Turns out my battries are junk, at least for using them to run anything. I could probably use them to run some LEDS or something small.
But sadly, they have bad cells, and apparently, I need a new battery tester.
According to mine they are good but need recharged, which I thought was odd since they are hooked up to the solar panels.
However, when I started to use the washing machine it must have pushed them over the edge because with a good battery tester that I’d borrowed show dead cells in each battery.
Oh well, such is life. Expand a little and figure out what you need to keep it going forward. I have a couple of 100ah lifepo4 battries coming. With them, I should be able to wash and hopefully dry the clothes when they can’t be hung out on the line.
I also have a lot of 3.2 volt lifepo4 batteries that I’d bought as used, however they appear new, which may sound like a great deal.
However, it also means the lugs are not threaded, and there is no way to connect the cells together to make 12 volt battries as I’d intended to do.
It’s recommended that lugs be laser welded on. However I don’t know that there is anyone anywhere close to here that had one, and I’m not spending thousands of dollars to buy one.
I’m going to try to figure out a way to clamp them down or perhaps spot weld something onto them.
Anyway, that is a story for another time. I’ll update you as that as I make progress on it.
Tonight’s post is short, I’m tired and need sleep. Thank you for stopping by.
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