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Im on an RV forum and people are saying their batteries dont start balancing until 14.2v for a 12v battery. At that high of voltage, doesnt that mean the battery will spend less time balancing? Is there a reason the BMS doesnt start balancing at 13.8v or 14.0v?

Learned so much reading here and plan to build or buy a battery bank for a trailer. Ive read its good to charge at 3.45v per cell. Why do places like LiTime sell a charger thats up at 3.65v? Does it come down to the specs of the BMS used whether the cells are able to balance at the high voltage...

Would like to get a Victron smart shunt. Currently have flooded batteries on a trailer tongue that get exposed to rain and dust. Eventually will switch to lithium and move the batteries to a dry location. Been looking at the 712 but i dont believe it comes with the IP65 500a shunt? Does the IP65...

Scaled down to something like an 4x8 sheet would be interesting.

Both the oil and fuel treatments. Stuff aint cheap and im ready for a new batch. Ive asked mechanic friends with mixed results. One buddy said to run Delo in a 7.3 Ford because of the added....(i forget the metal...zinc maybe? moly?) Im in cali and try to stay away from BioFuel when i can...

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I thought about getting bifacial panels to put on top a white trailer roof. Will from this forum replied they are not a good match for hot summer temps. So what makes for a good roof mounted mobile solar panel? Are there certain terms that relate to build techniques that handle a mobile setup...

I pulled a bone head maneuver and think i have a lot to learn about grounding a trailer. Ive got a toyhauler. Added a 120v 20a dedicated circuit that gets hot when on shore power or when running the generator. My WFCO converter has been acting up, and it never charges at 14.4v anyway, so i...

Just cleaned my terminals again. They grow the blew corrosion. Do those fiber washers work on 6v flooded deep cycle batteries? Mine on are the trailer tounge and dont have any covers. Sometimes i have a piece of foam over them. Ive read the trapped gases are a problem. But my batteries are...

I've been scoring deals for a couple weeks from different lowes. Check the regular tool section. Plumbing tool section. Electrical tool section. Look for the yellow tag. Some stuff is 80% off. Especially the Ideal electrical tools. Looks like lowes is switching to Klein.

If the sun produces the energy to grow the plants that turn into coal, isnt it fair to say coal is solar powered?

Hardware store sells a $0.99 switch and also a $2.50 switch for residential AC application. Was reading on this forum that its not safe pulling DC current through AC switches. I currently have 4a worth of LEDs on a $2.50 AC switch. Is that unsafe?

Do you think a place like 18650 will carry a cell larger than 300ah in the future? Im looking at the Envision 305ah for a small 4s battery for a toyhauler. Still many months away. Wondering if maybe by the time im ready a 400ah cell will exist? My thought is that for a mobile setup the less...

Looking to increase battery storage and solar production on a boondocking toyhauler. Goal is to eventually run a mini split AC for a few hours a day. The trailer currently has a lot of 12v devices and its making it hard to decide if a DIY 24v battery bank would make sense once the 6v CG2...

Wasnt sure where to post this. Curious how much electric power it takes to heat an RV water tank versus how much propane? I started doing some tests on my 10gal Suburban with the water starting at roughly 70F. Electric: 1.43kwh Propane: 0.1gal (196grams i hope my conversion is correct)

Ive wanted to power some security cameras from 12v batteries for years. I finally have an older 12v Marine/Rv battery i can sacrifice. Just need a panel. The camera pulls 2watts so i thought maybe a 50w panel would be a good size? The battery can start a 5500w Onan genny so its not completely...

Im interested in a wind turbine made in Italy. I wrote the company and they cant send me a video of the product working. Im wondering if this company even exists. Or if its a startup company using computer images of a product they hope to build. Have you ever seen one of these in action? Hoping...

This would go on a toyhauler where i plan to tilt the panels when its not driving down the road. Nice white reflective roof. I did a few searches and not finding much. I saw these Renogy panels on amazon is what sparked the interest. Im in Socal if there is a better local option...

I want to add around 1000w-2000w of solar to a toyhauler. Its a Forest River and the build quality was very very very bad. Im talking roof joists were not even screwed together. Be awesome to build a sliding mount for the solar panels so that some of them could act like mini awnings. Have you...

Was hoping to find a cheesy little 12v wind turbine in the 100-200w range that would be physically small in size and could go on the roof of an RV. Not finding very many options at all. Smallest i can find is 400w and its a bit too large for what i was picturing in my head. I have solar and...

Im thinking about using an older 12v starting battery for my 5500watt Onan. Do most people use a terminal style fuse, and what size? Google search led to a thread on this site that said it pulls around 75a after the initial spike. The thread wasnt about fuse size though, more if his particular...

I have two flooded 6v batteries on a trailer tongue. Outside temps are around 30-50F. In the next couple years i plan to switch to lithium and move the batteries indoors to stable temps. For now i took a quick look at battery heating pads. Not the cheapest things and in a few months its going to...

Using 2awg wire with preinstalled terminals to power a 1000w inverter. Trying to pick out a fuse type and holder. Do you think this style would have more or less added resistance than using an additional ring terminal and short length of wire? fuse holder