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Power issues when extending a 12v DC cable from solar generator
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I have an AllPowers R600 Solar Generator, which can output AC and DC power
I want to use it to power my laptop in the next room (approx. 4m away)
The 1m charger works fine when I connect it ...
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Borehole system running on inverter
3kVA 240V inverter and three gel batteries 100Ah 12V. And I am only running my borehole system 1st pump .38kW, 2nd pump .75kW.
The inverter lasts for five mins then goes off because of low battery.
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Replacing dead mower battery with modern battery
I have a Black & Decker PowerSwap mower I bought perhaps 7 years ago. Its a battery-operated model that came with 2 60V "Max" batteries (it only needs 1 to operate).
It otherwise still ...
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Are deep-cycle batteries for off-grid power tolerant of temperature changes? [closed]
I have a small shed that is off-grid and needs occasional lighting. During the day I can open up the doors and have sufficient light, but during the winter when I am out there more in the evening, I ...
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What is the best way to store Lithium-ion (Li-ion) and Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) batteries used for power tools?
I have power tools that use Lithium-ion batteries, and i have power tools that use Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) batteries. I only use these power tools maybe 5 times during the summer months. What is the ...
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Why does my Kobalt KST 2540-06 weed eater stop every minute?
My Kobalt KST 2540-06 weed eater will only run for a minute and then stop. I release the trigger and then squeeze it again and it starts running again only to shut off after about a minute. No matter ...
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Can a completely evaporated deep cycle battery be brought back to charge?
The battery fluid on my sump pump Marine Deep Cycle Battery dried up to be completely gone.
I've replaced it with distilled water. Will the trickle charger bring it back to life, or am I in the market ...
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Can I repair this lithium battery pack [closed]
I carelessly left a worklight outside in a tarp, and was unfortunate enough that it rained. I appear to have drowned my 5.0AH Ryobi Battery pack...
I have average soldering skills, so I am not averse ...
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Does a house battery need over-current protection on both Positive and Negative cables?
I'm reading the US NEC 2020 article 706 and trying to understand the required over-current protection needed between the battery and the inverter.
My understanding is that a disconnect is required ...
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Is it safe to replace a battery with one that has a lower max charge current?
I'm trying to replace the batteries on my hand vacuum (black and decker CHV1410L), and having pulled out the batteries, they're using some 18650s (I've never worked with them, but there's a spec sheet ...
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EZ Generator Switch with Generac GB1000 and gas furnace
Can I use an EZ Generator Switch as a transfer switch with a Generac GB1000 battery and a gas furnace (Bryant 340aav). If so, should it be setup as bonded neutral or floating neutral (I'm guessing it'...
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How can I safely clean up a Zinc Chloride battery leak?
As we changed old batteries, a rusty liquid was smeared on the floor and hands. I wiped it up and opened the window, but the metallic smell lingers in the room still.
Is the metallic smell from the ...
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What battery type is most suitable to power a shed across temperature range -10C to +40C?
So I am gathering information on what I need to bring together to create a solar powered LED based lighting system for my shed. I need a battery, a charger controller for the battery, solar panel and ...
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What light switch is this? No longer works after 4 new aaa batteries
Was asked to replace the batteries in this light switch with new ones but now the switch no longer turns the light on or off. Can someone help me identify what light switch I have or tell me why it no ...
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How do I avoid overcharging the inverter battery and keep it healthy [closed]
I have installed the Luminous Inverter Battery (lead acid) as power back up for essential electrical appliances at home.
There is not much electricity cut. I just want to be sure that I'm not ...
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how to charge marine battery at my wall [closed]
i have all kinds of batteries in my house. when my xbox controller is out of battery, i charge it from my wall. when my phone is out of battery, i also plug it into the wall. i'd like to get a ...
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Why does my 12 V, 500 Ah solar battery bank drop to 60% as soon as 4000 W inverter turns on pulling 2100 W?
