Inverter - Charger - Leave well enough alone?
Here, yet again, I have more questions... you all must be getting a little tired of me with these inquiries, and I very much appreciate the patience of those who've responded to my previous posts. My ...
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Matt_Colie wrote:
Mr Canoli,
I am glad to see that your head is on straight. I think the only thing that you missed, is that you did not do your power calculations on a spread sheet. This matters because when you make small mistakes, they are very easy to see and correct.
Your list of components is a very good start. Even with 400AHr of LiFePo, you will still be limited for running A/C. For the list as I read it, 200AHr will get you along for most cases.
In the past, I have done a number of conversions of racing boats to performance cruisers. Racing boats have little for creature comfort (including house electrics) and other accommodations that differentiates them from (anything) cruiser that has these features. The first part of the planning is the plumbing and electrics because the wood work can be fit around that stuff. Many would like to be able to run the main cabin A/C on the house bank. These are tiny units because they are water cooled and it still doesn't happen. I strongly suggest that your eliminate that line from your program. Unless someone gifts you the still viable battery bank from a Tesla.
Matt
Actually, Matt, not only is the AC offne list, it really was never on it.... I wanted enough power to run it, but fully understand and appreciate the energy required to do so. You're right that I didn't work a spreadsheet for power calcs, I'll remedy that soon... thanks!
