Wind Turbine

Originally posted by Olddawgsrule Depending on your vehicle, depending on how much amperage/wattage you need to replace, depending on how much you drive on a particular day... Think DC/DC charger. Ya, the Pod has one built in, but is it as good as a dedicated unit? What I'm seeing my DC/DC charger is so much better. I don't carry my solar any longer. I also don't stay put for more than a few days (tops). For me, it works awesome! Could it for you.. depends.

I am definitely finding that the DC to DC charger I installed along with the dedicated circuit to run it works great. The Frontier could not charge the LiFePO4 battery. I figured this out when we made a trip to Florida after installing the LiFePO4 battery but before I figured out we needed the DC to DC charger. I started with a full battery and after our drive down, ended up with a battery at about 60% charge. Part of the issue is the Frontier's adaptive alternator. It can't put out the voltage needed to charge the LiFePO4 battery because it is using the Frontier's Pb-A battery for reference.

Originally posted by Olddawgsrule Depending on your vehicle, depending on how much amperage/wattage you need to replace, depending on how much you drive on a particular day... Think DC/DC charger. Ya, the Pod has one built in, but is it as good as a dedicated unit? What I'm seeing my DC/DC charger is so much better. I don't carry my solar any longer. I also don't stay put for more than a few days (tops). For me, it works awesome! Could it for you.. depends.

Try living on the OBX if you want to stress out whenever there’s a tropical storm. Hatteras was evac’d Saturday. First time in 20 years that I can watch the hurricane models and not have to worry. Who hoo, I love living at 2500 ft elev on top of a hill 200 miles inland with no trees close to the house.

Re wind turbines, their power production goes with the cube of the wind speed so they’ll produce around 8x at 30 what they’ll produce at 15 mph. Above about 30 they are supposed to furl. So you’ll be charging like crazy just before the storm center hits and either it furls or blows away. 😱

If you are a weather nerd like I am check out tropicaltidbits. You can bring up the various global weather models and get a detailed look at the wind and rain expected in your area over time.