Showcasing our 12V OFF GRID over landing setup & camera gear, Dual battery system talk - Diesel Tech

Electrical gear / kit items for over landing:
10m extension cable (6mm) with Anderson connectors:
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Diesel Tech DCDC battery box:
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Flexopower Solar blankets:
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Flexopower 240W - dieseltechstore.co.za/product...
Flexopower portable power station:
Flexopower 555 - dieseltechstore.co.za/product...
12V Lithium Batteries:
100Ah Revov - dieseltechstore.co.za/product...
200Ah Revov 2'nd life - dieseltechstore.co.za/product...
Enertec 100Ah - dieseltechstore.co.za/product...
Deep Cycle battery:
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[@user-lg6js7gl9g]

Hello! Thanks to the guy who helped my parents out when they had a flat with their caravan in Namibia last week. Truly appreciated 👏👏👏

[@DIESELTECH_ZA]

Only a pleasure, glad I could be of assistance at the time, fortunately I was driving behind them as the tyre failed and my 5 ton hydraulic jack was ready for some action. 😎

[@marindavanaswegen5372]

Dankie.Lank Baie lank gewag vir die een hoop nie ons wag so lank vir Nog een.

[@DIESELTECH_ZA]

Dankie vir die geduldige wag julle. Die klein ding hou 'n mens besig. 😊

[@shaunmoller2997]

Dankie Stephan vir die episode

[@DIESELTECH_ZA]

Plesier mnr, jammer vir die lang stilte die jaar, my spaar tyd is maar min gewees sover. Hopelik kom daar nou meer content uit, het n interessante reeks oppad. 😉

[@OffTheBeatenTrackSA]

Very informative vid ! Thank You for this

[@DIESELTECH_ZA]

Only a pleasure mr Gersh, sorry for the wait on it though. I had it in my editing folder for months already, the time caught me. (Please don't tell the others 🤫)

[@louisvanderwath8536]

Hi Stefan. I also run two 100W solar panels in parallel. Why would you prefer your panel to be in parallel rather than in series?

[@DIESELTECH_ZA]

Hi Louis, no specific reason actually. I just connected them up that way. Your solar controller how ever would dictate whether or not you can connect in series, it will have a maximum voltage range or VOC (open circuit voltage), example, if I had to series connect all our panels, I would sit with about 60V total. With series, you push up the volts and the amps remains the same, meaning you can increase your cable length a lot more vs that of parallel. Parallel you push up the amps again but the voltage remains the same, meaning you might need thicker diameter cable to work with, depending on the exact installation conditions. In the end, the total amount of watts or energy calculates to the exact same figure, regardless of which way route you take. (Watts = Amps x Volts formula) 🙂

[@louisvanderwath8536]

@@DIESELTECH_ZA , I know my way around electrics, did my setup myself. Reason why I went parallel is purely for the more amps. In effect your battery need higher volts to charge as it charge from a high capacity to a low capacity, but it's the amps that actually does the work, if I can call it that. With two panels in series you get say 42volts at about 5amps. In parallel you get say 21volts at 10amps.. Therefore your battery will charge faster with the parallel connection, especially when your fridge is detecting the higher voltage from the solar and start to work when it might have been in idle mode due to low battery power. Second reason for me is, that when one fails, it still will charge, but only with say 5amps. Where as with series, when one fails, it fails. Only benefit I found for series is in cloudy condtition, where it will charge better as the voltage is still high enough to produce a small charge. Just my 2c.

[@DIESELTECH_ZA]

@@louisvanderwath8536 you have the concept of it 100% there. Parallel solar panels provides ' if one fails the other carries on normally ' . The amps does all the work yes, charging & discharging etc, the higher volts just helps makes the work load easier on the cables & system. General rule is that parallel connection, the voltage stays exactly the same but the amps doubles in figures. In series the voltage doubles up and the amps stays the same. But you have it pretty much figures out. Happy off grid times mnr! 💪🤜