It can be hard to tell what a good battery is just by looking at the outside of it. Different manufacturers use different materials of various qualities. The end result is all of them work, but the good ones (like Century Batteries) work for longer. Some of the differences include virgin or recycled lead, what material is used on the …
Mobility scooters don’t need to be expensive
Everybody knows someone who could use a mobility scooter or medical scooter. When you check around you quickly see just how much they can be. If you need a very robust unit, then you will indeed have to pay more. But there are other options. The three wheel trikes can be a lot less money, and get can get you …
Battery Connection Types: Series vs. Parallel
When batteries are joined from positive to positive, and negative to negative, this is called parallel. Think of it as a two fences. One for the negatives, one for the positives. They are parallel to each other and never cross over each other. Parallel connections increase the capacity, and keep the voltage the same. If you hooked up two 6 …
What Inverter should I buy?
Inverters take the 12 volts from your batteries and convert it to 110 volts to operate your home appliances. They come in all sizes and are rated in watts for how much energy they can handle. The two main types are Modified Sine Wave and Pure Sine Wave. This refers to how “pure” the electrical signal/current is being transferred through …
How do I charge my RV batteries?
Having a pair of deep cycle 6 volt Golf Cart batteries let’s you dry camp for much longer than a single 12 volt deep cycle. Up to 4 times longer. This is simply because there is more lead in the pair of 6 volts. A pair of them weighs about 120 pounds, where a small deep cycle 12 volt weighs …
What scooter should I buy?
Battery powered scooters are becoming more and more popular. You don’t need a driver’s licence or insurance, they are considered bicycles. They have the same rules on the road as a regular bicycle. There is no oil to check, transmission fluid to check, or things like differential fluid and so on. It must have pedals (ours all do) and you …
Choosing the Right Battery for Your Scooter or E-Bike
Scooters and e-bikes have quite a few sizes of batteries in them. There are universal batteries that fit them, and batteries specifically designated for electric vehicles. They look very similar and both will fit.. The difference is in the quality of construction, and how long they will last. The cheap ones are good for about 100 cycles ( discharge and …
Mono vs. Poly. What solar panel is best?
Solar panels have come a long way. The two main types are called mono or poly. This refers to the structure and the quality of the silicone crystals used in the manufacturing of the panels. The mono’s are considered better, and these can be identified by the diamond shapes in the corner of the squares on the grid. They have …
How is your RV wired?
1. This is shore power 2. This is the solar panel 3. This is the charge controller 4. These are your deep cycle batteries 5. This is your fuse block 6. This in your inverter 7. This is your transfer switch that switches between inputs automatically ( shore power or batteries) 8. This is your converter/charger 9. This is your …
What Size Wire for RV Camping is Best?
Electricity going through wires generates heat and that heat dissipates out of the wire losing that energy. The longer the distance of the wire, the more energy that is lost. To preserve that energy transfer, the farther you go, the thicker wire you need. For example if you wanted to put your solar charge controller (that was handling a 10 …