Beemer533
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- First Name
- Zion
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- 2021 JT Mojave
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- Field Engineer
Yeah, you are correct, I was definitely recalling the wrong number lol.The Cascadia system ONLY charges AGM. So another charge controller would be necessary for a lithium system. Lithium, AGM, wet led acid, all take different charging profiles. Not all chargers are capable of charging all of the different profiles, and you would need a separate charger for the AGM vs lithium anyway because the two systems cannot be directly connected together.
I am doubting that 0.8ah spec - that would be lower than any fridge ever. Engle is known for drawing the lowest amount of power as it uses a rotary compressor where as everyone else uses a standard style, and they spec an average of 1.5 with a max of 2.5ah. I could be wrong, but that doesn't compute at all. Have you put an actual DVM inline with it to see what it really pulls - not looking just at the app? Actually, I just looked at the domestic site. they spec 0.84ah but that is for 110V AC power like in your house. Their 12v DC power spec is 8.9ah. That sounds more appropriate.
It is interesting to note though that even with all the calculations in the world, real world usages can vary a ton!
The duty cycle is quite low though I was very impressed with the run time.
Yeah, all the calculations definitely have a lot of margin of error I guess you could say.
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