Battery monitor: useful tool or toy?
Hello all. As we prepare for FT (mostly boondocking) I am working through the 12v upgrades. Got the 600 AH of Lifelines in place. Two banks of 6v pairs; 4 batts in all. Upgraded the converter to 80, p...
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Hi westend, I am located 400 meters from the seething tropical Pacific Ocean. Usually around 26C with daytime air temps around 30C.
The salt air eats anything electronic. I've given up on microwave oven magnetrons. After a year, they start to hiss and pop and resemble the sound effects in a 1930's science fiction movie. That's just before they play possum.
I seal the edges of solar panels with hot tar, an unlovely process. But that's the only thing I've ever found that offers more than a temporary solution. The wire junction boxes can be labeled stuffing boxes, full of silicone grease. I smear on Varathane on bare aluminum and painted surfaces - around four coats, I lost track.
Individual cells would be goners in a week or two. It is common to ride in a local car and look between your feet and see a blur of asphalt. Look straight up and see if it's cloudy today.
The salt air eats anything electronic. I've given up on microwave oven magnetrons. After a year, they start to hiss and pop and resemble the sound effects in a 1930's science fiction movie. That's just before they play possum.
I seal the edges of solar panels with hot tar, an unlovely process. But that's the only thing I've ever found that offers more than a temporary solution. The wire junction boxes can be labeled stuffing boxes, full of silicone grease. I smear on Varathane on bare aluminum and painted surfaces - around four coats, I lost track.
Individual cells would be goners in a week or two. It is common to ride in a local car and look between your feet and see a blur of asphalt. Look straight up and see if it's cloudy today.
