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  1. bruceb58

    Solar charging batteries

    Can your battery case be opened with screws? If so, you could measure each cell and see what the voltages are.
  2. bruceb58

    Solar charging batteries

    LOL...What voltage batteries did you have that were LiFePO4? What brand tool? Show a link to the battery you are talking about! BTW...Google is your friend.
  3. bruceb58

    Water in bilge

    I just helped a friend who had a similar issue with his Volvo Penta. Once he yanked his boat I found the bellows had a 1/2" open crack in it. I could tell it had been changed at one point since the clamp was in the wrong position. When was the last time you had your bellows replaced? You said...
  4. bruceb58

    Solar charging batteries

    They have NEVER been LiFePO4. Before Lithium NMC, they we NiMH
  5. bruceb58

    Solar charging batteries

    Batteries for power tools including Dewalt and Black and Decker use Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide batteries. They do not use LiFePO4. A BMS uses around 1mA unless it's bluetooth(if it has that feature) is active. Even with a small drain like that, it will draw down a 100AH battery in a...
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    Solar charging batteries

    Your battery is toast. If you let them sit that long, one or more of the 4 cells self discharged lower than minimal cell voltage which is around 2.5V. There is likely no recovery.
  7. bruceb58

    2025 NFL/CFB News and Nonsense

    There are talks of Franklin going to UCLA...hope that does NOT happen. UCLA should keep Skipper and Jerry Neuheisel for at least one more season.
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    Trailer Load musings

    Here is an example...My travel trailer weighs 6500# with 5700# on the tandem axles. That's 1425# /tire. A passenger tire of the same size I use is 1360#/tire after derating...not enough and definitely no margin. I have 3500# axles so they would not even come close to meeting the spec for the...
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    Restoration of 08 Avalon - need to make the right choices

    I buy my vinyl and other fabric through Trivantage. My brother was an auto dealer so I was able to get signed up with them through him. Any upholsterer will have access to that company. They sell a LOT of different vinyl. I sew mainly boat covers. I get all my Sunbrella from them.
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    Restoration of 08 Avalon - need to make the right choices

    Any uphosterer can get fabric if you request it.
  11. bruceb58

    Trailer Load musings

    If you use passenger tires, you need to derate the weight carrying by 10%. I have never owned a trailer that I could buy passenger tires for and have enough weight carrying capability....not even close!
  12. bruceb58

    Bellow condition??

    There is plenty of area to drill and tap a new hole.
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    Trailer Load musings

    My brother had a trailer built for his 26' Formula and the guy that made it told him he had to go torsion with a triple axle because of how the spring perches wouldn't work with leaf springs on that particular trailer. Sounded like a bunch of BS to me. No way a 26' boat needs to be on a triple...
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    Restoration of 08 Avalon - need to make the right choices

    If you want darker colors that are actually pretty cool look into coolfeel vinyl. It's what Mastercraft uses. Probably pricey though.
  15. bruceb58

    Bellow condition??

    I installed one on my Volvo. You need to remove the pivot housing. Not a big deal.
  16. bruceb58

    Bellow condition??

    I just saw the pictures! Holy Crap!
  17. bruceb58

    Trailer Load musings

    If you hit a bump, with a tandem torsion axle trailer, all the force of the impact will get transferred to the forward axle....not so with a leaf spring trailer. Its one of the reasons so many people have bent spindles on torsion axles. They don't share the load between axles like a leaf spring...
  18. bruceb58

    Trailer Load musings

    Unless you have a trailer with torsion axles(like I do), the equalizer causes each tire to have the exact same weight. I hate torsion axles...wish I had regular leaf springs.
  19. bruceb58

    Charging a LiFePO4 via an Inverter

    Kinda curious...you have any experience using lithium batteries?
  20. bruceb58

    Charging a LiFePO4 via an Inverter

    Depends on the battery. Some Lithium batteries that are rated for use to start engines are designed not to accept their max capable charge.
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