Recent content by onanysunday

Thinking this might work better. Go up with my frame. Have my two lipos vertical. Then on the right side cut out that section of the upper shelf area, Mount all my Victron in that right side area and then make a box that seals it all in with my filter for venting. I think I'm liking this a...

Still have the issue of flight off gassing from the 8D AGM starting battery. Everything I have read the inverter and all the other components should be kept away from even an AGM battery. So I think my only option here would be to make a box to go around the inverter and then vent it. In the...

Well I've gone back to maybe trying to fit all of this into the compartment where the batteries were. Don't want to lose the storage inside and all the runs are shorter and much easier to install everything here. So I have two choices. Right now this battery compartment has expanded metal...

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So is it worth 1.5 cubic foot less refrigerator space to have something that draws a whole bunch less?

I bought an insignia 10.1 cubic foot fridge from Best buy, opened it, ended up returning it. That thing draws hardly anything. Literally a couple of amps. Decided to order the GE 11.6 which I am picking up on monday. Everything online says it pulls 15 amps and 1800 watts. Sat on hold with GE...

It is a 120 volt residential fridge.

So the GE fridge I am buying is rated at 15 amps or 1800 watts. I have 630 amp hours of battery Bank between the two batteries. So I'm figuring 42 hours to run the fridge without any solar power or generator. I wonder what a realistic number is because that fridge is not going to be running all...

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So the 15 psi oil pressure sender switch has a 16 gauge wire which energizes that 200 amp solenoid. That allows the house batteries to be tied into the alternator charge circuit. Is it as easy as disconnecting that blue wire?

Well this appears to be it. I just have to figure out how to rewire it to disable it.

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So is that crimp on the Staubli connector special? I am seeing the pliers online no problem but I have all kinds of pliers in the toolbox with that type of crimp connector. Or at least looks similar. Photo shown as an example of Deutsch style connectors we have used for years in the shop.

Interesting thread here discussing dc to dc converters. It is mentioned that motorhomes have a split charge relay which allows the alternator to charge the starting battery first and then the house batteries. If so and without a dc to dc converter that creates a problem. Sounds possibly as easy...

Yeah I will probably just order a linx this next week. At this point in my life easier is good to get things done. For sure want to fuse everything as much as possible for protection. So yes still researching that. First steps I need to get the panels mounted, get all of the victron components...