wind and hydro diy. You can feed whatever into the batteries, they don't k ow or care where the watts came from. Usually. Not sure how the powerpro battery talks to the EG, that may be exclusive...

Your understanding of electricity is wrong. Your use of terminology is wrong, and show you don't understand the basic physics. You keep using the word power as a synonym for electricity or voltage, it is not. Power is a defined term. If you don't have an electrical current to a load, then...

So much unsurety is injected into folks answers due to imprecise OP statements of mobile size. Truck canopy/wedge camper = sits on bedrails. Truck camper, sits in or on bed. Camper = more info needed, but probably a small tow trailer Self driving = RV, use class AB C designations and length...

Almost all induction burners are 1800w, even single burners. I read all the cooking threads, here and at ExpeditionPortal and OverlandBound. Anyone who gets a burner less than the 1800w ends up posting that it is too weak, pretty much. The 1800W say 8" induction ring, but that is a marketing...

@sunshine_eggo thx!

This guy, stamar, This guy is a schill, joined today, 13 posts, all recommending Na ion batteries from an aliexpress site, or panels same place.

So, are you in the US? May make a difference for parts available. Most folks here know airco means air-conditioning, makes me think not US? I will assume you can get everything I can on Amazon though, for same prices as Phoenix. But location affects power usage for air-conditioning. I went...