Absolutely mate am laying in it right now just south of Adelaide about to hit the Nullarbor back to Perth been living out of it for the last 3 weeks still going strong 💪
luv the way you just roll with the little things from left field - forgotten camp essentials, packing the phone in the swag, the fire extinguisher going off😉
G'day big fella, Had a 200 watt shingled Atem power panel on for 12 months. It developed snail trails and broken bus bars. Went with the Kings after your review. Off the top of my head, was rated to a max of 10.2 amps. Seen over 12 with my 20 amp Renogy Rover MPPT six months in. Happy as a dog with two dicks. Thanks for the review mate. Luke
Cheers mate these panels go hard when paired with quality controllers am still using this panel nearly 4 years on still going strong as the day I bought it
Cheers it is a 90l 2 way fridge from Engel so 12/240v I had it connected directly to my 240v shore power and the 12v directly to the battery via a 15ah fuse I also had 480w of solar charging the battery so the fridge ran indefinitely I have since upgraded my battery to a lithium setup 😀
there boat collars they help make the boat very stable at speed and when stationary i can stand on one side of the tinny and it sits almost flat in the water also keeps you dryier and should it take in water for what ever reason it will keep the boat floating even if capsized
@@shutthegate8232 thats correct mate the victron solar controller conects to the victron app and can give you both live and historical data so you can monitor the performance of your setup
Great video bro , but if I may suggest something, turn that music down please. New subscriber here. Looking forward to seeing more videos about your bus
cheers for watching mate solar panels can be hit and miss with thier output 160w is possible with these panels i have proven at least with mine anyway that you can exceed 160w ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MCl63pbAk9E.html&ab_channel=AverageBlokeAdventures it can vary depending with different conditions the batteries requirements type of controller your using etc. etc.
As there are few reviews for this product I just thought I'd add my comments here. I have this fridge and when set to it's max -20 and at 20 degrees ambient it has a 66% duty cycle (5 mins running and 2.5 mins off). That was with it about half filled with frozen stuff. At close to 4 amps that's an average of 2.6 amps per hour or about 65Ah over the course of a day. It's pretty power hungry for the volume you get. That said, it fits nicely between the front seats of my 80 series and it was cheap.
cheers mate your right they can be a little power hungry ive always run mine as a second fridge / freezer and its worked my system hard 100amp agm and DCDC charger definatly struggles to keep up with both fridges going at the same time
Thank you so much for your time, Very informative. You are the first one I've seen that did not you a fuse at the battery. I know Victron normally have a fuse inside the product, I know they have a 40AMP in there IP22 Charger.
it is agood idea to fuse at the start battery in the event the positive drops out of the victron and earths out or something rubs through same with your house battery but there is no need to fuse out the victron as like u said it already has its own protection
*Awesome solar panels accessory for the electric **Generater.Systems** lightweight easy to carry and set up love it love the set up thank you very satisfied*
I bought a kings portable 250watt solar panel and the mppt controller was dead out of the box. I ditched the controller and run it through an Anderson plug into my dcdc charger.
@@AverageBlokeAdventures Ours died after a pretty short time and I have seen others on YT showing the same problem. The 200w fixed panel we have seems good though and we have other Kings stuff the works ok.
A year late but a tip. Made a collapsible aluminium frame that holds the panel at 35 degrees, weighs nothing and packs away small. Pop a few microfibre cloths in before you fold it up after a clean. Stops scratching. Input and longevity has been amazing. Coming up 3 years, still getting 8 amps full sun. Keep em off the ground or windshield, like a semi flexible panel. Heat kills them.
