Used for mainly lighting and small appliances. The 4 converted lamps will run at 12v instead of using the 120v converter on the battery packs. There is no loss converting then.
We will charge the solar panel during the daytime. Then at night or when the heater is running off the generator we will charge up these packs. One will be used while the other is charging.
4 converted 120v lamps to 12v – I cut the 120v plug from the lamp wire and attached the 12vDC Car Power Adapters. Then instead of 120v light bulbs I use 12v bulbs.
Those extension cords do not appear to be of a large enough gauge to avoid excessive losses in the cords. You may want to consider making your own using much larger gauge wire.
Those extension cords do not appear to be of a large enough gauge to avoid excessive losses in the cords. You may want to consider making your own using much larger gauge wire.
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Tom
This is really cool. I’m currently doing almost the exact same thing.