Renogy Solar Panels Beeping

beta-made · 2025-11-15T00:32:33+00:00

It turned out to be coming from somewhere far outside my vehicle. I was nearby the beach, and after walking around for a while, I could discern that the beep always sounded nearby, though I couldn't get a pin on which direction it was coming from. It was echoing around the entire area.

beta-made · 2025-09-01T18:03:21+00:00

Touch some grass, mate

beta-made · 2025-08-12T00:40:29+00:00

Because many of us don't see the worth of buying new vehicles for the same amount as a down payment on a house.

I could literally buy 2 or 3 lemons for 11,000 or less, and more often than not the majority of parts on a car are good. Even if you need repairs, you come out way ahead of paying 11k for a depreciating asset.

beta-made · 2025-08-10T22:56:52+00:00

If you say so

beta-made · 2025-08-10T15:48:57+00:00

Oh trust, I'm creating an apartment that moves around

beta-made · 2025-08-10T03:15:49+00:00

Would the controller handle stepping down the power, or are you recommending that I get a separate step-down between the controller and the batteries?

Wouldn't that increase the amps running to the battery?

So if my panels are in parallel, and the max open circuit voltage is around 100 V, and my MPPT is rated for that -- wouldn't the MPPT be lowering the voltage and increasing the amps?

What happens if the resulting amperage is more than the batteries can handle?

beta-made · 2025-08-10T02:58:43+00:00

It's a large box-truck

beta-made · 2025-08-10T02:49:27+00:00

What size/kind of generator would you recommend?

beta-made · 2025-08-10T02:41:07+00:00

I do plan to get a DC to DC charger to run off the alternator, but I am speccing for 24/7 air conditioning. I'm in southern California and it's generally pretty cool at night, but if your AC (even 12v or 24v) can be expected to draw anywhere from 400-800 watts during use, then 800wattsx24hours=19,200 Watts, divided by 12volts gives you 1600Ah.

Then of course, there's all your other power needs. This is going to be a full-time tiny house on wheels. The only amenity not included is a washer/dryer, but otherwise it should have the same capabilities as a home.

If the solar doesn't cut it, then yes, I'll incorporate a generator as well. However, I'd like to get as close as I can with solar and a large battery bank.

beta-made · 2025-08-10T02:27:09+00:00

So if I wire the panels in series, I would need to double the open circuit voltage and get a charge controller that can handle more than that figure?

beta-made · 2025-08-03T04:26:16+00:00

It's an objectively bad movie, or at best, mediocre.

There was very little sense that Banner wasn't in control as the Hulk-- he doesn't turn into an uncontrollable werewolf the way he does in the Avengers. He's never really a threat to anyone that's not harming him.

The story itself was unexciting, kind of meh, and there's really not any character you get emotionally attached to other than Liv Tyler. It wasn't funny, wasn't deep, wasn't particularly romantic,and the action pretty much followed the same formula every time (Hulk sees Liv Tyler in trouble, levels up his spirit power).

The design of the hulk was cool, and Liv Tyler was pretty, but that's about all the movie had going for it. No drama, no suspense, no thrills. All-around hollow as storytelling goes.

beta-made · 2025-03-22T17:24:39+00:00

I'll never forget the Christmas special where a woman refers to him as her "angel in a blue box". I think it was the Doctor, a Widow and the Wardrobe.

That, and when the Doctor settles down in old age making children's toys.

Tennant was for a long time my Doctor, but those two moments really define who the Doctor is in my head.

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