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    Posted: 28 Jul 2020 at 6:47am
Hey Leo! Please note: Through it all, I didn't mess with the rod holder! 
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Originally posted by offgrid

And you don't need to separately connect the bargeman and solar either. The PV system and the alt can charge in parallel. In fact, if you want you can just connect the solar charge controller at the TV side of the bargeman and it will charge both the TV and trailer batteries. Either use 10AWG wire or add an appropriate fuse where you connect if you use smaller gauge wire. 
I did not realize that. It is good to know. Thank you. In my case though, I did disconnect the Bargman's charge wire since I did run the dedicated circuit for the DC to DC charger. That charger will charge at 14.4V (or 14.6, 14.2 or 14.0V if so selected). Since the alternator has the same regulated feature, this would be higher than the TV's needs and I don't want to cook my TV's battery by feeding the higher voltage back through the system.
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Yes StephenH, your case is different because you don't want to connect Li and PbA batteries in parallel. 
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Posts: 1088 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Jul 2020 at 10:07am
Hey Leo-welcome back
we missed you
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Found some nice inexpensive tie downs for the rack mounted portable panel. I through bolted with 1/4 inch stainless bolt and lock nut. They feel very strong and are quick release.
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I had no doubt!!! That is quite the set up!!!
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Hey Leo. Those little tie downs would make great surf rod holders too!

Busy afternoon here rounding up the herd for branding. Fishing knots are good practice for making the lasso to catch these guys! That's Alfred, Al, Adam, Bob, Billybob, Billy Jr., Bud, Budowski, Baxter, Charlie, Carlos....



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All boy bees no girl bees?  Do you count antenna segments? Tongue
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I start the roundup with the boy bees (drones) 'cuz they are easy to catch and don't have a stinger. The vast majority of the hive are girl worker bees and they can be really mean!

The drones are lazy boys. Their only work is to mate with a queen and only the fittest few will get this pleasure. Otherwise they sit around the hive being looked after by the workers or hang round on the bee equivalent of street corners waiting for a young queen to come by. All summer they luxuriate. But when the weather gets cold the workers drive these passengers outside to die. And yes, its true that when a drone mates with the queen he dies in the act.

Let that sink in...Confused
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I understand the female workers only live 5-6 weeks on average anyway so a drone born early in the season has it pretty good....

Didn't know till I looked up bee reproduction just now that boy bees were haploid and females diploid, So the number of members in each generation going back are the sum of the two preceding ones, the Fibonacci sequence....1,1,2,3,5,6,13,21....Weird. 
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