Like many camps, the wind on opening weekend played hell with our camp. We are looking to replace our main shade structure. Does anyone have experience with 3 peak canopies?

I have 28 5 ft long sections of EMT conduit. What is the best way people have found to bundle that up for easy storage, handling, and transport?

As an update to this post; it was last responded to in 2015. MUCH has transpired in the battery world since then. In this day and age (2024), I would heartily recommend LifePo4 batteries. They have come way down in price and perform well on playa. I've been using them on playa and everywhere else si...

That's a really big battery! What BMS did you find that can handle that? And is that a Class-T fuse I see there? Good on ya! 8) That is indeed a Class-T fuse. I have a 100A BMS, but I bypass it for the inverter and use a SCR tied to the BMS on one end and the inverter remote switch on the other end...

Looks pretty nice. Are you going to use solar to charge it or will that meet all your power needs without? I have 750W of solar panels on the roof. I have used this setup to run a 5K BTU window air conditioner for 6 hours/day on playa without the new battery. I also setup a charging station to gift...

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Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:40 am

I used Will Prowse information to build my setup

https://diysolarforum.com/members/will-prowse.1/

Post some pix please!

Post some pix please!

Hi, I also build batteries. Not as big as yours. My most recent is just a 100 Ah LiFeP04. 60 amp bms. It really is fun and used to be far cheaper than buying a 12 volt LFP. However prices have come way down. I went to Renegade and powered my camp and ebikes from a Chins LFP. Worked great. Radio Pos...

I built this battery from bare 3.2V cells and other assorted bits. Here are some features: 1- 460Ah/6,000Wh. All useable, but as a practical matter about 80% useable. 2- Weighs about 85 pounds. 3- Can safely charge and discharge at a 460A rate. That means I can run my microwave, toaster, art project...

"Is there anything that just didn't work as well as you had hoped or anything you plan on changing for next time? :D This thing exceeded my expectations. Aside from higher humidity, we had less wind as well, although it was hot as fuck. The only thing I would change is the addition of 2 ball valves...

I know this thread is 6.2 million years old, but this is the design I brought last year and I thought I would post in the event someone could use the ideas. To give credit where credit is due, I have taken my inspiration from The CO’s MK VIIa2 Evaporator. I do have 465 Watts of solar panels on the r...

Mason Jar Revival at 8:00 & B.

Curious to know how the MK VIIa2 Evaporator worked on Playa. Any updates or modifications to improve performance?

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