R-pod Owners Forum Homepage

This site is free to use.
Donations benefit a non-profit Girls Softball organization

Forum Home Forum Home > R-pod Discussion Forums > I need HELP!!!
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: SOC
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Calendar   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedSOC
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 56789 11>
Author
Message
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
fwunder View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 04 Oct 2013
Location: New Jersey
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: SOC
    Posted: 23 Jul 2020 at 5:14pm
This should be fun to play with. $80.00
2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6
Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks!
Back to Top
fwunder View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 04 Oct 2013
Location: New Jersey
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 3:23pm
Well, I am impressed with the HQST panel. It showed open circuit voltage @ 18.9v Renogy @ 25 feet from controller. My solar field is pumping power. HQST 100W currently 14.0v @ 5.2A shown by SCC.  200W suitcase currently @ 14.0v @ 10.2A shown by SCC.

My stand/tv rack design needs a little tinkering. Legs are too long and 3/4 inch pipe is just a little flimsy in camp mode. It's fine on tv rack. Nothing glued up. I might take it apart and fill frame members with spray foam to see if that stiffens them or just redo with 1 inch pipe. I could move them to the edges, but it fits better on my tv rack like this and I think it looks better.
2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6
Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks!
Back to Top
offgrid View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 23 Jul 2018
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 3:53pm
I like the firewood. Now there you have some stored kwh. If that's a couple cords of oak then its about 15,000 kwh. It would take your 300 watts of PV about 40 years (roughly its useful life) to produce that amount of energy. Too bad its so heavy and its hard to convert to electricity....

Maybe make a producer gas generator and take it camping instead of the solar LOL


Anyhow my suggestion is to load up your batts a little. At 14V you're not really getting any useful work out of your two PV systems.....just changing water into H2 and O3....
1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
Back to Top
fwunder View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 04 Oct 2013
Location: New Jersey
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 4:24pm
I switched the one controller to GEL. It's announcing FUL @ 14.2v. The other controller is still going @ 14.4v.

Wood?! Yeah, I got a little wood. About half red oak and half white ash. Some people pay for a gym membership. I axe split wood.

We burn about 3 cords a year.
2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6
Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks!
Back to Top
offgrid View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 23 Jul 2018
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 4:29pm
Wow, and hand spit too... Maybe you really should make a wood gas genny. It would be a fun project at least and a backup for those cloudy days! Lots of particulate pollution though, nothing is perfect....
1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
Back to Top
fwunder View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 04 Oct 2013
Location: New Jersey
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 4:45pm
All you need is a big cup of very strong coffee!! LOL
2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6
Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks!
Back to Top
offgrid View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 23 Jul 2018
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:10pm
Maybe a couple of cups...and some good sized pectoral muscles.,..
How well does that bark work to keep the wood dry vs, the tarps, and did you cut and stitch up the long narrow tarp strips or buy them somewhere like that? 
1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
Back to Top
fwunder View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 04 Oct 2013
Location: New Jersey
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:32pm
I just buy cheap tarps, cut them up and staple to rows. I just haven't got around to covering all the rows. The bark is just thrown on top for grins. I'll burn it.

It's really not that hard with a few wedges, a maul, a good splitting axe (Fiskars) and straight grain ash or oak and an old tire. I'm lucky enough to know the local tree guys who leave me good logs to buck and split. I give the gnarly stuff to a friend with a 30 ton splitter.
2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6
Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks!
Back to Top
podwerkz View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 11 Mar 2019
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 966 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:33pm
wow...I can smell it from here!

Thumbs Up
r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
Back to Top
offgrid View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 23 Jul 2018
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 7:02pm
The old tire is kinda a like a revelation for me, what a great idea! Love that video. 
1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 56789 11>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.64
Copyright ©2001-2009 Web Wiz