Connecting Solar Forklift Battery To Tiny Home & Something New

The day after my failure to move the forklift battery bank with a homemade cart I had some friends visiting. They decided to help me move the forklift battery by brute force.Show more

I had the propane company over installing my propane lines professionally. I had connected my propane cook stove to a 20 lb tank myself after I started building my tiny home. But I wanted the pros to install it properly and up to code.

I had ordered two 100 gallon tanks of propane and the lines connecting my stove and heater way back in November. But due to bad weather conditions they only just got out to do the installation on Friday.

I now have a properly installed blue flame heater which my parents gave me back in Thanksgiving and my gas stove is connected to the large tanks.

They installed a coated copper line which meats code when passing through the wall next to electrical wiring.

The blue flame heater makes a good stand by heater for me when I am gone for a long time from the tiny house or when the wood stove goes out.

Now I can safely connect running water in the tiny house on wheels without fear of losing it all.

My friend from Austria and John helped me push the forklift battery over to the tiny house on wheels. We put some 2x4s under the pallet wagon I had built. I do believe the wagon would have worked if the wheels had not been bad out of the store.

But with the wheels and some 2x4s used as skids under the pallet we managed to push the battery over to the back of the tiny house.

It was a job moving the boards after every few feet of moving but it worked out.

The recent ice storm helped a lot. The boards were coated in ice. So was the ground. This made everything very slippery and made our job easier. I dont think it would have gone so well if not for all the ice on the ground.

We had to manhandle the battery onto the pallet behind the tiny house though. This was not easy with a 700 pound battery. But we got it in place.

I wired the new solar forklift battery into the tiny house on wheels. My MPPT solar charge controller and 800 watts of solar panels should keep this forklift battery in shape for many years to come.

I have to put a good charge on the battery though because it had been sitting for about two weeks with no charge on it. The voltage was 12.13 volts when I tested it out.

In the evening I ran my HF 800 watt generator with a battery charger to get 20 amps of power into the battery bank per hour. This should help and it gave me some power in the tiny house for the evening.

Finally I have my new solar forklift battery installed in place and powering my tiny house on wheels.

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