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Re: First mileage test result.
Love your persistence! You did a long block a few years back on that truck didn't you? My 94 f250 460 E04od trans (modified) get about 16 without camper. 10-11 with and 9-10 towing our Samurai. Did you sign up for the TC rally at Q for 2025? Hope to see ya there. Jim.448Views0likes3CommentsRe: Really Cheap - 12v 100amp-hr Lithium Batteries
Not sure what you are asking, " any of these", do you mean Ltimes? I am running Redodo's,, going on 2 years. Told you I have a couple of buds that are using Weise's.... Their batteries are over 2 years old. Here is a write up from an Rv.net bud Skipro4 about his L times... I have 3 of these 100ah in my camper configured in parallel with a solar controller I can set max voltage to 13.6volts. Connects to a 3Kw inverter and will run my air conditioner, microwave and coffee maker all at once! I also have 3 more 100ah in series to run my 36 volt trolling motor. I can fish for at least 5 days with just one charge. I use their 4-battery equalizer for series batteries with the fourth position connected to a solar panel. It keeps the batteries not only equalized, but puts a charge back into the batteries even while I'm fishing. I have a 50ah to run the boat's electronics: fish finders, anchor. It lasts the same as the trolling motor batteries, well matched. I have a 20ah on my driveway gate that is kept charged with a solar panel. No more dead battery at the gate. These batteries work as specified as I test each for their ratings and capacity. Depending on where you live, you could encounter a warranty return issue. Here in Sacramento I had an AIMS 200ah $700 Batt bad right out of the box.. Tried to return it via UPS, Fedex and USPS... NO carrier would accept the battery although it was in the proper box with labels that AIMS warranty provided. I was almost out $700. An Rv.net bud who lives in Carson City was passing through Sac and he picked up the battery and took it to AIMS who is based in Reno! I was reimbursed and I went with Redodo, Minis. Two of them for $500. Shipping a warranty back to the Vendor can be problematic. You can read about it in various web's. At $150 each if a warranty return is refused by a carrier it is not as big of a loss as I would have had. I have read many reviews that the vendor just shipped another battery and the person kept the bad battery. Hope this helps ya. Jim.577Views0likes2CommentsRe: Really Cheap - 12v 100amp-hr Lithium Batteries
Multiple friends have them in their RV's TC's etc along with some of them using the Lifeo4 batteries in their boats for trolling and even in their shops and have no 120/220 ac connected to the shop. Using solar to charge! Some are on their 4th year. All happy. I am in my 2nd year with the Redodo mini's. So far they are great! As for brands/names they are using various brands. Weise, Ltime, Aimee, Redodo. In considering Lbatts it is important that you decide what you want the batteries to do. Run the MW, some appliances like coffee makers and blenders etc. Want to run your AC for a few hrs sometimes. Most of us wanted to get away from running our generators and be able to not worry about getting the Lbatts charged back up each day without hooking up to shore power. So you need to do that assessment first in my opinion. This will give you information you need to select the inverter, charger, upgraded wiring, amount of solar etc, then go from there. And remember that the charging of the Lbatts are different than the FWC's and AGMS. It seems that most of the makes that Will Prowse has tested are decent reliable brands. I would recommend you get one that has Blue Tooth so you can monitor the health of the battery (s) Heated if you are going to camp in freezing weather. Jim.586Views0likes0CommentsRe: Truck camper University subject matter posts will not come up.
Sadly over the life of RV.net the Truck Camper forum has always been a thorn in the sides of the supreme rulers of the form, ADMIN! TC'rs are different folks than all the other RV forums. We are the experimenters, cut it, hack it, make it better or worse than any of the other forums. Arguments and disagreements abounded way back in the beginning. The various Moderators had a hell of a time. I hope that this new format will take hold and old members will return and new ones will find value.. Jim.638Views1like0CommentsRe: 12v DC Air Conditioning Conversion Progress
Looking good! Notice your Solar controller is PWM.. When you decide to upgrade your solar I would get panels that have over 18 volts VMP and a good MPPT controller. I have 200watts of solar, 2 100's. Their ISC is 4.5 each and the VMP is 23v. My MPPT controller is Morningstar. On a good harvest day I get 14 amps from those 2 panels! If the controller was PWM I would see a max of 9 amps! Great that your Battle Born is still pumping the electrons! Hopefully your AC unit will provide the needed cooling. Jim.1.4KViews0likes0Comments
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