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Post by inhabor on Oct 26, 2018 19:11:57 GMT
is the battery charging now? did tech support detail how to test you panels with a volt meter? I'm at work now. It should be charged when I get home, but like I said before, just to 13.1 volts. I thought it was normal I have been using it like that for a year but last night was the first time that I run the fridge completely on solar for that long. That's how I noticed that something is wrong.
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Post by tattoo on Oct 26, 2018 19:40:59 GMT
I have a 3- 100 watts panels, a 40 amps rover controller and a 100ah lithium phospate battery. I run a dometic fridge- freezer that use 5.6 amps, I know this information because I also have a trimetric meter in my sistem. My question is how many hours my fridge should run with my 100ah battery? Also how come the bigger number that I see in my rover and trimetric meter is 13.1 volts with the battery fully charged ? It is supposed to be like 14. something? Do you have an inverter or is everything running DC? If it's DC is it connected to the load side of the CC or is it connected to the battery? What size battery cables do you have? Do you have any fuses in the system?
Can you tell us more of what you have in your system.....
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Post by tattoo on Oct 26, 2018 19:53:43 GMT
I'm at work now. It should be charged when I get home, but like I said before, just to 13.1 volts. I thought it was normal I have been using it like that for a year but last night was the first time that I run the fridge completely on solar for that long. That's how I noticed that something is wrong. Now were getting some where......
So how and what did you have it hooked to before last night for it to be working so long? How do you know that the voltage is at 13.1 all the time it never drops down? It could be stuck in float mode?
What was the voltage in the battery this morning?
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Post by inhabor on Oct 26, 2018 21:43:26 GMT
is the battery charging now? did tech support detail how to test you panels with a volt meter? I'm at work now. It should be charged when I get home, but like I said before, just to 13.1 volts. I thought it was normal I have been using it like that for a year but last night was the first time that I run the fridge completely on solar for that long. That's how I noticed that something is wrong. Renogy people wants me to send the battery back to them
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Post by inhabor on Oct 26, 2018 21:49:15 GMT
I have a 3- 100 watts panels, a 40 amps rover controller and a 100ah lithium phospate battery. I run a dometic fridge- freezer that use 5.6 amps, I know this information because I also have a trimetric meter in my sistem. My question is how many hours my fridge should run with my 100ah battery? Also how come the bigger number that I see in my rover and trimetric meter is 13.1 volts with the battery fully charged ? It is supposed to be like 14. something? Do you have an inverter or is everything running DC? If it's DC is it connected to the load side of the CC or is it connected to the battery? What size battery cables do you have? Do you have any fuses in the system?
Since I was rudely interrupted by bird, Can you tell us more of what you have in your system.....
The only thing that I run with the solar is the Dometic fridge. Tha cables are the ones that cane with the 300 amps kit. Yes I do have fuses in the sistem. The guys from Renogy think that the problem is my battery. They also told me tha I should be able to run the fridge for about 15 hrs.
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Post by inhabor on Oct 26, 2018 21:53:27 GMT
I'm at work now. It should be charged when I get home, but like I said before, just to 13.1 volts. I thought it was normal I have been using it like that for a year but last night was the first time that I run the fridge completely on solar for that long. That's how I noticed that something is wrong. Now were getting some where......
So how and what did you have it hooked to before last night for it to be working so long? How do you know that the voltage is at 13.1 all the time it never drops down? It could be stuck in float mode?
What was the voltage in the battery this morning?
So many questions but I will wait on bird to again answer them.......
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Post by inhabor on Oct 26, 2018 22:00:42 GMT
Now were getting some where......
So how and what did you have it hooked to before last night for it to be working so long? How do you know that the voltage is at 13.1 all the time it never drops down? It could be stuck in float mode?
What was the voltage in the battery this morning?
So many questions but I will wait on bird to again answer them.......
