Battery Powered Air Conditioning? Redodo Battery Upgrade & Boondock Test 

I think you are officially a solar and battery addicted!! Lol good vid!

So, so good to see Piper running around!!!!🐾❤️

Another great job! It might be time for Mike and Lynn to start a side business installing solar on rv's !

Hi both. Nice job looking forward to the next one. Stay safe and well 🫶👍🇬🇧

Glad for your solar lithium Victron power system. We love ours for the same reasons. However, I was an early adopter in May 2020 so much more expensive and Battle Born was best in class then. I like the Redodo batteries for compact 410AH footprint, Bluetooth, and cell monitoring. Victron's best in class and you will love your RV even more with its own per plant.

Well done!!!

Awesome video,Y’all are the envy of all the campground ❤ 😊

Those new chairs look awesome! I just wish the heated models were in stock at Realead or Amazon. I guess I’ll have to keep looking and waiting.

heart stopping intro today... thanks. Hate you got sick but relieved to know you ae feeling better!

I just bought chairs similar with the cup holder being part of that side pouch thing which holds the cup at a really awkward angle so I bought a cup holder meant to be mounted on motorcycle handlebars and it works great

You both are frigging awesome love the videos

Fantastic job guys! You've sure got lots of deployable panels to boost your roof array! Your solar should do just fine for your 10.5kwh battery bank running a single A/C - especially if you're not FT like we are. Sweet doggies. I'm sure they loved a taste of that cheese steak too. I really enjoy seeing the different power solutions fellow boondockers use. We're retired FT RVers who discovered we love to boondock. We've been FT for the last 5 years in a 1999 National Tropical. It was the best decision we ever made. We have recently expanded our solar system as we find ourselves boondocking more often - for 10 months last year. We designed and built our large solar system ourselves, which allows us to be electrically self-sufficient, without the need to connect to the grid anymore. We started by building a 620-watt liftable solar array on the side of our motorhome using 2, 310w panels. Our side array makes a nice bedroom window awning too, practically lifting itself with a couple gas struts, and it's easy to clean, standing safely on the ground. Lifting the array to the exact angle needed improves its efficiency 20-30% compared to horizontally mounted panels, even more in the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky as you guys know from your deployable panels. This website tells us the precise angle we need based upon our location and month. www.solarelectricityhandbook.com/solar-angle-calculator.html You might find it useful. Next, we built a 12v, 560ah (7.1kwh) LiFePo-4 battery using 8, 280ah prismatic cells and a Heltec 330amp (1,200a surge) BMS to start our generator. These cells fit perfectly under the steps of our MH where our old pair of golf cart batteries used to reside. We insulated the battery compartment, cut a small hole in our step risers and installed a tiny computer CPU fan to keep this space at close to room temperature, so we don't have to worry about the BMS shutting down charging due to low temperature - or their life reduced from getting too hot. If you add all our 12v system components together including the liftable array, wiring, converter/charger, inverter, charge controller, breakers, wiring, battery monitor, etc. this system cost us under $3,500. It has already paid for itself several times over the last 5 years, not just in the cost of electricity, but the cost of staying in RV parks. By mounting the solar array on the side of our coach, we left the roof free to rack 8, 550w solar panels down the length of our 35ft Class A, 15" off the roof, above our AC, vents, etc. It shades our entire roof, allowing plenty of cooling air underneath, increasing solar output and reducing the heat load on the air conditioners. Our 4,400w array can run both our A/Cs, our household appliances and charge our batteries at the same time, even in winter. We can even run our mini split heat pump 24/7 providing both A/C and heat powered by the sun. We use a Sungold Power all-in-one 48V, 5,000W Inverter/100A charge controller/battery charger, saving us space as well as money compared to a system built with individual components. We chose this particular unit because it supports up to 500 volts of solar power which was needed for our 400voc solar array. This all-in-one unit has the same 99% charging and 95% inverter efficiency as the Victron, though it lacks some of the bells and whistles to come in at only $764. Our 48v battery uses 16, 320ah prismatic cells and a 200amp BMS to keep it safe. Together with our 7.1 kwh 12v bank, we have a total of 23.5 kwh of batteries onboard - kept charged by 5,020 watts of solar. We removed our old rooftop bedroom A/C and replaced it with an EG4 28.5 seer-2 mini-split heat pump on the upper rear of our motorhome. It's super quiet and cools as well as our 14.5k btu soft start equipped Furrion we have up front, but only draws about 1/3rd the power. It heats efficiently too, reducing our propane usage. Our total budget for both 12v and 48v systems was around $11,500, including the $1,500 high-efficiency heat pump. We have no need to hook-up to power pedestals or run our generator anymore, as we run everything in our MH strictly off the sun. We travel around the country, visiting National Parks, and doing the tourist thing, mostly boondocking out west. We spent last winter in Yuma, AZ, but we're visiting our son in NC now, where boon-docking places are pretty rare. We found an RV park that is letting us camp in a spacious site without hook-ups for only $100/mo., saving us $500/mo. off their FHU rates. Having options is good. We hope to see you on the road one day! You can make us a couple of those great looking cheesesteak sandwiches and we'll make you some sushi, as I'm a retired sushi chef and still make it often. You should see what our freezer looks like - everything from squid and octopus to fermented soybeans and real wasabi. Take care.

