Lithium Confusion
I currently store my coach in my garage plugged into 30 amp service. My new coach came with lead acid batteries. The coach has a progressive dynamics PD 4060 charger in a mighty mini power center. ...
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Itinerant1 wrote:StirCrazy wrote:Itinerant1 wrote:
Just a little update with no recorded data of the microair on the AC unit and the LFP batteries. Did a short move and dumped the tanks yesterday. Trailer was closed up for 3 hours and the inside temp was feeling warm at 82f (1600 hours). It was nice not having to hookup the generator for the air conditioner for a short cool down cycle. Ran the 15k AC unit for over an hour while setting up and winding down after the move till the inside colled down to 72f off the batteries. The sun was low in the sky so not alot of help from solar, when first turning it on it was drawing 60a, just before turning it off it was drawing 75a and used 11% of the batteries. No issues at running it from just the batteries with little assist from solar and will like it for brief cooldowns, maybe lunch breaks during a move that some cool air can be produced. The microair upgrade on the AC unit well worth it.
how big was your battery bank and solar again? would be nice to have the option of doing this in the 5th wheeh and since it needs more batteries anyways.....
Steve
500ah, 1,280w solar
hmm.. ok I am looking at going between 560 and 840AH in the 5th wheel, depending on if a buddy of mine wants to go in on some cells or not. I found a deal on 16 280Ah cells so 4 are going in the camper and 12 in the fith unless buddy wants 4 of them. but I only have 480 watts of solar up there... maybe its time for an upgrade. 4, 325w 24V pannels and a 60amp controler... would probabou need a larger wire from the combiner to the controler also.. now you have me thinking haha.
Steve