I have five Inerstate DCM0100 wired up to give 12 V, 500 Ah. I have a Renogy 40A MPPT Rover Charge Controller. I have a Jarxioke 4000 watt inverter I purchased today.
Precursor this knowing that I ...
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Is a charged mower battery which reads under 12 volts in need of replacement?
I have a John Deere D110 that last ran around two weeks ago. I went to start it last night and nothing; it wouldn't even crank and the starter wasn't even clicking. I thought it might be a completely ...
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How can I achieve blackout resilience on a grid-connected solar installation?
I recently installed a 3.6kw solar panel setup at home. I added an inverter and a 3.6kw battery.
When I asked if that would work on case of a blackout the installer told me it won't - backfeed ...
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How to remove swollen battery from flashlight?
I have a small LED flashlight that runs on a single AA battery. Apparently I let it sit too long and the battery is now swollen and corroded and I can't get it out of the flashlight. Previously, ...
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Can any amp-hour capacity battery be used in any Kobalt 80V cordless electric mower, or is each Kobalt 80V mower amp-hour specific?
I have a 2.5Ah 80V battery from Kobalt for a weedwacker and am looking to get a mower. I see some good used Kobalt 80V mowers but it's not always clear if it was originally sold with a 2.5Ah battery, ...
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How to prevent discharging car battery completely? [closed]
Background:
I'm doing some offgrid camping on public land, but not on a campground, with my van.
I have a photovoltaic generator with 1kw of power, but I'm considering replacing my van battery with a ...
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Can an inverter be supplied by a battery with lower AH than required for designed VA?
I'm looking to provide backup power to a home CCTV system.
The PoE switch has a maximum rated dissipation of 78W. Each camera draws a peak of 7W. Since each camera is powered by the PoE, I assume the ...
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Deep cycle marine battery for Zoeller sump pump - how often to replace?
I have a Zoeller sump pump with a deep cycle battery. How long do these deep cycle marine batteries last and need to be replaced?
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I turned a breaker off, and now the security alarm system won’t stop beeping
I turned off a breaker for about an hour. I then heard a low beeping noise, not the full-blown alarm siren. I turned the breaker back on, but the beeping persisted.
We called the alarm company. They ...
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Rewiring charger plug
I've got a mains charger for some battery powered clippers which had has the cable cut clean through.
It's not a standard charger fitting, so I'm keen to repair it.
The cable consists of two wires, ...
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Deep cycle battery amp hour confusion
I just got a group 29 duralast marine deep cycle battery from auto zone. The group 29 is the first link below. I got it home and looked online and found that the group 29 battery weighs 10 pounds more ...
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How to connect a whole-house battery?
I've been curious about installing a small home battery (4 - 7 kWh) to take advantage of time-of-use (TOU) billing. The idea is that the battery charges from the grid off-peak and then the home ...
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Suggestions for connecting a small UPC (battery backup) to a single receptacle/outlet that will power a wifi mesh router
tl:dr What is a safe way to connect a simple plug-in UPC battery back-up so that it can power a single receptacle on another side of a wall?
We have an older farm house that has been expanded a few ...
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Is there any downside I need to know when I add new solar panels to existing ones?
I currently have about 12 LG solar panels installed on my roof. They only produce about 3kwh at peak sunlight condition even though they are nominally a 4kwh system. It is because of my house's ...
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FirstAlert smoke detector low battery warning continues after opening battery drawer and replacing batteries
Note: I'm creating and immediately answering my own question because I wasn't able to find documentation of this solution online.
My condo is equipped with a FirstAlert 7010BSL smoke detector (...
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Excess inverter noise, low voltage
I'm not entirely sure if this is the best place to put this, but I'm having an issue with a mega-battery I'm working on.
The battery is two AGM 12v batteries in parallel, with an inverter stepping up ...
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How to force alarm clock to have the screen always on [closed]
I have an alarm clock, that has batteries and a power cord as a power source.
