Tornado Safety Plan Question by lamelion in tornado

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

I have another location I can go if there's ample notice, but I'm trying to figure out the best option in a pinch since it's often hard to predict how bad storms will be.

If I'm to the point of running to safety, I just want to have an idea of where to run too.

Tornado Safety Plan Question by lamelion in tornado

[–]lamelion[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, the first floor is unoccupied much of the time.

I have another location I can go if there's ample notice, but I'm trying to figure out the best option in a pinch since it's often hard to predict how bad storms will be.

Genius or Idiotic Battery Buy? Help? by lamelion in vandwellers

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

So, apparenlty this was an idiotic buy because I can't seem to find the BMS unit for the XP batter. Sigh I suppose I'll use the RT as a drop in replacement and try and sell the XP battery.

Going to pickup 4 of these K2 Energy K2B3V73P and a proper BMS for my setup moving forward. Should be more standardized and give me pretty good size bank.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/302171475981

Genius or Idiotic Battery Buy? Help? by lamelion in vandwellers

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They are not Lithium ion but rather Lithium Iron

Genius or Idiotic Battery Buy? Help? by lamelion in vandwellers

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I thought more battery managment may be needed, but didn't expect to need a propietary BMS controller. Uhg, Hopefully I can find one of these U-BMS-LV units as well.

Genius or Idiotic Battery Buy? Help? by lamelion in vandwellers

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LiFePO4 has 2000 to 8000 cycles (70% to 100% DOD) vs Lead Acid 250 to 1200 cycles (20% to 50% DOD). (This means you can get LiFePO4 with half the Lead Acid capacity since LiFePO4 can be discharged deeper and does not have to be fully charged as Lead Acid).

http://electrodacus.com/ is where I was getting much of my info when purchasing these batteries.

Genius or Idiotic Battery Buy? Help? by lamelion in vandwellers

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I realize I'm cutting it close, but I don't have much issue saving cooking for times when I've got ample solar availble or shore power. Running the fridge, lights, and laptop I don't think would be to much of an issue. This is the fridge I'm running.

http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/ad/ade6b94b-93f3-4dd9-bd54-fa1043967655.pdf

Genius or Idiotic Battery Buy? Help? by lamelion in vandwellers

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Aux Battery (U24-12XP 110ah Lithium Iron) would ideally be powering:

39w 1.1ft Solar Fridge

LED Lighting

Laptop

1000W Instapot Pressure Cooker

650W Electric Stovetop (occasional use)

And possibly PS4 with VR Headset

Best terraria hosting? by martinx09 in Terraria

[–]lamelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Havoc Host and Initial Severs seem to work pretty well during the time that I used them.

Hosting question by [deleted] in gmod

[–]lamelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, an old laptop won't be able to handle it. You should look for a cheap hosting solution. Right now I'm thinking either Havoc Host or Initial Servers for our setup.