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Golden_HVAC
Apr 14, 2023Explorer
I recently learned that a Lithium battery can accept power at greater than 100 amps. So the RV in question had a limiting device on it to restrict the amperage going into the Lithium battery pack, so not to melt the alternator. In your case, you might have a 20 amp circuit breaker feeding the camper +12 circuit, and that fuse would quickly trip if the truck is 14 volts and the battery 12.5. A auto reset circuit breaker might help, or run a second power line that is sized at 30 amps and a auto reset circuit breaker that size?
With 500 watts of solar, that is about 2,500 watts per day. So a 100 AH battery at 12 volts is 1,200 watts. 2 batteries would seem enough to save all of 1 day power, and then some. I used to have a 400 watt solar system on a 97 Bounder and 400 AH of 12 volt batteries. Of course that battery should only be depleted by 50%, something the lithium does not care about. I was never without power, especially after switching from the tube TV to a flat screen that used much less power.
Personally I think you will be fine with only 200 AH, and being so expensive, buying more battery than you will ever use is just expensive.
With 500 watts of solar, that is about 2,500 watts per day. So a 100 AH battery at 12 volts is 1,200 watts. 2 batteries would seem enough to save all of 1 day power, and then some. I used to have a 400 watt solar system on a 97 Bounder and 400 AH of 12 volt batteries. Of course that battery should only be depleted by 50%, something the lithium does not care about. I was never without power, especially after switching from the tube TV to a flat screen that used much less power.
Personally I think you will be fine with only 200 AH, and being so expensive, buying more battery than you will ever use is just expensive.
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