I’m having an issue with my electrical setup. A few days ago my system began going from a full charge to 50% overnight instead of in it’s usual ~3 days. We have been on the road for a little over 4 months without issue until now. A little about my se...
I'm currently running a cheap Coleman thermo-electric cooler. It actually draws 4 amps per hour and because there is no thermostat that 4 amps is constant, 24/7. I plan on spending large periods of time off the grid and am in the market for a compres...
I'm new to electrical but was able to install a pretty nice system in my van with help from this forum and research in general. I have two deep cycle batteries in my van that can charge via the alternator, plugging into shore power, or solar. I took ...
Interesting follow up note. After racking my brain and trying everything I could think of I still had the same problem. Then we got to Colombia and headed for the mountains. The entire system began acting as it should no sooner than we hit cooler tem...
Landyacht, my panel is a 30 volt panel with a 5a output. I purchased it not really knowing what I was doing and ended up needing a special charge controller able to take 30 all the way down to 12 whereas most controllers will only take 30 to 24v. Wit...
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:Square Wave tester - better than a cheese grater. Hydrometer confirmed your batteries are discharged.Your batteries are SULFATED. Read up on the process of EQUALIZATION. You cannot "standard charge" a sulfated battery. The batter...
landyacht318 wrote:One possibility is the compressor on the fridge is failing and sucking way more juice than when it was new. Do you have a clamp on Ammeter?I'm beginning to wonder. If we assume the Bosch test was accurate, it really has to be the ...
mena661 wrote:One or both batteries are bad. Unless you have a bad fuse somewhere, you pretty much eliminated the charging systems. I would put one battery at a time on the chargers (use the inverter/charger it's quicker). Fully charge it, disconnect...
