Am wondering if you mean inverter, not converter, in your opening paragraphs. An inverter inverts the DC charge, from your solar, to AC. Just wondering.
Your furnace is on and only drawing 56 watts? What brand and model is it? My AC heater runs out 100 Ah lithium battery down 20% in 10 to 15 minutes. Hmmmm.
The third screenshot show furnace fan “plugged into electricity.” What is the source? Solar, battery, shore power?
Was it sunny out when you performed this operation?
No, I mean converter/charger. It converts the 110 ac power from shore/generator to DC for charging the batteries. It is Progressive Dynamics PD4060K. There is a jumper that can be moved to support Lithium batteries. I actually bought Progressive Dynamics PD9160ALV 12V Lithium Ion Battery Converter/Charger - 60 Amp thinking my existing model could not support Lithium. I was wrong and can return it.
Sorry, I do not know what the furnace fan is. But I will repeat the test today because I need to heat up the unit again to bring the batteries up to temp so I can charge the batteries with my generator to test that.
Answer to your third question is shore power so the sunny question is not relevant I think.
A little clarification, our heat source is propane so electricity is used just to power a blower fan. If your heat source is electricity, like a space heater, then you will consume significantly more power.
Scott - How much total Li battery power do you have? Also, I purchased this seed heating mat to keep the Li batteries above 32 degrees for charging purposes. My battery box in under the rear sofa and gets pretty cold. It mat fits inside the battery box, draws very little battery power and also works when on shore power. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B016MKY7C8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hi Steve. I have two 100 amp lion lithium. Cool idea on the pad, challenge for some (including me) is that it appears to run on 110. I don’t have an inverter integrated into the electrical system that powers all the outlets while on battery power power. Battery manufacturers also have an optional heater component that heats the core of the battery. I didn’t get that since I decided to install the batteries inside the camper and the space is warm under the bed.
A few questions.
Am wondering if you mean inverter, not converter, in your opening paragraphs. An inverter inverts the DC charge, from your solar, to AC. Just wondering.
Your furnace is on and only drawing 56 watts? What brand and model is it? My AC heater runs out 100 Ah lithium battery down 20% in 10 to 15 minutes. Hmmmm.
The third screenshot show furnace fan “plugged into electricity.” What is the source? Solar, battery, shore power?
Was it sunny out when you performed this operation?
Thanks RV guy!
No, I mean converter/charger. It converts the 110 ac power from shore/generator to DC for charging the batteries. It is Progressive Dynamics PD4060K. There is a jumper that can be moved to support Lithium batteries. I actually bought Progressive Dynamics PD9160ALV 12V Lithium Ion Battery Converter/Charger - 60 Amp thinking my existing model could not support Lithium. I was wrong and can return it.
Sorry, I do not know what the furnace fan is. But I will repeat the test today because I need to heat up the unit again to bring the batteries up to temp so I can charge the batteries with my generator to test that.
Answer to your third question is shore power so the sunny question is not relevant I think.
A little clarification, our heat source is propane so electricity is used just to power a blower fan. If your heat source is electricity, like a space heater, then you will consume significantly more power.
Scott - How much total Li battery power do you have? Also, I purchased this seed heating mat to keep the Li batteries above 32 degrees for charging purposes. My battery box in under the rear sofa and gets pretty cold. It mat fits inside the battery box, draws very little battery power and also works when on shore power. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B016MKY7C8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hi Steve. I have two 100 amp lion lithium. Cool idea on the pad, challenge for some (including me) is that it appears to run on 110. I don’t have an inverter integrated into the electrical system that powers all the outlets while on battery power power. Battery manufacturers also have an optional heater component that heats the core of the battery. I didn’t get that since I decided to install the batteries inside the camper and the space is warm under the bed.