I now that the voltage is 13.1 because I can see it on the screen of my Rover controller and also on my trimetric meter. The 13.1 volts drop down when I using the battery to power the fridge but when is charging the voltage never goes over 13.1 volts and tha is my concern. This morning everything was off. When I got home from work today the voltage was at 12.1
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Post by tattoo on Oct 26, 2018 22:48:36 GMT
The only thing that I run with the solar is the Dometic fridge. Tha cables are the ones that cane with the 300 amps kit. Yes I do have fuses in the sistem. The guys from Renogy think that the problem is my battery. They also told me tha I should be able to run the fridge for about 15 hrs. Did Renogy think that the battery was the problem with why it won't get above 13.1v..........
So you don't have an AC inverter? Everything is DC? Is your fridge hooked to the load side of the CC or the battery?
What did you have hooked to the system last night before you had the problem? You know when everything was running ok?
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Post by tattoo on Oct 26, 2018 22:53:42 GMT
The only thing that I run with the solar is the Dometic fridge.
Man those things are expensive...... I hope it works darn good.....
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Post by inhabor on Oct 26, 2018 23:41:19 GMT
The only thing that I run with the solar is the Dometic fridge. Tha cables are the ones that cane with the 300 amps kit. Yes I do have fuses in the sistem. The guys from Renogy think that the problem is my battery. They also told me tha I should be able to run the fridge for about 15 hrs. Did Renogy think that the battery was the problem with why it won't get above 13.1v..........
So you don't have an AC inverter? Everything is DC? Is your fridge hooked to the load side of the CC or the battery?
What did you have hooked to the system last night before you had the problem? You know when everything was running ok?
Yes, renogy thinks tha the problem can be the battery. They said that I should see 14.6 volts in my rover screen. There's an inverter but the fridge is not connect it to it. I have not use it once. I keep it off. The only thing connect it to the sistem is the Dometic fridge. I just notice the problem because last night was the first time that I left the fridge running using the battery. When I'm not using the bus, she's connect it to the house power like an RV. When I disconnect the cord from the bus the fridge reconize the change and starts working on DC. When I plug the cord the fridge change from DC to AC. All this automaticly.
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Post by inhabor on Oct 26, 2018 23:43:57 GMT
The only thing that I run with the solar is the Dometic fridge.
Man those things are expensive...... I hope it works darn good.....
Yes it does. I don't have to worry about ice anymore.
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Post by tattoo on Oct 27, 2018 0:02:14 GMT
Yes it does. I don't have to worry about ice anymore. Man that is one awesome looking VW............
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Post by tattoo on Oct 27, 2018 0:16:43 GMT
When I disconnect the cord from the bus the fridge reconize the change and starts working on DC. When I plug the cord the fridge change from DC to AC. All this automaticly. Now that is really cool.... I know the fridge switches back and forth from AC to DC...... But is there a device you have that the fridge is hooked to that allows you to hook it up to and it switches back and forth from AC to DC on it's own or do you have a switch? Or is the AC hooked up to a battery charger....
Sorry for so many questions but I'm trying to learn what kind of system you have.... It sounds interesting....
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Post by inhabor on Oct 27, 2018 0:36:39 GMT
When I disconnect the cord from the bus the fridge reconize the change and starts working on DC. When I plug the cord the fridge change from DC to AC. All this automaticly. Now that is really cool.... I know the fridge switches back and forth from AC to DC...... But is there a device you have that the fridge is hooked to that allows you to hook it up to and it switches back and forth from AC to DC on it's own or do you have a switch? Or is the AC hooked up to a battery charger....
Sorry for so many questions but I'm trying to learn what kind of system you have.... It sounds interesting....
The fridge has two cords. One is connec it to the battery and the other one to a braker box inside the bus. I also have a 3000 watts honda generator on the back bumper. The generator and house power are connect it to an automatic transfer switch. I use the generator when bundoking to run the roof ac, cooking pan and to make coffee.
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Post by tattoo on Oct 27, 2018 1:26:05 GMT
The fridge has two cords. One is connec it to the battery and the other one to a braker box inside the bus. I also have a 3000 watts honda generator on the back bumper. The generator and house power are connect it to an automatic transfer switch. I use the generator when bundoking to run the roof ac, cooking pan and to make coffee. Man that sounds like an awesome setup you have there.... Thanks for explaining it...
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