Switch to LIFePO4?
I have a trio of Rolls Surrette FS210 wet cell batteries that give me about 315 AH of usable capacity. My big concern is weight, the total is 400 lbs in my from compartment of the 5er, and I think tha...
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phemens wrote:
I saw that the fridge draws about 23 amps on electric, it would be tempting to switch over during the day when I can leverage the excess solar. Do you do anything special to set yourself a reminder to switch back? I sometimes forget and only notice when I check the battery monitor and wonder why there is so much draw with 'nothing' on!
Nothing special, I actually leave the fridge on on purpose and draw down to 90-95% SoC before switching over. With the amount of solar and the ease that lfp will accept a charge all the way to full or just use them in a PSoC.
Doing this I also extend the propane refill time. I'll average 17 days on a 30# with switching to electric it's extended to 23-25 days. ;)
Edit (better hot spot signal)
My displays are easily seen to read what's going on. The left display is the me-arc (Magnum) inverting @ 13.4 load 13a, right display is for the lithium batteries, pretty much self explanatory. System delivering 73a total at 12:30 today after the rainstorms.
