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+ | > Running AC on [an inverter] is rich man's game -- HaldorEE((https:// | ||
===== batteries ===== | ===== batteries ===== | ||
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+ | > "Think of the batteries as a bucket of electricity. It's possible to pour water from multiple sources into a bucket at the same time, and also to do that while water is leaking out of the bucket." | ||
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> “Three stage chargers are easier on your batteries, charge them faster, fuller and help you use less water." | > “Three stage chargers are easier on your batteries, charge them faster, fuller and help you use less water." | ||
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> > Charging lead acid batteries is not something that you decide to do, or start or stop. The old statement, "I need to idle the engine for a few minutes to "top off" the batteries." | > > Charging lead acid batteries is not something that you decide to do, or start or stop. The old statement, "I need to idle the engine for a few minutes to "top off" the batteries." | ||
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+ | > The bottom line is that current simply flows where it is needed, batteries will take what they need when batteries are combined, and the voltage becomes equal among the new combined bank. Unless your charger, alternator or solar/wind system is pumping out an incorrect voltage for you bank you will not over charge using an ACR. - mainesail((https:// | ||
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+ | > [lead-chemistry] Batteries must be mildly overcharged often to minimize sulfation spotting. It really turns out to be a race between the disease or the cure, and if mildly overcharged, | ||
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+ | > Pricing of lithium-ion batteries is slowly changing from obscenely expensive to only moderately unaffordable... -- Rob Beckers((https:// | ||
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+ | > Bottom line, stay within the [LiFePO4] manufacturer recommended specs, and you should be fine, go beyond that (more conservative) and you should be extra fine. -- [[https:// | ||
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+ | > ....the solar oven is a very good mimic of a crock pot slow cooker - Bob Wells((https:// | ||
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===== dogs ===== | ===== dogs ===== | ||
> Home is where your dog is. -- Jora((http:// | > Home is where your dog is. -- Jora((http:// | ||
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+ | > There is a famous saying that "no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy" | ||
===== forums ===== | ===== forums ===== | ||
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> Vanlife is just camping/ | > Vanlife is just camping/ | ||
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+ | > In general, people should FIRST aim for a realistic goal, achieve it, then systematically improve on it, while accepting that 100% perfection/ | ||
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+ | > Having a van doesn’t make you a different person... -- myPCisCursed((https:// | ||
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+ | > I would recommend starting with downsizing your material possessions. | ||
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+ | > Spend more on the van, spend less on the build. | ||
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+ | > My boot camp means you show up with the tools you want to learn how to use safely and with some degree of control and I will show you how to use them. I am not going to work on your builds or even design them for you. I am not a lady of leisure.... | ||
===== inverters ===== | ===== inverters ===== | ||
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> If your everyday life, work, hobbies, etc, are fun then moving from an apartment to a van will continue the fun. If your life sucks, relocating won't fix it. In a van you still have to get groceries, shave, brush your teeth and all the other stuff you do every day. The difference is that you fit into 50 square feet instead of 500 and save some on rent. -- TreborEnglish((https:// | > If your everyday life, work, hobbies, etc, are fun then moving from an apartment to a van will continue the fun. If your life sucks, relocating won't fix it. In a van you still have to get groceries, shave, brush your teeth and all the other stuff you do every day. The difference is that you fit into 50 square feet instead of 500 and save some on rent. -- TreborEnglish((https:// | ||
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+ | > That's a lot of money though to throw at something you're having a hard time fully understanding. -- elonfutz((https:// | ||
===== minimalism ===== | ===== minimalism ===== | ||
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> "The most important thing is to be careful, esp when you’re alone... If you can’t recognize danger when you see it, this is not the life for you." -- TrainChaser((http:// | > "The most important thing is to be careful, esp when you’re alone... If you can’t recognize danger when you see it, this is not the life for you." -- TrainChaser((http:// | ||
+ | > If you see lizards out, then the snakes are out. -- porchlightofdoom((https:// | ||
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- | > "The advantage of "too much solar" is rainy day support. Most people use generators for that, but if your sun hours stack up, oversized arrays also works. -- zoneblue((http:// | + | > "The advantage of "too much solar" is rainy day support. Most people use generators for that, but if your sun hours stack up, oversized arrays also work. -- zoneblue((http:// |
> "With a isolator you would run the truck early to get a fair amount of the bulk charging done and let the solar finish it off the rest of the day." -- jimindenver((http:// | > "With a isolator you would run the truck early to get a fair amount of the bulk charging done and let the solar finish it off the rest of the day." -- jimindenver((http:// | ||
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> It's not enoung just to have a panel up there, you have to have enough to push the battery around. -- jimindenver((https:// | > It's not enoung just to have a panel up there, you have to have enough to push the battery around. -- jimindenver((https:// | ||
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+ | > In theory, Imp * Vmp = panel Watts. There' | ||
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+ | > It's your money. If it's your choice to blunder through replacing part after part till you finally get a working system, that's fine. -- MichaelK((https:// | ||
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> In the end, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you are in any way unsure of the way ahead, stop the car and walk the route to determine grade, clearances, and firmness. -- USExplorer((http:// | > In the end, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you are in any way unsure of the way ahead, stop the car and walk the route to determine grade, clearances, and firmness. -- USExplorer((http:// | ||
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+ | > a locker provides the SUM of the two torques, whereas an open diff provides twice the LOWER torque. Therefore a locker offers a very small advantagee when the traction under both wheels is similar, and a great advantage when there is a big difference in traction condtions. - SandyM((https:// | ||
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+ | > Every person reading this should carry [[https:// | ||
===== water ===== | ===== water ===== |