You Need Lithium Batteries and They’re Not Hard To Install!

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  • This 300Ah lithium battery from ‪@epochbatteries‬ is one of the best, easiest, and most cost-effective power upgrades you can make to your RV. It's affordable, packed with features, and easy to install. Come along with us as two very non-technical guys show you just how simple this upgrade can be!
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    ⏱ Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    1:27 The Battery
    3:23 Out With the Old
    5:35 In With the New
    9:12 Charger Configuration
    11:28 Plugging It All In
    12:53 Mounting the Battery
    13:58 Final Thoughts
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  • @HomeMeetsRoad
    @HomeMeetsRoad 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Tingly elbow? My knees get a sharp pain for a split second when I see someone else fall/biff it in real life or a video. It’s phantom pain 😂

  • @triphius
    @triphius 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was with you in spirit! Excellent work y’all. 🎉

  • @triphius
    @triphius 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    8:46 The only way you wouldn’t get that arc is if you weren’t actually completing a circuit. So if you had, for example, a positive cut off switch for the battery and it was turned off, there would be no arc as the circuit is interrupted.
    But Ben, you say… isn’t the battery disconnect switch exactly what you’re describing? Unfortunately, on most RV’s that switch doesn’t disconnect everything. There is often still some completed circuit on the battery side of the switch. It could be something like the emergency break-away brake controller. It’s generally safety equipment that the manufacturer does not want to ever be without power.

    • @erinnesslage
      @erinnesslage 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Always helpful, even from afar! ❤

  • @toms5676
    @toms5676 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    great content guys!

  • @robbishop6450
    @robbishop6450 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow, such a small size for the capacity.. great job 👏

  • @davelorenz2981
    @davelorenz2981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Looked on vid like neg cable needed clearance from positive post. Looked like it would rub and eventually short out. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I adjusted it when I added the strap, nothing is touching

  • @merlpriester
    @merlpriester 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I put mine and all the connections inside a plastic box and kept all the lead batteries also. Put a 1 or 2 or off switch in. Not a 1+2 that would be bad. Also a charger like yours that does both profiles. A switch on the charger turns it on or off and selects the profile i want. I had room so why not. Solar charges the LiFePo4 as well. 800 watts of solar.

  • @BradLMN
    @BradLMN 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video on the install. That is a great size for a 300ah battery. Epoch knocked it out of the park with that one!
    I am curious as to where you got the tie downs for the strap?
    I picked up a few to hold ours down the same way...they worked, but we're very thin & bent a little while I tightened the ratchet strap.
    The ones you used looked a little stronger than what I found.

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We got this exact set and they were quite nice and very sturdy: www.amazon.com/dp/B09CLDY32J/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_6WP8WW1B2GJP0WNQS448?linkCode=ml2&tag=five2go-20

    • @BradLMN
      @BradLMN 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Five2Go thank you for the link.

  • @sneidsontheroad
    @sneidsontheroad 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So did you ever get the chance to go meet up with Epoch in GA? Or Tamla? Can't remember but very curious about that episode...

  • @healeybob1
    @healeybob1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would move the neg cable from rubbing on the pos post.

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I swung it around a bit farther when I was putting the strap on the battery, it’s not touching

  • @CS30123
    @CS30123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They also just came out with a 460ah version of the essentials battery for $1400. Im curious if the inside build quality is as good as their higher end 460ah battery. RoyPow makes the higher end one. Not sure who they have making these.

  • @samfish6938
    @samfish6938 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Use 40 ohm resistor to stop spark on battery connect between battery lead and battery before you connect battery just hold it to battery
    Then remove and connect battery no sparks or tingling elbow

  • @theunknowntinman
    @theunknowntinman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are there any issues now that you have your tow vehicle charging the new battery through the 7 pin wire? I've heard talk about it being damaging to lithium batteries vs lead acid???

  • @Coronado-nz7wu
    @Coronado-nz7wu 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Epoch batteries are nice, but twice the price?

  • @jameshelm2847
    @jameshelm2847 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What is the size difference between the old batteries and the new EPOCH battery? Could the new EPOCH battery have fit in the existing battery container?

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The battery we put in was 1” larger in each direction so it wouldn’t fit in those boxes but it’s a LOT smaller than those two combined.

    • @jameshelm2847
      @jameshelm2847 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Five2Go Thank you.

  • @kilcranp
    @kilcranp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is there any chance that the charger was accessible from a wall panel on the other side of the charger?

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There aren’t any access panels over there, we made sure of that before he crawled in there. Unfortunately it’s not the least accessible piece of hardware I’ve ever seen in an RV 😜

  • @taichanie
    @taichanie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My converter was a lot easier to switch. Remove faceplate. Move switch. Reinstall faceplate. All inside the camper. Of course buying the camper with lithium and that switch not being done by the factory. Very annoying.

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s definitely easier! We’re glad Chris’s RV had the option - not having to replace the charger is huge

  • @meistersonthemove
    @meistersonthemove 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such a horrible spot for that charger box! I’m now curious where mine is. Probably somewhere dumb.

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Almost assuredly 🤣

  • @chrisw9451
    @chrisw9451 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How is there an arc when you opened the battery disconnect before you started working. Are you sure that wasn't a solar disconnect?

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The battery was disconnected from the RV but it’s still completing a circuit on the battery side of that disconnect. The only way for it to not arc is to turn the battery discharge off, which this model of battery doesn’t have. The Epoch 300Ah V2 that I have in my RV can be “turned off” so there’s no charge anywhere when working with it.

  • @GrassAddicts
    @GrassAddicts 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My RV is 12v system. Will this 12.8 work? (Sorry, I’m an RV noob) 😂

    • @Five2Go
      @Five2Go  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, these are made for any 12V system such as those in RVs or boats

  • @scottfirman
    @scottfirman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you have an older RV, your charging system will not properly charge a lithium battery. It was designed to charge lead acid batteries, not lithium.

  • @talk2hubba
    @talk2hubba 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1 300 Ah not enough, need more...?