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LG and Samsung are the biggest makers of fridges that use digital inverter based compressors. They have been available in Europe and Canada for years. Problem is they are not big sellers here due to cost, being twice as much or more for similar sized standard fridge. Benefits? No surge during...

Currently have in our off grid cabin for the last 5 years a Dometic 12cf unit. Propane only as it draws a LOT of power on electric mode. I feel we have enough solar and battery now to go full electric. The DC units cost/size are pretty much a non starter and trying to stay more "big box off the...

It wasn't an engineer telling you you had to use them, it was stupid politicians.

I would, but the battery/electrical is located in a utility room at the panels. 80ft from the house. A bright red LED strip would at least tell me the heater is on.

Didn't think about that. That's a good idea.

My bus bars are aluminum. Awg 2 from inverter to bus bars. So 5 legs 8s each. Will use Awg 8 from the bus bars to each bank and then 8 bare copper wire between each cell? So that theoretically would allow upto 40 amp draw on each bank for a max of 200 amp (40 x 5) which would exceed my inverters...

My inverters switch has 3 settings. 2 "ON" positions, On (Power Save Mode), and just On (no power save), and then "OFF". The remote I got has +/- in, +/- out for 2 wires. So I ran the On (no power save) and Off wires into the IN side of the switch and ran new wires from the Out side of the...

Perfect. Thanks!

Yeah. Already did that, as my father-in-law wanted lights...lol. That's also why I went directly to the converter, skipping all the old wiring from the house battery location to make sure a bad ground or short wasn't an issue, but everything worked as normal on the old lead acid when put back in...

I reached out last night. Gave me a good deal on 60ah at $36 each. Ordered 8 for a test. Have 360ah now, so hopefully they will play well with others. Shipping was $128.

I was in the shower and figured I wired wrong anyway. And also sure you are correct as well. The switch goes to a connector attached to a pcb. All low current stuff. What I have is a relay "switch". It did not occur to me when I opened up the inverter that I have the wrong thing. Thanks for the...

A small dorm type 2.5 c.f. fridge? I'd rather have 20 c.f. for a third that and no surge watts. The wife would be very happy. ?

I plan to take a current reading tomorrow of the draw from the switch. But, does anyone know of a remote switch that can work in a low voltage scenario (self powered maybe)?

There is a guy selling Winston style lifepo4 pretty close to me. Obviuosly im going to check voltage levels but as I will have no way to check with a load, what else should I be looking for? Expansion is another, but is it apparent when housed in a plastic case? Also, they are only a few years...

Disregard. Found good pictures online. There is no connector, like the bms's....bms'....? Anyway, straight wires, nice.

Having issues getting this thing working. Anyone have good instructions for it? Need to config for lifepo4's and apparently you have to do it via the software. Can't find a pin to connect BT either.....frustrating.

I absolutely hate putting them in....really....I hate them. Thier WAY taller than me and I dont have a slide hammer, so I use a 3lb sledge on a wobbling sometimes moving target. Still, a little better than your house burning down not having it. But only a by little.

$36 each for 8, and $128 to ship.

I would through an ad up on your local craigslist under the Help Wanted and detail your job requirements, bonded and insured, etc.

Aluminum is much more conductive than steel (by a lot) but it has one big downside, which is oxidation when conducting electricity. As a bus bar I use stainless hardware for my post and have each coated in Dupli-coat (one red, one black) to protect from oxegen, but the terminals on the...

Have you tried that?

Had a good SOC Chart for my sealed setup hanging on the wall next to the battery monitor for reference. Been looking for something similar to it but haven't been able to find one. I know it's not the same due to the fast drop towards the end but is there something you use that works?

It seems that doing a twirl, standing on one leg, and then rebooting works! All good now...

Figured as much Will. Have a blue sea 500a 50mv shunt and a powermon BT monitor in place. Waiting on a full charge to sync it at 100%. Not sure I want (or easily can) take it to bottom state for more accurate reading. Was looking to have a ref hanging for the wife. Better off making one based...

29.2 is a full charge (which I would not recommend doing often). But, it will be fine for a week or 2. But, of you would feel better, just wire them up 4s2p (12v) and throw a car air pump (or something 12v), connect directly to the terminals until you get the voltage down to where you're...

I feel you would be better off looking for an inverter/charger that meets the need For generator backup charging (Victron MultiPlus line are awesome). An mppt controller/inverter/charger (all on one type) I feel puts to many "eggs in one basket" and you're limited by the systems performance in...

I would recommend a smaller inverter type genset (clean power) to power your loads and keep batteries topped off. The Royobi 2300 or older but still available1800 as well as the iPower 1800 are great value for the money (there are many others but I have used both of these). They would quickly...

Good idea. Didn't try a small resistive load, like a 12v led light. You also suggest series the batteries and check voltage?

Recently (before cold snap) my batteries were around 80f average. Since the move to another cabinet with heat from tank heater pads and temps dropped with an average temp of 41f in the cabinet my power (voltage drop) has been huge. Charged to 27.2v most days, which would stablize to 26.6 with...

Pricing per Kwh?