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Post by rover2040 on Oct 23, 2018 14:43:14 GMT
My Renogy kit came with a temperature sensor to be connected to the battery bank. I would like to add a small fan into my box as it is in a van parked in direct sun and running contractor grade tools all day The perfect solution would be a programmable thermostat that could be incorporated into the existing cable (without modification) with a lead for a fan. Does that animal exist? Yet. I'd like to know WHERE to connect the temp sensor to. My manual doesn't really say.
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Post by bupkis on Oct 23, 2018 15:28:37 GMT
tape it the side of a battery
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Post by tattoo on Oct 23, 2018 16:10:27 GMT
Yep that's where it should go alright..... It would be real nice if the manual told you that......
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Post by grumpy on Oct 23, 2018 18:25:52 GMT
Yep that's where it should go alright..... It would be real nice if the manual told you that...... Oh crap, mine has like a 10 foot cable on it so I thought it was of outside ambient temp.
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Post by grumpy on Oct 23, 2018 18:29:19 GMT
My Renogy kit came with a temperature sensor to be connected to the battery bank. I would like to add a small fan into my box as it is in a van parked in direct sun and running contractor grade tools all day The perfect solution would be a programmable thermostat that could be incorporated into the existing cable (without modification) with a lead for a fan. Does that animal exist? Yet. I found what your looking for in a small space heater that I bought at a yard sale for $2.00. has the switch and thermostat needed of course the fan and heater are useless since they are 120v.
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Post by tattoo on Oct 23, 2018 19:03:33 GMT
Oh crap, mine has like a 10 foot cable on it so I thought it was of outside ambient temp. LOL Well put it on the Battery..... LOL
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Post by v10 on Oct 23, 2018 21:59:22 GMT
Thanks Grumpy, I think I might have one of those in the attic
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Post by rover2040 on Oct 23, 2018 22:47:24 GMT
Yep that's where it should go alright..... It would be real nice if the manual told you that...... Yes it would be great to know the correct location. I assumed it was supposed to be bolted to the battery terminal but I didn't want to "test" the theory and discover that my Rover20 short circuited itself.
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Post by tattoo on Oct 23, 2018 22:53:34 GMT
Yes it would be great to know the correct location. I assumed it was supposed to be bolted to the battery terminal but I didn't want to "test" the theory and discover that my Rover20 short circuited itself. Yea who ever decided that a battery lug on a temp sensor wasn't thinking..... Even though it's been said it wouldn't hurt anything attaching it to the battery terminal I don't think I would chance it....
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Post by v10 on Oct 23, 2018 23:15:27 GMT
They should come with a nice piece of hundred mile an hour tape instead of the ring.
At least that way, it would be obvious
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Post by grumpy on Oct 23, 2018 23:49:30 GMT
They should come with a nice piece of hundred mile an hour tape instead of the ring. At least that way, it would be obvious Gorilla Tape, 10 times better than Duct Tape.
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Post by tattoo on Oct 24, 2018 0:09:13 GMT
They should come with a nice piece of hundred mile an hour tape instead of the ring. At least that way, it would be obvious Gorilla Tape, 10 times better than Duct Tape. Yes sir, And the end should be like the rest of the CC temp sensors come with a thermal end and a piece of tape or at least say it in the manual....
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