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This my my bed. It flips up for access to storage and parts of the electrical system. Lulu was NOT in bed when this started but there she was- up top on her perch.
This Cerbo device communicates status to various pieces and has a wifi connection so it can push data to the Victron cloud for remote monitoring and management.
Building all of the pieces on my dining room table in the RV.
Those same pieces set in place. I’m super sad about those black lines across the middle. They’re just a touch too short to have really tidied them up. I think I’m going to put in some breaker switches so that I can have more control of turning things on/off and make it prettier.
All of the battery cables (2/0) for the inverters. This is actually working quite nicely.
When your buddy comes to drink beer while you work. He proclaimed that he was 100% only there for the entertainment in case I electrocuted myself.
Our air conditioners are app controlled. This is where I manage the front one.
And Victron Connect for seeing the details of the inverters and battery. Right now I have to be plugged into the inverters with a USB connection until I get that Cerbo connected up.
But what this shows is VERY exciting! I was running 2 air conditioners + sending some minimal charge to the batteries for a total of 26 amps off of a garage 15 amp connection without tripping it. The inverters do “Load Assist” which means you tell them how much power to use from the plug and the inverters make power from the batteries to equalize it all out.
We moochdock/driveway surf periodically and still run our air conditioner. My extension cord is sized appropriately for its length (12 gauge for 50’) for the load (14 amps), but it’s hard none the less. I had been watching this end get worse and worse and finally replaced it. Now I guess my cord is 49’ and change….
This is also partly why this project is so important. I can dial back my amps used from the extension cord and still have full use of the camper.