Great video Lynn and Mike. Would love to add solar to my camper when I get it.

Awesome video and I hope you are feeling better dear friend

I;m glad the experiment went well and I hope Lynn is back to 100%

A new game called , keeping up with the Wagners. Not really as you have done it before me . Which is very good as you are running the tests i need to know . Great stuff , keep the info coming . As i will be changing out our inverter for the multi plus and adding a second 460 AH battery . All of which i had planned to do .

Awesome video! 5 ⭐️ PM, Hag Md

The dogs had a blast being loose, huh? Y'all have fun!!

Thats a crazy name redodo

Great job! One thought, You could build a shelf above the batteries for storage or a shelf to stack the batteries to give you more room for storage.

If you have a Coleman Mach AC unit. I highly recommend the Coleman Mach Soft start. I just installed one on our 15k & one on our 13.5k units. Super simple install & works extremely well! Another great video...thank you.

Everyone talks about chairs having mesh for ventilation. Those look sooo comfortable. Let us know if they’re hot to sit in. I really like them.

Great battery setup! It's too bad the Jeep Wrangler 4xe (plug-in hybrid) isn't available in 2-door; You could easily charge it!

All set for long term BOONDOCKING, (in WalMart parking lots, lol). No need for crowded ""parking lot"" RV parks. Just think of all those rivers and. Lake shores... do you like fishing? Maybe charter on a walleye fishing boat. We enjoyed fishong around Ohio. Pan fried fresh fish in a cast iron skillet over the camp fire. I can picture Lin cleaning some perch with a Cutco filet knife...

Now you all need more panels! Lol 😅

Around 2:07 I think I saw my favorite tape measurer, Lufkin Self-Centering Tape Measure. I really like mine. As Jethro Bodine would say takes a lot of “ciphering” out of the picture.

Where's the flux capacitor? 😅

Mike, is that little gizmo on the side of the battery a low temp cutoff or something else? With all of that solar and batteries I'm thinking you guys could go forever without hooking up. Keep the good stuff coming guys and give the pups a treat for me, maybe 2.

How do you like that little Blackstone? I have the next size up (22-inch 2 burner) and I really like it. I have WT-Forecast too on the Nasty setting! ~ LoL

Yes bikini season is here🎉❤😅

MO POWER!!! Good video. A while back you mentioned that you were having trouble with your 12v fridge. Is it still working good?

Moving the solar controller might give enough room for the vacuum.

Some folks have said their Multiplus is loud and gives off a lot of heat. I think they said the charger hums and the fan is noisy. Have you run yours enough for the fan to come on and do you find it noisy? Give off much heat? Thanks!

Hell no I do not agree with your shirt what it says pet all the dogs 😂because I pet the wrong dog and it bite me 😂

Cool set up, can't you stack your batteries, it would take up less room, just asking cause I've seen others do it, I know you will give me a good answer, thanks from your Ozark chicken Hauler lol. Get a easy start.

Get a soft start on that AC. Cheap

I know two things about Solar…1-how to spell solar and 2- the sun is involved….I am certainly curious about if a solar system is right for me. What is a ballpark cost of a similar system that you have? Again just seeking a ballpark amount as I really have no idea. Thanks!

Another great video, but lacking with the bikini 😂😂😂

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Thanks for setting me straight on the name you ears must have been burning every time you said redodo. Get better lynn.

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Man your a rolling power plant …….

Can I charge (for the first time) a SOA 206ah Lithium Ion battery off of a 12V battery tender, before I install it? I guess they recommend fully charging it and waking the battery up by doing so……….

Sorry You got sick hope You feel better soon. Love the fact you all have so much solar and that it gets charged up quickly with the Sun. I noticed your Families place right away. Wow I might be a fan of the Chanel. 😅😅 Keep up the great work Guys.