Timeline for How to mitigate voltage drop?
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 10:07 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 13, 2018 at 17:04 | answer | added | Dotes | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 16:48 | answer | added | mrog | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 15:31 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | How old is the battery? What is the battery's rating? How deep do you cycle it when you cycle it? | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 14:27 | comment | added | agentp | One thing you should to is shorten the 12v run as much as possible. The inverter should be right next to the battery. | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 14:21 | answer | added | Ed Beal | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 13:39 | comment | added | Hobbes | 8 A at 110 V? That's 880 W. Add 10% for the losses in the inverter and you're drawing 1000/12=125 A, enough to empty the battery in a little under 1 hour. | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 13:32 | comment | added | Justin Todd | It says on the top 8 amps, I didn't see anything about fla or lrc though. The battery is one year old and I will try to wire the batteries in parallel and see how that works. I have a 75 amp hour car battery that is 3 years old, would I be able to use that in parallel with my 1 year old 105 amp hour battery? | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 10:16 | comment | added | RedGrittyBrick | How old is the battery? | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 9:20 | comment | added | Ken | @JustinTodd it will be on the motor faceplate, it might say LRC, also was is the FLA - these are measured in AMPS. | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 8:53 | comment | added | DDS | Add another battery in parallel to the firs, so power drain will be lower on both bateries and you'll eperience later the voltage drop. | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 8:22 | answer | added | Hobbes | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 7:50 | comment | added | SomeoneSomewhereSupportsMonica | @ThreePhaseEel I don't think this is a mains voltage drop issue. It's low battery voltage. | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 3:48 | history | edited | ThreePhaseEel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 13, 2018 at 3:45 | comment | added | Justin Todd | Not sure what that is or what its measured in. I added a picture of the top of my sump pump if it is there. | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 3:43 | history | edited | Justin Todd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 13, 2018 at 3:32 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | What's the rated locked-rotor current on the sump pump's motor? It should be on the nameplate somewhere... | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 3:25 | comment | added | Justin Todd | 4 gauge and 10 feet. The sump pump takes 8 amps | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 3:11 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | What gauge wires are you using, and how long are they? | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 2:34 | history | asked | Justin Todd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |