Thank you Todd. Had a great experience in your class and hope to return in 2025 for more education. Have a great Thanksgiving! Mark in Pittsburgh. Go Steelers!!!
Thank you Todd, as always I appreciate the 2MTTT. In talking battery discharge cycles I understand a full discharge is a cycle. What about discharging 1-10% overnight & then the solar panels charging during the day? Does 1-10% count as a cycle? Does 1-10% harm my Lithium batteries, not taking them to a full discharge cycle? Thank you Rvtraveler j
Great video as always, but you really need to drop the "2 minute" moniker. I don't think you have ever made a 2 minute long tech tip 😂😂😂 Keep them coming!
Thanks for explaining the differences between the batteries and how much of a percentage you can discharge. The part I am still a little confused about is the active versus nonactive balancing. So how do I know if my lithium battery is balanced? If after receiving your answer I discover it is not balanced, how do I go about balancing it. The reason I ask is because I replaced a deep cycle 100 watt lead acid battery that came with my new small camper with a 400 watt lithium battery and only use it about 6 or 7 times a year over the May - October seasons. I have occasionally run it down till I had no electricity and this last camping trip I still had electricity and when I put the charger on the battery when I got home the charger read 0.18 something capacity. I figured that meant it was just about ready to die. Now that I know I shouldn’t let it get below 10.0 I’ll be more careful. Also, I notice too that while charging the voltage doesn’t read 14. whatever, rather it is always 13 something. Does that mean my battery is damaged or unbalanced? I look forward to reading your reply, or someone’s response, so I can get the best use out of this very expensive battery.
@@Umi-imU-We-Are-One yes you want to make sure that your current charger can charge lithium. Most newer model RVs provide options on the charger/converter.
If i have a travel trailer and want to switch to a lithium battery can it still go where the original battery was or do i have to put it in my storage bay
OK so Here is something I am pondering today. Brand New Brinkley Z Air 310 Travel Trailer has a 12v 16CF Refrigerator I am adding a robust Peplink, router w/ access point wired for 12v ( MobileMustHave) It came stock with a die hard silver lead acid battery group 27 370 watt solar and charger. Reasonably sure it was a dealer cost saver- I get that. I just today booked an install with the Big Beard Team in January(20-24) for a 24v dual inverter set up with 2 beast batteries. I assume we will leave the current solar and 12 v alone- unless you say otherwise. It seems to me the current 12v battery is a bit small- I know we will be charging through the native charger when the solar is done. However should I be adding a better AGM battery for the 12v side? how many AH should I be considering or am I simply overthinking it..... I am so looking forward to getting the BBB solar in this one- I feel naked without an array on the roof. Thanks for the wisdom!
It sounds like your two Big Beard batteries will be linked in series to produce 24 volts. That's very uncommon, and I'm not sure what the benefit would be other than some of the wiring being smaller gauge. Keeping everything consistently 12 volts would be far simpler, and you could use one (or multiple) Victron inverter/chargers to handle everything in a single unit. That's what we've done as full-timers for over 18 months, and it's nearly a flawless setup.
@@calledtojourney This will two 24v 300AH batteries referred to as the beast on the big beard website. There will be 2 24v Victron MP in parallel as well. I think they tend to leave the factory 12v system intact but I clearly can not speak for the BB crew. I just question the 12 stock battery capacity. However with the house charger I may be overthinking the issue. I do appreciate your input. I may just have to wait until I have the rig there for them to see. I have no major boondocking planned until spring and I do have generators for backup.
What truth is there to "You don't need a DC to DC charger from your tow vehicle anymore for lithium batteries"? Has there been an update in technology that allows this now?
@@benhernandez9499 not updated tech. But the fact that if you do not upgrade the wires in the 7-pin connector (for towables only) the wire becomes the resostance needed to protect the alternator. Now for motorcoaches either a bim or dc-dc would be needed.
Anyone who's using their RV more than a week out of the year would benefit from switching to lithium batteries, even from a cost perspective. If you switch RVs in a few years, just take your batteries with you if you want. Good lithium batteries will last AT LEAST 10 years and perhaps far longer, depending on how they're used. Lead acid batteries are heavy, take a long time to charge, can be cycled far less, and may require ongoing maintenance. No, no, no, no.
