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Unsealed 4x4 Australia's Dometic PLB-40 Review.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ridge Runner" data-source="post: 617093" data-attributes="member: 3775"><p>Don't get me wrong AGM's and Deep Cycle batteries are good and work well but when sunlight is limited as you pointed out you need 3 to 4X the amount of solar to keep them topped up, for me that it is not an option, The conspiracy theory that the UK has a Summer is impacting the Solar properties of my setup So using Lithium I can manage to collect all the power the PLB's need where as Sun Vs Time is the real killer for me,</p><p></p><p>I'd love to put all the batteries in the Van and they would run the fridge for 3 or 4 weeks but it is putting the power back is the hard part, I have the solar power but deploying them because of their size is a real PIA,</p><p></p><p>Idealy I would like to do what you did and add a 100Ah Lithium as the main power source and use the PLBs to power the little Dometic because it only uses about 0.52Ah on average and that can go up and down varying on the Ambient temps,</p><p></p><p>I have a Victron Smart Solar 100/20 and I was wondering if I could take the input power from the Van Battery/Alternator and use it as a DC to DC charger to charge the 2nd 80Ah AGM or one or two of the 115Ah batteries, I looked at getting Redarc but they cost well over 300 here from some of the prices I have seen, So maybe I could use the Victron to do the same job ??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridge Runner, post: 617093, member: 3775"] Don't get me wrong AGM's and Deep Cycle batteries are good and work well but when sunlight is limited as you pointed out you need 3 to 4X the amount of solar to keep them topped up, for me that it is not an option, The conspiracy theory that the UK has a Summer is impacting the Solar properties of my setup So using Lithium I can manage to collect all the power the PLB's need where as Sun Vs Time is the real killer for me, I'd love to put all the batteries in the Van and they would run the fridge for 3 or 4 weeks but it is putting the power back is the hard part, I have the solar power but deploying them because of their size is a real PIA, Idealy I would like to do what you did and add a 100Ah Lithium as the main power source and use the PLBs to power the little Dometic because it only uses about 0.52Ah on average and that can go up and down varying on the Ambient temps, I have a Victron Smart Solar 100/20 and I was wondering if I could take the input power from the Van Battery/Alternator and use it as a DC to DC charger to charge the 2nd 80Ah AGM or one or two of the 115Ah batteries, I looked at getting Redarc but they cost well over 300 here from some of the prices I have seen, So maybe I could use the Victron to do the same job ?? [/QUOTE]
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