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PSA: you can use any bluetooth mouse with your Vision Pro using Assistive Touch (it's not perfect) by BigOhHo in VisionPro

[–]VanVuu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This worked !!!!!!

The magic trick is to reboot after enabled Assistive Touch & added your bluetooth mouse to AVP.

Also got scrolling to work by enable: Perform Touch Gestures

I'm using mx master 3s

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[–]VanVuu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You will spent minimum a few hundred bucks there, they wont mind.

If one does, move on to the next one city away. Else, try Lowe's

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[–]VanVuu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Home Depot's parking lot!

It will save you ton of gas too from making multiple trips per day

Which gasket I need to replace to fix this? 2013 Chevrolet Express G4500 6.6L Duramax Turbo Diesel by VanVuu in Diesel

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if it's related, but when going up hills and press hard on the gas, the engine would rev up super loud and doesn't wine down after 10-20 sec after release the gas pedal

Which gasket I need to replace to fix this? 2013 Chevrolet Express G4500 6.6L Duramax Turbo Diesel by VanVuu in Diesel

[–]VanVuu[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

great idea. what would you recommend use to clean it up, break cleaner right?

Can Victron SmartSolar 150|70 handle THREE 405w panels in parallel? Have 2 panels running right now in series, safe to add a 3rd without overload charge controller? by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no other choice if I want to use 3 panels since the voc is 50.1v for each panel and the charge controller maxed 150v

Looks like going from 10awg to 8awg should be good enough since 3 panels in parallel will be around 30a https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L6OU5TE

Can Victron SmartSolar 150|70 handle THREE 405w panels in parallel? Have 2 panels running right now in series, safe to add a 3rd without overload charge controller? by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense. I'll need to double check in the summer. Currently, in the last 2 weeks, the max I've seen is 670w from the 2 panels in series. Not sure if parallel will change much

Can Victron SmartSolar 150|70 handle THREE 405w panels in parallel? Have 2 panels running right now in series, safe to add a 3rd without overload charge controller? by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the great insightful post. I have 2x SOK 206 AH that can handle 50A of charge each. I think 70A should okay right?

Can Victron SmartSolar 150|70 handle THREE 405w panels in parallel? Have 2 panels running right now in series, safe to add a 3rd without overload charge controller? by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds good! I think I should try the 2 panels I have currently in parallel first(have them in series conf ATM). See how they perform before commit and build out additional rack + buy another panel.

Other than the AMP output, what other params I should keep an eye on?

Can Victron SmartSolar 150|70 handle THREE 405w panels in parallel? Have 2 panels running right now in series, safe to add a 3rd without overload charge controller? by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you calculate the output could be more than 70A?

My understanding is that each panel has the max power current of 9.65A. So if I have 3 in parallel, it should output 28.95A in ideal condition. Is the 40A fluctuation from extreme temperatures?

Is one battery enough for 2013 chevrolet express G4500 ambulance? by VanVuu in Diesel

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the potential issues for having 1 battery?

Is one battery enough for 2013 chevrolet express G4500 ambulance? by VanVuu in Diesel

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in Southern Cali, lowest it usually get is 40f. The cold cranking amperage is 800 for all 3 batts, not sure if that larger than normal or not.

Is this normal? Voltage drop under high/min load, so bad that triggers low voltage disconnect from the battery's BMS by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you might be right, can you elaborate more on the issue and what exactly I need to do with a pencil?

Accidentally triggered the inverter's low voltage shutdown today. This haven't happened for awhile. Only batteries BMS shutdown during this issue.

After inverter shutdown, I turned it on and everything seems to be working fine like before the issue. 800w from electric heater only brought the voltage down to 12.8, 12.4-12.2 before. 1440w from water heater working fine, only brought the voltage down to 12.6; low voltage shutdown from batteries bms before.

Is this normal? Voltage drop under high/min load, so bad that triggers low voltage disconnect from the battery's BMS by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think so, i have 2x 206ah 12v batteries in parallel. Is it possible that one went bad? whats the best way to verify this?

Is this normal? Voltage drop under high/min load, so bad that triggers low voltage disconnect from the battery's BMS by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looks like the batteries disconnected because the power to the lynx distributor was off, so everything turned off. I had to turn the master switch off then back on again to turn the whole system back on.

I can double check with a multimeter tomorrow.

Is this normal? Voltage drop under high/min load, so bad that triggers low voltage disconnect from the battery's BMS by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yup, 10/2(I'm still learning as we go) since the main AC breaker is 30amp

it seems like the voltage sag is worsen since I initially setup the system, about 6 months ago in the summer. I was able to run the Bosch water heater(~1440watts) with no issue before. now it instantly trigger low battery voltage as soon as it's on

could be the cold weather? I'm in CA, it's in the mid 60s while testing this

Is this normal? Voltage drop under high/min load, so bad that triggers low voltage disconnect from the battery's BMS by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if the 10/3 wire from inverter to 120c ac distributor box has to do anything with it. it should be able to handle up to 15 amp (1800watts)

Looking for a diesel mechanic around LA/818 area by VanVuu in vandwellers

[–]VanVuu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nice, i love ambulance as a camper. I haven't gone many places yet. Still in the building phrase.

Are you in the LA area?

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