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We used to have power outages until I bought a 5000 W generator, and Toledo Edison started trimming trees. I also have Kipor commercial 2400W generator for the teardrop.

From what I have been able to find Magnum and Morningstar appear to be the only ones able to handle more than 15 V.

RAMSOND has a less than sterling reputation and we see the same "comes from China" sort of complaints about inherent quality control problems.

I can say from first hand experience that there is no conflict between a Morningstar controller and a Progressive Dynamics converter. We have a large teardrop trailer with a 185 W high voltage panel...

Our trailer was designed from the beginning for serious boondocking. There are two components to this unless you wish to run a generator. Conservation is the first component and the trailer was...

I hate to say this but all of my LED flashlights came from Harbor Freight and are loaded with NiMh batteries that are recharged by a Maha smart charger. When boondocking the solar panel on the...

There are a number of parts of this equation. We have a large teardrop trailer with a 185W high voltage panel mounted flat feeding a Morningstar MPPT controller. I designed the trailer for serious...

Unless I have missed it, part of the equation not addressed is the type, capacity and depth of discharge of the House battery. If the house battery is not a true deep cycle battery, or if you are...

I was thinking of using some 8ga copper coated aluminum wire for some AC application in our Teardrop trailer. Now the back story I picked up some Harbor Freight jumper cables very, flexible copper...

Thanks Fizz
The batteries are mostly charged but not fully charged, from what I understand not a good thing. The connectors are 40A capable power poles and I have a 20A inline fuse. The plan is to...

This is a fairly simple question, but a long tale. I was in the process of checking out a DC to DC buck converter stability and hooked it up to a small 12V battery from the lawn tractor and to check...

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428036/is-this-the-key-to-vastly-better-batteries

"Jerry Martin, CEO and cofounder of a small startup in Colorado, says his company—Boulder Ionics—is...

I picked up one of the 140W Unisolar used for $65 including shipping on Ebay and spent two days getting the glue off with mineral spirits. I use it with our teardrop trailer as a roll it out on the...

From what I have seen on the RV forums the problem with RV fires is sometimes/often/who knows, improperly installed absorption units and just plain poor quality (one report substandard copper...

Boeing made the conscious decision to out source many components and they are paying the price, not only with just batteries. In part my feeling is that it was an attempt to sidestep union workers.

My philosophy is to realize that 'where you are now is not where you will be in the future' and when you design for what you think you need now you are setting up a problem down the line. I use our...

I use a lot of lithium batteries, mostly of the AA and AAA variety. These are recharged in a Maha charger which has a "soft charge" function which is slower. The batteries do not get hot. To a...

I will second many of Bill's recommendations particularly the two links for information. I will add http://handybobsolar.wordpress.com/
WFCO has a very poor reputation as a converter and if you...

I went with an AGM battery with our trailer, in part because it is in a closed space and I wanted a battery that was basically maintenance free. If I were going with a stationary system I would not...

An interesting response to climate change in Bangladesh, note use of solar panels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdj8sd79yYs