Hi! I've been monitoring the forum for a while, but I figured I might as well join since my projects are beginning to manifest in physical forms instead of just existing as lots of spreadsheets. I've done hobby electronics and household electrical work for many years, so I'm not a total noob with project planning, but I've yet to build a full scale power system.
I live in Maryland. (Within a decent driving distance of the batteryhookup.com warehouse, oddly enough.) My current project is an old 1977 Dodge RV I've been restoring. I've got 1500w of solar panels for the project, an mppt charger, and I'm debating what size and type of battery bank to go with for it.
I'm currently undecided between the savings involved with using salvaged 18650 cells and the far less manual labor involved with just grabbing some of the currently available spim08hp 7s3p units that are available on batteryhookup, throwing a 7s BMS on each pack, and calling it good.
I'm planning for a 24v battery system, so I suppose I could just grab four lead acid 6v Costco golf cart batteries and call it a day, but that feels like accepting defeat. I would know there are better solutions... and it would haunt my dreams. lol
I live in Maryland. (Within a decent driving distance of the batteryhookup.com warehouse, oddly enough.) My current project is an old 1977 Dodge RV I've been restoring. I've got 1500w of solar panels for the project, an mppt charger, and I'm debating what size and type of battery bank to go with for it.
I'm currently undecided between the savings involved with using salvaged 18650 cells and the far less manual labor involved with just grabbing some of the currently available spim08hp 7s3p units that are available on batteryhookup, throwing a 7s BMS on each pack, and calling it good.
I'm planning for a 24v battery system, so I suppose I could just grab four lead acid 6v Costco golf cart batteries and call it a day, but that feels like accepting defeat. I would know there are better solutions... and it would haunt my dreams. lol