These older vehicles tend not to have massive alternators and are usually sized for the vehicle itself with a little extra for a vew accessories. 40A+ is a lot of overhead to ask, adding another 40A will either end in causing the chargers to cut in and out when supply voltage drops below minimum, or (more likely), you will soon burn out the windings in the alternator. It's worth noting that many alternators are about %50 efficient, that means for every 1KW of kenetic power they pull from the motor, they burn 500W in heat and provide 500w in electrical energy to the drain device. That's a lot of heat at low speeds. Another approach to charging (without upgrading the alternator) would be to have a separate Solar charger. This way you can charge with solar and alternator at the same time and in theory (with your 600w of solar) almost half the charging time.
@@Sethjxl 100% agree mate. Definitely wouldn’t want to work the alternator too hard. We have seen people use solar MPPT chargers as well as the DC-DC. Seems like a great option! Cheers
Quiero felicitarlos por la prolijidad con la que trabajan y como están armando el RV. Compré un Hyundai County, similar al de ustedes y estoy ansioso por ver como lo están armando. Soy de Argentina
Hey guys ive got a really stupid question here, ive just brought an iTechworld 120x with the M8 bolt terminals. I have no idea how these terminals work. Am i supposed to put the lugs underneath the bolt and both washers and tighten the terminal down? One of the washers is split, is this supposed to be tightened until the split washer flattens out? How many ring lugs can you attach to a terminal before the connection suffers? There wasnt much wiring or installation info with the battery at all
Yep…that’s me unsubscribed. More itech junk getting pushed onto people. If they spent as much on quality control as they did on marketing their product might be ok!!
@@adampreston285 I own a business that specialises in off grid battery setups. We unfortunately have a huge amount of issues with itech gear and often the customers are left high and dry as their warranty and backup is as bad as their products. Had failures of pretty much everything they sell from batteries to inverters and everything in between. Also seen 4-5 of their jumper packs expand so badly that the essentially blow the case apart (not explosively but from the force of the battery expanding).
@@shanenorwell8580 Hey mate, that's unfortunate. However, for a system like this, every other decent brand would charge 2-3 times the price. I see why iTechworld is a popular option. I've never heard of any problems from friends that use their gear so we are happy to test it out.
Hey guys, question. Where did you place your fuse block along your circuit ? Where is it located exactly? Many thanks
wow 150amp output on solar panels, Sign me up!
Haha cool bus tho!
Great quality videos mate please upload more often though 🙏
With such a big battery setup I would consider running two of the 40 amp DC/DC chargers in parallel.
Thanks for the feedback mate! We'll see how this performs first. Could be something to think about in the future.
These older vehicles tend not to have massive alternators and are usually sized for the vehicle itself with a little extra for a vew accessories. 40A+ is a lot of overhead to ask, adding another 40A will either end in causing the chargers to cut in and out when supply voltage drops below minimum, or (more likely), you will soon burn out the windings in the alternator.
It's worth noting that many alternators are about %50 efficient, that means for every 1KW of kenetic power they pull from the motor, they burn 500W in heat and provide 500w in electrical energy to the drain device. That's a lot of heat at low speeds.
Another approach to charging (without upgrading the alternator) would be to have a separate Solar charger. This way you can charge with solar and alternator at the same time and in theory (with your 600w of solar) almost half the charging time.
@@Sethjxl 100% agree mate. Definitely wouldn’t want to work the alternator too hard. We have seen people use solar MPPT chargers as well as the DC-DC. Seems like a great option! Cheers
Quiero felicitarlos por la prolijidad con la que trabajan y como están armando el RV. Compré un Hyundai County, similar al de ustedes y estoy ansioso por ver como lo están armando. Soy de Argentina
Hey guys ive got a really stupid question here, ive just brought an iTechworld 120x with the M8 bolt terminals. I have no idea how these terminals work.
Am i supposed to put the lugs underneath the bolt and both washers and tighten the terminal down?
One of the washers is split, is this supposed to be tightened until the split washer flattens out?
How many ring lugs can you attach to a terminal before the connection suffers?
There wasnt much wiring or installation info with the battery at all
I like your videos guys but after a year of having the bus I thought it would have been further along? 😂
Time to crack the whip krystina?
Hahaha trust me we did too 😂 I guess not having a clue what we are doing and running our own business has made it a lot slower!
Yep…that’s me unsubscribed. More itech junk getting pushed onto people. If they spent as much on quality control as they did on marketing their product might be ok!!
I have never had a problem with any of my itech gear. What negative exprecies have you had
@@adampreston285 I own a business that specialises in off grid battery setups. We unfortunately have a huge amount of issues with itech gear and often the customers are left high and dry as their warranty and backup is as bad as their products. Had failures of pretty much everything they sell from batteries to inverters and everything in between. Also seen 4-5 of their jumper packs expand so badly that the essentially blow the case apart (not explosively but from the force of the battery expanding).
@@shanenorwell8580 Hey mate, that's unfortunate. However, for a system like this, every other decent brand would charge 2-3 times the price. I see why iTechworld is a popular option. I've never heard of any problems from friends that use their gear so we are happy to test it out.