Mini PV / Solar Tips: (Winter, also camping) A boiler and other hungry electricity consumers can be infinitely dimmed using the "5000W dimmer". Ebay €7. I run 5 dimmers in parallel on an 850W inverter. Kettle 2.2KW at 150W runs 12 hours a day, so the water is always hot. The room is also nicely heated. 2.5KW washing machine runs in parallel with dimmed to 200...400W. Iron, dishwasher, oven, electric heater, coffee machine, all internal heating are throttled with me. Videos on my channel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eC2olbCBhh0.html The inverter stays cool, quiet and the MOSFETs + (battery) remain intact because no extreme current peaks arrive at the inverter. Now every Mini PV Inverter is enough to sell large devices. So, with the dimmer, all internal heaters/devices can be converted into base load devices that stay almost permanently ON, drawing very little current directly from the PV. With a wattmeter / energy cost measuring device you can then measure this perfectly in order to set the dimmer optimally. A little hint (for everyone else): Energy cannot be saved. So if I want to boil my water, I always have to use the same amount of energy for one liter. Christian's method relies on a longer period of time with less power in order to be able to use the power provided by the PV as efficiently as possible - so consumption peaks are intercepted. In the end, the energy consumption should even be (slightly) higher due to the interposition of the dimmer, but it doesn't matter, since more efficient coverage by the PV system and therefore better use of the self-generated energy .......... ............. 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞 ..................................
thank you for your work. Does it cools the liquids, really cold ? does it makes any noise ? if you had to choose, if you had one of those at your home, pluged to the electricity, whould you put the water or beer, inside the home refrigerator, or would you put it inside of that cooler in the video ?
hi Joao thanks for the message it does make your drinks very cold if you want it to depending how you set it up it can be used as either a fridge or a freezer. as for the noise in my experience it is very quiet probably just as quiet as your more expencive 12v fridges the only issue you may have with ths particular fridge if you were to use it for cooling drinks is the size being only 9 letres it is quiet small how ever you can fit around 12 cans of beer hope this helps
Mine had a +10 degree discrepancy. Had to set it at -8 degrees celsius on the unit to get an actual temp on my gauge of 2 degrees celsius to have icy cold soft drinks. At -20 degrees on the unit, the actual temp on my gauge read -10 degrees celsius. I noticed the inside walls only just started to sleet with ice crystals. I waited over an hour between each test, PLUS this was with the mains power outlet adapter and getting a full 14.4v in MAX mode.
Hi, thanks for the vid. Playing safe not over stressing any components. What gauge is the cable you had made up, 4 AWG?? (Not the Kings cable) Did a auto electrician crimp the lugs?? Cheers
i have the RV3 and yeah your right setup and packup times are about the same but the tents are definatly just that little bit bigger and heavier when packed down
I noticed two things one is it's an absorption mode which is going to drop how much power it puts in because the battery is almost charge , and the other one is when I have used these panels I used two in series to raise the voltage because 18 volts really needsn't enough if you have a good mmpt as you do
Awesome commentary mate "Who needs a fuckin Kreg bit mate you just fuckin do your own. Fuckin spot on. And it didn't even come out the other side. That's how bloody good I am. Solid"
this setup is a good option i wont lie to you its ot cheep mate but if your willing to pay a little more its the ducks nuts and your knees and back will thank you
@@AverageBlokeAdventures I will happily pay a premium for ease and convenience. Beats sleeping in the wagon and soon pays for itself. Yours is only demo that shows setting up on the stretcher and not manhandling the swag. The aim is to have a quick overnight setup - pull up, extend awning, setup stretcher, setup swag, chuck in sleeping bag and pillow, done, 15 mins tops, then can look at having a frothy and think about dinner, wetting a line (in summer) etc.
@@brianrollins3245 this is definatly a good way to go i travelled for 2 months straight using this exact setup and its still my go to for camping trips now in 2020 i went from perth to lake argyle and back takes around 10 mins to setup and pack down your up off the ground away from most creepy crawlies and with a 4x4 mat is the most comfortable off road sleep system i have ever been in highly recomend this setup
@@AverageBlokeAdventures so you added an extra mat for comfort. What bedding did you use for those cold inland desert nights? I was thinking of a bedroll that could be just chucked inside once set up.
@@brianrollins3245 i had 2 of the mink blankets one on top of the mattress with a normal sheet and the other to go over the top of me was plenty warm most nights