If it's using batteries, it turns the screen off after a few seconds. If it's plugged in, then the screen is on ...
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Multiple small AH batteries vs one large battery [closed]
I finally am making the switch to battery tools. Looking to buy some kits and bare tools as well. I have the option of getting two 1.5AH batteries or a single 2AH battery. In theory this should be ...
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How to turn a Nest or Nest-E thermostat to completely off (no power, no battery)?
Is it possible to remove the battery, or otherwise turn a Nest thermostat completely off, for times when there is no power to the furnace? This is to avoid draining the battery in the Nest completely,...
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Install battery on honda generator?
I have a Honda generator and I want to install the battery. Somebody else took the old battery out, so I don’t how they did that.
The problem is that I only see a gray cable, a black cable, and a ...
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How to make a cap to cover the battery terminals of Ryobi batteries?
Ryobi batteries have a protruding part with battery terminals on it. Here's an example of what the battery looks like.
I'm worried that if the battery is stored in a carrying bag with lots of metallic ...
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Electrical Back-up Solution
I have a 350 Watt appliance that I need to run pretty much continuously. An electrical outage of a few seconds isn't a problem but more than a minute or two becomes an issue. So I need a back-up ...
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Same Bosch batteries, but one battery only works in one tool, what can I do?
So, I have some BAT612 18V batteries from Bosch.
I should be able to use both batteries with either of my tools (Angle Grinder - GWS18V-45PC, Drill - DDS181A), but one battery works in both tools and ...
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Use a 24V LifePo battery in a UPS designed for lead acid batteries? [closed]
I have an existing APC 1500 UPS, designed for use with 24v lead acid batteries and want to know if it would be possible to replace my dead lead acid battery with a 24V Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) ...
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Direction of electron in car circuit [closed]
I read this somewhere. "Electrons flow from Negative to Positive. This is called Electron flow. Originally it was believed they flowed from Positive to Negative. This was later found to be ...
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Is it possible to make an "energy harvester" that drains old batteries? [closed]
I am currently looking at my stack of old batteries at home, did some measurements and found that most of them contain at least some energy left. I was then thinking. What is I could make a device ...
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Rocker switch panel wiring [closed]
I am looking to wire a boat rocker switch panel to a 12 volt deep cycle battery for my canoe. I have three switched on the rocker switch panel. One will be for navigation lights, one will be for a ...
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Powering battery powered tools from the power grid
I have a number of Ryobi One+ tools that have enough power and quality for me in most cases. They all share the same 18V battery form factor which means that I can invest in 2-3 batteries and use them ...
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Solar Charge Controller and grounding the battery
I am just getting my feet wet, so I have one 100 watt panel and a 12v marine battery. I plan on running a small water pump to circulate water in a black hose to see if I can heat some water.
The ...
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How to change battery in garage door keypad?
One of the keys on the keypad for my garage door somehow got a key stuck temporarily and drained the battery. That was easily fixed, but now I am trying to replace the battery. The pictogram seems ...
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Are the norms for cordless screwdriver charging stations?
So I found this cordless screwdriver at my house but there is no charger for it so I would like to buy a used one for it (it's very cheap so I also don't want to spend a lot of money to buy a new one)....
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"Non-Retail" House Battery
I need a ~3.5kw battery to power an emergency circuit if the power goes down. I've been quoted $13,000 to add an LG Chem 9kw to our existing system but that does not include the inverter upgrade. ...
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Is there a product that allows me to run a "mains" device off a power tool Battery [closed]
I have some fairly large DeWalt 18V batteries, which run, e.g. my Cordless LawnMower.
I imagine that they'd also run my Corded tools, at least for a while, if I could connect them up.
But I can't find ...
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What batteries are available for powering outdoor LED lights?
I'm trying to build one of these myself (TLDR;
It's a lighting setup for outdoor usage to illuminate a pingpong table).
I would like to know what sort of batteries are available that might help me ...
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