Solar with Lithium Battery
I will be purchasing a Battle Born lithium battery in a month or so. My truck camper came with a solar charge controller, inverter and I can simply drop the new battery in place of the lead acid one b...
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+1 what Steve said.
Compares with our TC set up designed to last four days off-grid at dog training place with no gen and get home with batts not dead yet. Needs 200AH or more of battery bank (any kind of battery--pair of 6s is best bang for buck) and the 255w panel. If overcast, can't do it without some battery charging. Run the truck engine is one way. (No room for a portable gen with all the dog crates)
Idea is you lose some capacity every day where solar does not restore all your useage, but you don't get too far down by the end. Go home, plug in, and get a badly needed full recharge. A battery monitor helps keep track of how that is working during the four days.
On the edge if one LFP will be enough. Risk is if not then you have to get another one just like it--can't get a cheapo for the second one and mix them. Big bucks for two! You could just get two 6s and know that will work, but might be a space or weight problem in your TC. You can run 6s down below 50% to get more AHs and not kill them so that gives you some wiggle room.
Compares with our TC set up designed to last four days off-grid at dog training place with no gen and get home with batts not dead yet. Needs 200AH or more of battery bank (any kind of battery--pair of 6s is best bang for buck) and the 255w panel. If overcast, can't do it without some battery charging. Run the truck engine is one way. (No room for a portable gen with all the dog crates)
Idea is you lose some capacity every day where solar does not restore all your useage, but you don't get too far down by the end. Go home, plug in, and get a badly needed full recharge. A battery monitor helps keep track of how that is working during the four days.
On the edge if one LFP will be enough. Risk is if not then you have to get another one just like it--can't get a cheapo for the second one and mix them. Big bucks for two! You could just get two 6s and know that will work, but might be a space or weight problem in your TC. You can run 6s down below 50% to get more AHs and not kill them so that gives you some wiggle room.
