Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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After a while working with diesel, we're back to electrics! In this video, we convert the 280Ah LFP 48v battery into 2x 560Ah 12v batteries, for a total of 1,120Ah! That should be enough to get Mermaid's Rest home with some creature comforts!

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0:00 - Intro and Tasks
1:09 - New Plans; Trip Route
2:19 - New Plans; Propulsion Batteries
6:08 - New Plans; 12.8v Batteries, 2P4S
9:38 - A Bus Bar Experiment!
10:42 - Planning the 2P4S Battery Boxes
15:46 - Amperage and Wire Gauge
16:51 - 2P4S Bench Assembly
20:42 - Back to Building the Boxes
22:16 - Renogy 40A DC/DC Charger Plans
25:50 - Fridge Failure and Possible Repair
26:50 - Assembling The Batteries in the Boxes
30:19 - Nuts! My Bolts Are Too Long
31:55 - Stickers and Knives and Oops and Learning!
35:10 - Sparks and Extending Screen Cables
37:35 - Nuts! I'm Missing Nuts - Another Experiment!
39:38 - Testing the Assembled Pack
40:31 - Copy/Paste Speedrun!
41:30 - What's Next?

* Speedrun Music;
Corncob - Country by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100565

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