Bernie's lithium battery .
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:07 am
Hi everyone ...me again...
We have just returned from a week away first to Moura (2 days) then to Chain Lagoon (4 days) Its just north of Taroom .
As we now have two systems running in the Van, one the original was on the van when we bought it , it comprises of one 110amp AGM battery (age unknown) running from a roll out blanket type solar panel "glued" to the roof (size unknown) through a normal solar controller . Running off this is the water pump,SAT TV all the 12v lighting and the diesel heater, we watched about one and a half hours of TV each evening , and run the deisel heater each morning for about 4/5 hours
The temps got down to zero on three occasions .
The other system is the Vicron 100amp lithium battery and Victron 100/30 MPPT solar controller .There is one 250w panel mounted to the roof of the van I also have another 250w panel mounted on the roof of the Jeep , with Anderson plugs to attach to the van when I can .
This system has only one function that is to power the 240v fridge via a 600w converter .
The camp at Moura was not solar friendly to much shade but did manage to keep things running , the camp at Chain Lagoon was a bit better once the sun rose above the trees on the eastern side we had full son till about 3.30 in the afternoon then we were in partial shade for the rest of the day . Because we done a few scouting trips the car was only connected on two full days .
Now I'll try and do a summary of the solar input . Monday we arrived at Moura I had 300whs in and the lowest over night was 13.14v
Tuesday 400whs in and lowest was 12.99v
Wednesday 570whs in and down to 12.89 v
Thursday 730whs in and down to 12.91v
Friday 870whs in (car attached) down to 12.99v
Saturday 630whs in (car mostly attached) down to 13.06v
and Sunday 310whs in (we had cloud most of the way home) down to 13.03v
All these are from the Bluetooth thingy from the solar controller to my phone .
Now you can pick me apart
Bernie .
We have just returned from a week away first to Moura (2 days) then to Chain Lagoon (4 days) Its just north of Taroom .
As we now have two systems running in the Van, one the original was on the van when we bought it , it comprises of one 110amp AGM battery (age unknown) running from a roll out blanket type solar panel "glued" to the roof (size unknown) through a normal solar controller . Running off this is the water pump,SAT TV all the 12v lighting and the diesel heater, we watched about one and a half hours of TV each evening , and run the deisel heater each morning for about 4/5 hours
The temps got down to zero on three occasions .
The other system is the Vicron 100amp lithium battery and Victron 100/30 MPPT solar controller .There is one 250w panel mounted to the roof of the van I also have another 250w panel mounted on the roof of the Jeep , with Anderson plugs to attach to the van when I can .
This system has only one function that is to power the 240v fridge via a 600w converter .
The camp at Moura was not solar friendly to much shade but did manage to keep things running , the camp at Chain Lagoon was a bit better once the sun rose above the trees on the eastern side we had full son till about 3.30 in the afternoon then we were in partial shade for the rest of the day . Because we done a few scouting trips the car was only connected on two full days .
Now I'll try and do a summary of the solar input . Monday we arrived at Moura I had 300whs in and the lowest over night was 13.14v
Tuesday 400whs in and lowest was 12.99v
Wednesday 570whs in and down to 12.89 v
Thursday 730whs in and down to 12.91v
Friday 870whs in (car attached) down to 12.99v
Saturday 630whs in (car mostly attached) down to 13.06v
and Sunday 310whs in (we had cloud most of the way home) down to 13.03v
All these are from the Bluetooth thingy from the solar controller to my phone .
Now you can pick me apart
Bernie .