Recent content by ChetLazar

The fridge start up surge is at least twice the normal running current.  The surge could be ten times the normal running current.  If you get a 48 volt to 12 / 24 converter that can't handle the starting surge the fridge could activate the low voltage shut down as it tries to start.   The only...

Do you have condensation like the converted chest freezers?

In the movie Men in Black Zed said "From now on you'll have no identifying marks of any kind. You'll not stand out in any way. Your entire image is crafted to leave no lasting memory with anyone you encounter. You're a rumor, recognizable only as deja vu and dismissed just as quickly. You don't...

They probably have stopped but they used to stiffen candle wicks with a bit of wire. Lead wire was popular. The flame burned away the wire. That put a bit of lead vapor in the air. Kerosene burning hurricane lamps give more heat and light than a candle

A 20 pound heater cat might be enough if your outside temperature isn't too horribly cold.

Soft spots in the floors can be hard to fix.

I clicked on a random Home Depot tankless electric water heater.  It is 27,000 watts, 112 amps of 240 volts.

Is your solar panel more than 40 watts?  The amazon ad indicates that it is only a 2 amp meter. The picture you posted shows two parts, the meter and a shunt resistor.  How many pieces do you have?

The 2 Lifeline batteries can put out a lot of current.  In a catastrophe the charge controller, which is not a fuse, could have internal parts like transistors turn into useless dumb conductors.  that would connect the batteries to your 25 foot cable that is on the ground.  If it is shorted...

The #12 AWG wire can take 20 amps.  If you put a 20 amp fuse at the battery it will keep the hundreds of cranking amps from igniting the wire.  Since the panels can only produce 5 amps max the panels cannot ignite the long wire and cannot blow the fuse.  Multiple fuses and switches have...

It looks like there is a sticker on the end of the unit.  That might help. Just guessing here: The voltmeter end red to panel plus, black to panel minus. For the amp meter end, red to panel plus, black to panel minus, yellow to controller panel minus input.  Panel current goes black to yellow...

That is not what happens. As the battery gets full the battery charging charging current goes down.  That's what happens to maintain 14.3 volts absorb at the battery.  The battery takes less as it gets full. If your fridge compressor comes on and takes 5 amps the MPPT controller steps down the...

The cargo is balanced.  When installing the swing arm into the hitch receiver the arm is on one side.  The sliding into the 2 inch receiver is difficult as the twisting force causes great friction.  It is, like I said, hard for one person.  If you have two people, one to hold the arm and one to...

The ceiling height is 4 feet in my 1999 Windstar.  The 1976 Plymouth Volare wagon I used to have had about 3 feet in the flat back area.  Both are enough to crawl around, neither has enough space to stand.

They are heavy and the arm positions the weight off to one side.  Fitting it to the hitch receiver is hard for one person.