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Kiwi2000 reacted to sunshine_eggo's post in the thread Total Noob wants to run a mini fridge with
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Yes. I've owned five. I've had three fail. I recently replaced a 12cu-ft unit and a 7.6cu-ft unit with compressor fridges. Yes... -
From what I’ve seen, most people underestimate how much power is required to run a refrigerator. If you decide on a 12v 100a battery...
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Multiple reasons. Hedging against future energy cost increases was one, that is coming to fruition with local utility increasing rates...
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread Tracer8420AN charge settings for lifepo4.The 'Bulk Voltage Recovery Voltage' 26.4v is where it gets triggered to go back into bulk charging mode.
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread LiFePO4 with Bluetooth expectations.Don't count on being able to adjust everything. And lot of different batteries use different BMS and the bluetooth apps mostly only...
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This, it's pretty common for set ups which experience extended periods of tree/leaf/branch shading - cloudy days often result in more...
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Figured it out. I had one negative from one array swapped by accident. All sorted now. Thank you for the help.
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread Solar MC4 wiring question.Yes do that. Because if you have them mixed up somewhere, shutting off a positive or negative on either string would shut the circuit down.
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread Solar MC4 wiring question.Sounds like you have got two of the wires crossed over somewhere. Follow them back and make sure they're going to where you thought...
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread Interesting phenomena.Yes if your panels are near a lot of trees, you could generate more on a slightly cloudy day than on a clear sunny day. The light on a...
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Use ultra fine strand wire that is big enough to fill the hole. Make sure terminal block is fully open. Rotate wire slightly as you...
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I know, user error.
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Kiwi2000 reacted to Skid's post in the thread Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO? with Like.
You misunderestimated. A few other comments haven't aged well either, including one asking how many lifetimes would it take for a...
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Kiwi2000 reacted to HighDesertOffgrid's post in the thread Units moderator. There should be a units moderator assigned. with Like.
You have learned there isn't much to be learned from me. However, the measurements are likely to indeed go back to such a source. The...
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread Units moderator. There should be a units moderator assigned..I was going to say, what the hell is a Kwhr...???
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Kiwi2000 reacted to upnorthandpersonal's post in the thread Units moderator. There should be a units moderator assigned. with Like.
kWh - ftfy ;)
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?.12 volt doesn't have such a higher arcing potential as 48 volt.
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We had a good snow yesterday. I have 400 Watt Canadian Solar bifacial panels ground mounted. So far, this winter, if I see 2000 watts...
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?.Blue stuff makes me hard!
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Kiwi2000 replied to the thread An Unusual RV System Configuration Question.It will be fine. A battery bank with 4 100Ah batteries and 2 460Ah batteries in parallel will perform better than a battery bank with 4...
