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Month: January 2016

Posted on January 29, 2016January 30, 2016

Home-Brew Macerator Pump

I’m taking a little break from the lithium battery project today.  Usually I don’t stray from hookups long enough to worry about emptying my waste tanks–it helps that I can…

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Posted on January 22, 2016January 26, 2016

What am I trying to accomplish?

It’s probably about time to talk about what I’m trying to accomplish with this project, and why I didn’t just replace my aging lead acid batteries.  That would have been…

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Posted on January 21, 2016January 22, 2016

A Few Observations on Battery Performance

This post is going to deviate a little bit from my typically long-winded format and present a list of observations and measurements so far.  In short, I’m very pleased: The…

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Posted on January 21, 2016

Charging a 48V Volt Battery Section

Now’s where it starts to get interesting.  We’ve got a bunch of 48V batteries that need charged.  We’re sitting at 43.8V, after who knows how long between the donor Volt’s…

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Posted on January 20, 2016January 27, 2016

Taking Apart a Volt Battery

Ok, I know we’ve put a lot of text up with very few pictures.  This is where we start actually doing stuff and seeing what we’ve got.  This particular battery…

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Posted on January 19, 2016January 20, 2016

Why a Volt?

If you’ve been following along, you’ve seen why we want to make use of a 48V battery pack.  Now the question is a matter of where or how to get…

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Posted on January 19, 2016

Why does a 48-volt battery bank make sense?

Before deciding to use a Chevy Volt as a battery source, the plan was already going to make the switch to 48 volts.  We’ve talked about why the RV industry…

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Posted on January 19, 2016January 19, 2016

A few words on Wire Sizing and Voltage Drop Calculations

Wire sizing guides leave out a part of the calculation important for figuring out the right size wire to use, particularly when dealing with low-voltage circuits where voltage drop can…

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Posted on January 18, 2016January 19, 2016

How did 12-volt battery systems become the norm?

Perhaps the most significant change in this project is the use of a 48-volt battery bank.  There are a number of reasons for this, and we’re going to discuss them…

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Posted on January 18, 2016January 18, 2016

New Project: Installation of a New Lithium-Ion House Battery Bank

Here goes nothing!  After a lot of planning, and several revisions, it’s happening.  I’ve started the process of replacing an aged house battery bank and inverter/charger with a new system…

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