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Re: An Australian dilemma regarding smoke detectors / alarms
Talk with an alarm company (dc backup)? Very small ac inverter for alarms only (if over 12vdc battery back, difficult to find)? Get the occupancy permit then disconnect and do battery based alarms. W…1 · -
Re: Fusing for a 48V/415Ah battery bank
Fusing at the battery bank is a good idea if you have parallel battery strings (typically 3 or more parallel, one fuse/breaker per parallel string). Technically, the fuse/breaker is to stop high curr…2 · -
Re: Best Battery Selection
Generally... 2 days of "no sun" and 50% maximum discharge (or 4x your daily load) seems to work out pretty well. I am not sure how well lead acid batteries would do with a slow discharge ov…1 · -
Re: PV Ground Fault Protection
For various reasons, I am not a fan of DC GF systems. I do not know anything about how the Morning Star GFPD works--So I cannot really say much about it or even help much in debugging it. Checking co…1 · -
Re: boondocking musicians want to go solar in RV
This DC Current clamp meter (really AC/DC clamp+DMM) is not expensive and "good enough" for our needs: http://www.sears.com/craftsman-digital-clamp-on-ammeter/p-03482369000P -Bill1 ·
