No need for active or balancing, now we have cell equalisers which can be bought on ebay. Could be wrong, but think most active bms balancers only operate on about 1-2 amps and just bleed a cell, which is a waste of energy. These balancers operate at 8amps and transfer energy from cell to cell. Along with whatever method you use to get just bulk charge and control voltage till your pack is full, lifepo4 has become a breeze.grizzzman wrote: (I for one am not a fan of active balancing) what stops you when free camping water grey tank? Black tank? Food?
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If you have a decent size rig, nothing stops free camping down here. We traveled full time for decades when earning a living, now being semi retired and returning home to Tas permanently, we stay at home a couple of months of the year as the farm needs attending to and in winter, we have our jazz festival and over summer we have lots of festivals, which keeps life enjoyable.
Originally, we were very restricted in free camping, but now with lifepo4 the bus is all 240v, except for lights and now have a 5kw A/C which will go into the bus over the next couple of weeks.
We carry 380lt of fresh water in one tank, 60lt of drinking water 80ly of grey and 80lt of black. We use our grey water for the toilet, which is a marine pump toilet. With not to many really cloudy days, we can stay away from the shops for at least a month. We make lots of bread, pies biscuits, fish and dog food before we go and freeze it all, including frozen fruit and we buy our veggies and fruit where ever we are. Most little towns have someone who grows and sells food.
You'll find everyone is different in their approach and setup and that's what makes travelling so cool and interesting. Until a few years ago when I got this place, had been on the road playing since 1976 full time and still can't get enough. Seen everything from a 1 million dollar 4x4 rig that looked like a submarine, 10m long, the ultimate in luxury and could go places my landcruiser or 4x4 tractor would struggle.
Enjoy your stay yank and if you ever make it down under down under (Tasmania), give us a yell.