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G'day gang,
1st post on the forums. Looking forward to taking part and hopefully contributing to the solar community I'm based in Melbourne Australia and despite it being known as the sunny country, here on the Eastern Coast it's been more rain and floods this summer which debatably beats the country being on fire!
I'm collecting all the parts to build a DIY solar generator in a toolbox. Because portability between vehicles is important, I'm attempting to have the battery, inverter, DC-DC and AC charger all contained in the one unit.
The main components that I have collected so far are:
DC Mont 135 Amp lithium battery (100 Amp BMS) (I bought this on special before I did much research, it's smaller capacity than I'd like but I may add a 2nd)
MWXNE 1200W Inverter (perhaps a little big for this battery, I'll be careful with the loads)
Renogy DC-DC 50 Amp Battery Charger with Bluetooth
350A TR16 Battery Capacity Tester
300A Battery Power Switch
150 Amp MRBF Fuse Block (is this suitable when paired with 4 B&S cable?)
ToolPro Toolbox
Two 50mm x 10mm 12v cooling fans paired with W3230 Temperature Controller (Hopefully this will be enough to keep things cool)
Extras: 4 and 6 B&S cables, 175 & 50 Amp Anderson Plugs, 12V USB PD outlets etc
Solar:
200w folding panel
130W Fixed solar
120W solar panel (Old)
Question
So when the sun isn't charging my batteries, I gotta look to top them up and so the last main component to purchase is the AC lithium charger. As space is at a premium, I'm looking at this Naked AC fixed voltage 50A lithium charger. What concerns me is how the output cables are connected. I can't see in this link, but looking at others, it appears that that are fixed onto the PCB like in this photo. Would it be difficult to change the cables in necessary? (based on that photo) Any reason not to buy this? (aside from the cable concerns)
Specs for the charger:
Voltage is fixed at 14.6V. Non adjustable, current 50A is not adjustable.
Input voltage: 100-240V
Output voltage: 14.6V
Output current: 50A
Charging method: CC-CV
External dimensions: 230 * 86 * 38 (mm)
Cooling method: air cooling
Thanks in advance for any suggestions to this build
1st post on the forums. Looking forward to taking part and hopefully contributing to the solar community I'm based in Melbourne Australia and despite it being known as the sunny country, here on the Eastern Coast it's been more rain and floods this summer which debatably beats the country being on fire!
I'm collecting all the parts to build a DIY solar generator in a toolbox. Because portability between vehicles is important, I'm attempting to have the battery, inverter, DC-DC and AC charger all contained in the one unit.
The main components that I have collected so far are:
DC Mont 135 Amp lithium battery (100 Amp BMS) (I bought this on special before I did much research, it's smaller capacity than I'd like but I may add a 2nd)
MWXNE 1200W Inverter (perhaps a little big for this battery, I'll be careful with the loads)
Renogy DC-DC 50 Amp Battery Charger with Bluetooth
350A TR16 Battery Capacity Tester
300A Battery Power Switch
150 Amp MRBF Fuse Block (is this suitable when paired with 4 B&S cable?)
ToolPro Toolbox
Two 50mm x 10mm 12v cooling fans paired with W3230 Temperature Controller (Hopefully this will be enough to keep things cool)
Extras: 4 and 6 B&S cables, 175 & 50 Amp Anderson Plugs, 12V USB PD outlets etc
Solar:
200w folding panel
130W Fixed solar
120W solar panel (Old)
Question
So when the sun isn't charging my batteries, I gotta look to top them up and so the last main component to purchase is the AC lithium charger. As space is at a premium, I'm looking at this Naked AC fixed voltage 50A lithium charger. What concerns me is how the output cables are connected. I can't see in this link, but looking at others, it appears that that are fixed onto the PCB like in this photo. Would it be difficult to change the cables in necessary? (based on that photo) Any reason not to buy this? (aside from the cable concerns)
Specs for the charger:
Voltage is fixed at 14.6V. Non adjustable, current 50A is not adjustable.
Input voltage: 100-240V
Output voltage: 14.6V
Output current: 50A
Charging method: CC-CV
External dimensions: 230 * 86 * 38 (mm)
Cooling method: air cooling
Thanks in advance for any suggestions to this build
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