Gleno, Hope all is well with you mate. The work on the van is interesting and useful. Testing different set-ups for the van can be also beneficial. E.G. What type of chargers are best. Which models may be a risk or waste of time in different situations. Interesting.
Make up an adaptor using a short lead with a smaller eye one end and a larger eye the other end, then clamp the lugs to the adaptor. You can do the same with a copper bus bar with different size holes dilled in each end. If I had a bus bar I would have done that as it is a little neater but I didn't have a bus bar so I just used a sort cable and a few lugs.
Lovely ep and set up,, I have used our 2 x 140 amp Lithium batteries running our fridges and setup for close to two years without a shunt. I just use the volts never had a troubles, as long as they are above 12,8 volts there fine, but our setup never drops below 13 volts .
Thanks mate. I have a volt meter in the system as well, used it when I was running AGM batteries before Lithium came out. It is a little harder to determine state of charge using voltage on a lithium battery due to the shallow voltage curve. But like you said, as long as your around the 13 volts you still have charge in the batteries and it doesn't matter if Lithium's get low on power unlike the old lead AGM batteries where accurate capacity monitoring was important. I do like the shunts however as it gives me an accurate level of my batteries, plus being addicted to solar, I like to play around and seeing the current charge and discharge levels. Total addiction :)
Loved the video more from the off grid caravan please.Now that you are using a kings battery what happened to the 24v system in the cabin love your videos whatever they are keep up the good work
The 24 volt system is still in place minus the batteries and shunt, the inverter and wiring are still all there. The appliances I was running from the 24 volt systems inverter are now running back on the 48 volt system again. I would like to get hold of some iTechworld batteries and put them on the 24 volt test system, but they are around $700 each battery.
It's only a little 300 watt pure sine wave. I put that inverter in the van around 8 years ago so I could run some power to charge my laptop, it hasn't missed a beat. Now we have portable power stations on the market, one can do without a fixed inverter for small power demands.
Not sure I fully understand what your meaning but here are a few examples of some different ways. Converting 220 volts to 12 volts, the best way to do that is with a step down transformer. If one is wanting to run 220 volt devices from 12 volt then the best and easiest way is with an inverter. Most of the time it's not worth trying to modify a 220 volt AC device to run directly from a 12 volt DC source.
@@TheSimpleLivingAussie in the process of turning a breezeair Evap into a 24 volt system replaced motor with a 78 volt dc motor from a treadmill running it on 24 volt water pump will be running on 12 volt ( was puchaced as a woking unit they lied :(. ) yes its been a long weekend project got it up and running on the ground , next step get the bastard installed and run the wiring to my patio solar
great video. looking forward to more of these. cheers
Gleno, Hope all is well with you mate. The work on the van is interesting and useful. Testing different set-ups for the van can be also beneficial. E.G. What type of chargers are best. Which models may be a risk or waste of time in different situations. Interesting.
Good one Glen. Keep them coming. I had the same issues with the lugs.
Make up an adaptor using a short lead with a smaller eye one end and a larger eye the other end, then clamp the lugs to the adaptor. You can do the same with a copper bus bar with different size holes dilled in each end. If I had a bus bar I would have done that as it is a little neater but I didn't have a bus bar so I just used a sort cable and a few lugs.
@@TheSimpleLivingAussie I liked your short wire with different size lugs. I did something similar.
Keep the off grid caravan videos coming please.
Will do. I have a few trips coming up soon.
Lovely ep and set up,, I have used our 2 x 140 amp Lithium batteries running our fridges and setup for close to two years without a shunt. I just use the volts never had a troubles, as long as they are above 12,8 volts there fine, but our setup never drops below 13 volts .
Thanks mate. I have a volt meter in the system as well, used it when I was running AGM batteries before Lithium came out. It is a little harder to determine state of charge using voltage on a lithium battery due to the shallow voltage curve. But like you said, as long as your around the 13 volts you still have charge in the batteries and it doesn't matter if Lithium's get low on power unlike the old lead AGM batteries where accurate capacity monitoring was important.
I do like the shunts however as it gives me an accurate level of my batteries, plus being addicted to solar, I like to play around and seeing the current charge and discharge levels. Total addiction :)
@@TheSimpleLivingAussie Yes so true its great to play around with them, and see what there doing.
Loved the video more from the off grid caravan please.Now that you are using a kings battery what happened to the 24v system in the cabin love your videos whatever they are keep up the good work
The 24 volt system is still in place minus the batteries and shunt, the inverter and wiring are still all there. The appliances I was running from the 24 volt systems inverter are now running back on the 48 volt system again.
I would like to get hold of some iTechworld batteries and put them on the 24 volt test system, but they are around $700 each battery.
Hey, is it just me or did some of your vids disappear? I was starting from the oldest to newest cause im a new sub. Love the off grid vids! Cheers
I pulled a lot of them down, gonna be shifting my focus away from my cabin (security reasons) and focusing on off grid living in the van.
Yeah keep the videos coming! What is the power output on the inverter in the van ?
It's only a little 300 watt pure sine wave. I put that inverter in the van around 8 years ago so I could run some power to charge my laptop, it hasn't missed a beat. Now we have portable power stations on the market, one can do without a fixed inverter for small power demands.
have you done any videos on converting plug pack 220 volt devices to 12 volts ?
Not sure I fully understand what your meaning but here are a few examples of some different ways.
Converting 220 volts to 12 volts, the best way to do that is with a step down transformer. If one is wanting to run 220 volt devices from 12 volt then the best and easiest way is with an inverter. Most of the time it's not worth trying to modify a 220 volt AC device to run directly from a 12 volt DC source.
@@TheSimpleLivingAussie in the process of turning a breezeair Evap into a 24 volt system replaced motor with a 78 volt dc motor from a treadmill running it on 24 volt water pump will be running on 12 volt ( was puchaced as a woking unit they lied :(. ) yes its been a long weekend project got it up and running on the ground , next step get the bastard installed and run the wiring to my patio solar