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Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 11-24-2021, 01:44 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
Hard for me to see how to do that if your rig has...

Hard for me to see how to do that if your rig has solar and it is in storage. Unless you physically disconnect the batteries by removing the cable connection they are going to charge even from the...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 11-19-2021, 02:44 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
No. That is not what the BMS is for. The...

No. That is not what the BMS is for.

The problem here is that apparently some alternators are capable of dealing with Lithium batteries and some are not, and it does not have anything to do with...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-17-2020, 04:38 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
Please, don't make this your last post. I am...

Please, don't make this your last post. I am always interested in hearing from new people on this forum.



I learn something new from almost every thread I read, and this was no exception. I did...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-17-2020, 04:34 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
Ha! It was supposed to be a 12 day trip but one...

Ha! It was supposed to be a 12 day trip but one of our destinations, Islan Blanca RV Park at South Padre Island in Texas, was closed to those who did not already have a reservation so we had to cut...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-17-2020, 03:16 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
As I said, I am not an expert at any of this, and...

As I said, I am not an expert at any of this, and have plenty of questions myself about how the Lithium batteries operate. However, ...

We just returned from an 8 day trip, the only trip of the...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-17-2020, 11:52 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I need to preface this by commenting that I am...

I need to preface this by commenting that I am not an expert on batteries, Lithium or otherwise, or on auto charging systems, so take that into account when reading this post.

I had assumed that...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-16-2020, 02:53 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
Loss of the ability to bridge between the starter...

Loss of the ability to bridge between the starter and house batteries in an emergency? That does not sound like an upgrade to me.
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-16-2020, 11:24 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
It only makes sense that Lithium battery prices...

It only makes sense that Lithium battery prices would fall as they became more popular. In fact Battle Born dropped their price from $1000 to $950 some time ago and have not raised them back up, and...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-16-2020, 09:32 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
FWIW I completely agree.

FWIW I completely agree.
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-16-2020, 08:05 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I told myself I would not comment on this subject...

I told myself I would not comment on this subject since it is a hot button issue and people have very different views on it, but I have to disagree about being "scared to death" of it.

People...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-15-2020, 02:35 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I see the dust storm signs along I-10 in New...

I see the dust storm signs along I-10 in New Mexico all the time but fortunately we have never actually seen a dust storm.

Every year for the past 4 or 5 years we have spent a couple of days at...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-15-2020, 10:07 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
We make the drive from the Phoenix area to San...

We make the drive from the Phoenix area to San Antonio, and sometimes to South Padre Island, once or twice a year and I always like the drive. But I have to say that we always seem to run into strong...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-15-2020, 09:37 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
Interesting. That is pretty much the way we were...

Interesting. That is pretty much the way we were planning to get around San Antonio, although we were going to Kerrville to get back to I-10, not Boerne. I guess I am glad we ended up going through...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-14-2020, 02:32 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
No. We have the Victron battery monitor and the...

No. We have the Victron battery monitor and the Renogy DC-DC charger for the BB batteries. All the other stuff is original Winnie equipment.

We ended up driving through San Antonio directly since...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-14-2020, 12:30 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I can't speak for them but I assume they want to...

I can't speak for them but I assume they want to know the capacity of your alternator. I checked with Ford (who made the chassis for my Winnie Fuse) and they told me 210 amps was the rated capacity...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-14-2020, 11:07 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
The solar controller is the OEM one from Zamp,...

The solar controller is the OEM one from Zamp, not a Victron controller. It (the Zamp controller) does not dial back the solar input until the batteries are essentially at 100%, so at 98% I still see...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-14-2020, 10:56 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I don't understand the comment. Dry camping,...

I don't understand the comment.

Dry camping, with no input to the batteries. In the morning they are perhaps at 70% when we start driving. There is little or no noticeable sun and no solar power....
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-14-2020, 07:47 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I have both the Renogy 20 amp and 40 amp chargers...

I have both the Renogy 20 amp and 40 amp chargers and both act exactly the same way. I never really see more than the rated amps going to the battery, regardless of the status of the battery (that...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-14-2020, 07:21 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
If I am interpreting what I am seeing correctly...

If I am interpreting what I am seeing correctly that is the opposite of what I am seeing.

When my batteries are down, say at 70 or 80%, and the charger is running when the sun is out, what I seem...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-14-2020, 07:12 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
If I am interpreting what I am seeing correctly...

If I am interpreting what I am seeing correctly that is the opposite of what I am seeing.

When my batteries are down, say at 70 or 80%, and the charger is running when the sun is out, what I seem...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-13-2020, 05:34 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I think it all depends upon how you plan to use...

I think it all depends upon how you plan to use your RV. We bought Lithium because we had a specific problem I needed to address and Lithium seemed to be the only way to do it.

Were we camping...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-13-2020, 05:27 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
That is the odd thing about the support at Battle...

That is the odd thing about the support at Battle Born. Sometimes they recommend a BIM, sometimes they do not. They explicitly told me to not use one.
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-13-2020, 05:06 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
Yes, and that corresponds to what I have seen in...

Yes, and that corresponds to what I have seen in terms of how the solar works, but my question was about the DC-DC charger.

What I have expected to see when the batteries were down was a combined...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-09-2020, 07:17 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
CLARIFICATION: Just to clarify, when I wrote...

CLARIFICATION:

Just to clarify, when I wrote that I did not see how the charger "even know what the solar input is" I meant the solar power input to the batteries, not the amount of solar input...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-09-2020, 03:47 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
As I said in my previous post, I don’t know very...

As I said in my previous post, I don’t know very much about the way all of this stuff works, but I always assumed that the solar input combined with the charger input so that if you had a 20 amp...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-09-2020, 03:40 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I don’t know enough about any of this to say with...

I don’t know enough about any of this to say with certainty but I would assume that a 60 amp charger would really stress the alternator, and it would certainly require some substantially large gauge...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-09-2020, 01:17 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
Are you saying that the Renogy charger adjusts...

Are you saying that the Renogy charger adjusts its output based on how much solar is being produced? That is, are you saying that if there is 15 amps being generated by solar a Renogy 20 amp charger...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-09-2020, 01:13 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
Over the last couple of months I have come to...

Over the last couple of months I have come to agree with a post saying that running the DC-DC charger applies too high a voltage to the starter battery and that continued use of it will eventually...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Solar and Electronics 08-08-2020, 07:41 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 19,181
Posted By AJMike
I think that one thing you need to keep in mind...

I think that one thing you need to keep in mind is how you use your RV. If you do a lot of dry camping/boondocking then you need to be concerned about keeping your Lithium batteries charged since you...
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