Power Queen 200AH battery and Monitor. An outstanding combo for off-grid living.

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[@LesThom-to1ie]

Wow, great video, very informative. I just bought 2 - 12.8V 200aH Power Queen Li batteries for my houseboat. Found your video after my purchase and it certainly reassured me that I made a good purchase. I have approximately 1200 watts (at 100% charge) of solar panels on the roof in conjuction with a Renogy 40A solar charger. I opted awhile ago to swap out our propane fridge for a Unique brand DC powered fridge (Danfoss compressor and draws about 56 watts as per the specs). I have been using 3 x 12V large AGM batteries in parallel to power the houseboat cabin (approx. 90-100aH each) and this worked, however I eventually got into the cycle of changing out a bad battery and adding a new one to the mix. This of course is not optimal and before long I would be swapping out another battery, then another, and of course none of them had the same initial charge, creating internal issues between the batteries within the bank. With the current costing versus re-charge cycles of the Li batteries versus AGM, I am way ahead of the game with the Li. Even with fairly strict monitoring of the charge process of the AGM batteries (I tried to stay in the top 80% of charge as much as possible) inevitably a 2 or 3 day rainy period without sun would drag them down to below 20%, and with the almost linear drop in voltage over discharge time, the AGMs would soon reach the low voltage warning of the fridge (11.2 VDC). I trust with the discharge of the Li batteries being a much straighter line at it's 12V range before if drops off, I will have power at 12V longer before needing to fully recharge. Also wanted to mention you convinced me to go ahead and add the Power Queen battery monitor. I was going to rely solely on the Bluetooth monitor that came with the Renogy solar charger, but the monitor you highlighted is a lot more informative. Again, thank you for a great video and Happy Boating. If you ever find yourself on the beautiful Ottawa River, keep an eye out for a Three Bouys called "It's our Moor eh!!"

[@Bowmans-Woods]

You have quite the set up. Enjoy the summer.

[@donjohnston3776]

Great video Craig. Your practical comments are very useful for viewers weighing-up the pros and cons. I think having 2 or 3 of these is series would be useful for a home or cottage setting as a back-up power source. Just weeks ago there were 100K+ folks without hydro in Quebec during an early winter storm. My wife and I are moving to a condo building in Kitchener this January. This video has us considering back-up options for at least keeping our refrigerator operational in a blackout. 😊

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Thanks. Yes. Even if you live in an apartment and don’t have space for solar panels you could charge a bunch of these LifePo4 batteries after 7pm when power is cheap and store it for when you need it. Canada may not get Hurricanes or huge earthquakes that will knock power out for prolonged periods but we do get massive winter ice storms etc that can take down power lines and lose people’s power for weeks. We had a bad one in the late 90s where people died because they couldn’t heat their home. With a solar generator, as long as you still have natural gas, you can power your furnace and have it keeping you warm. Also can keep your fridge and freezer running so you have time to eat the food before it spoils.

[@SailingSisu]

Hey Craig, great video as always! Your practical insights really help viewers make informed decisions. Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jamesdean7756]

Sure wish would’ve shown us how you connected the shnt and battery monitor instead of just told us like so many videos. I’m sure it’s super easy for some people in the world, but for the newbies, it gives us confidence to buy the product to see it actually connect.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

@@jamesdean7756 sorry, it just seems so obvious it didn’t feel necessary. You connect the negative to the negative side of the battery and the positive to the positive side of the battery and then when you draw power out of it, you connect your positive to the positive and you’re negative to the end of the shunt. That way, the power has to go through the shunt when it goes out. I was thinking it was obvious so didn’t talk about how to hook it up. When you buy the shunt, it comes with a “how to” piece of paper and it’s pretty basic. Nobody could possibly be confused about how to hook it up once they see that.

[@jamesdean7756]

@@Bowmans-Woods OK thank you for the timely reply. I want to buy two of these 24 V 100 amp batteries and connect them in parallel to use as a battery capacity enhancer on my ecoflow. . How do I know what size cable I need to connect the two batteries that are going to be 1 foot apart

[@constantvanlife]

Do you still like this lithium battery

[@butchie2752]

Very informative.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Glad it was helpful!

[@shfiden]

Hi, what is the temperature of the shunt if discharge the battery by 50A current for a few minutes?

[@mikemendes7598]

What happened to the boat tours? We only got FP, and that's all? More please!!

[@Bowmans-Woods]

There were ones before the FPs. There were not a lot of new boats that we hadn’t seen and filmed before. We went in some boats that we didn’t like so we decided if we didn’t have good things to say, we are best to just say nothing.

[@errolcain4071]

Hello nice video

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Hello. Thanks