Great information
Thank you Todd. Had a great experience in your class and hope to return in 2025 for more education. Have a great Thanksgiving! Mark in Pittsburgh. Go Steelers!!!
Thank you Todd, as always I appreciate the 2MTTT.
In talking battery discharge cycles I understand a full discharge is a cycle.
What about discharging 1-10% overnight & then the solar panels charging during the day?
Does 1-10% count as a cycle?
Does 1-10% harm my Lithium batteries, not taking them to a full discharge cycle?
Thank you
Rvtraveler j
Great video as always, but you really need to drop the "2 minute" moniker. I don't think you have ever made a 2 minute long tech tip 😂😂😂 Keep them coming!
Thanks for explaining the differences between the batteries and how much of a percentage you can discharge. The part I am still a little confused about is the active versus nonactive balancing. So how do I know if my lithium battery is balanced? If after receiving your answer I discover it is not balanced, how do I go about balancing it.
The reason I ask is because I replaced a deep cycle 100 watt lead acid battery that came with my new small camper with a 400 watt lithium battery
and only use it about 6 or 7 times a year over the May - October seasons. I have occasionally run it down till I had no electricity and this last camping trip I still had electricity and when I put the charger on the battery when I got home the charger read 0.18 something capacity. I figured that meant it was just about ready to die. Now that I know I shouldn’t let it get below 10.0 I’ll be more careful. Also, I notice too that while charging the voltage doesn’t read 14. whatever, rather it is always 13 something. Does that mean my battery is damaged or unbalanced?
I look forward to reading your reply, or someone’s response, so I can get the best use out of this very expensive battery.
I would like to know the answer to that also.
(Curious in OH) 😂
Don't mind me..I'll sit waiting patiently 😊
@ To funny 😆 😆😆
What about your converter? Should you also change that when you upgrade to Lithium Batteries?
Only if you don’t have a pure sine wave one.
@@Umi-imU-We-Are-One yes you want to make sure that your current charger can charge lithium.
Most newer model RVs provide options on the charger/converter.
@ I just purchased two Epoch lithium batteries and wanted to make sure that I replace the converter if necessary. Thank you!
When I bought my 2013 MH in 2020 and its orginal 6V lead acid batteries boiled every time I plugged in...that was the time for me!
Blog link? Didn't see in description.
If i have a travel trailer and want to switch to a lithium battery can it still go where the original battery was or do i have to put it in my storage bay
OK so Here is something I am pondering today. Brand New Brinkley Z Air 310 Travel Trailer has a 12v 16CF Refrigerator I am adding a robust Peplink, router w/ access point wired for 12v ( MobileMustHave) It came stock with a die hard silver lead acid battery group 27 370 watt solar and charger. Reasonably sure it was a dealer cost saver- I get that.
I just today booked an install with the Big Beard Team in January(20-24) for a 24v dual inverter set up with 2 beast batteries. I assume we will leave the current solar and 12 v alone- unless you say otherwise.
It seems to me the current 12v battery is a bit small- I know we will be charging through the native charger when the solar is done. However should I be adding a better AGM battery for the 12v side? how many AH should I be considering or am I simply overthinking it.....
I am so looking forward to getting the BBB solar in this one- I feel naked without an array on the roof. Thanks for the wisdom!
It sounds like your two Big Beard batteries will be linked in series to produce 24 volts. That's very uncommon, and I'm not sure what the benefit would be other than some of the wiring being smaller gauge. Keeping everything consistently 12 volts would be far simpler, and you could use one (or multiple) Victron inverter/chargers to handle everything in a single unit. That's what we've done as full-timers for over 18 months, and it's nearly a flawless setup.
@@calledtojourney This will two 24v 300AH batteries referred to as the beast on the big beard website. There will be 2 24v Victron MP in parallel as well. I think they tend to leave the factory 12v system intact but I clearly can not speak for the BB crew. I just question the 12 stock battery capacity. However with the house charger I may be overthinking the issue. I do appreciate your input. I may just have to wait until I have the rig there for them to see. I have no major boondocking planned until spring and I do have generators for backup.
What truth is there to "You don't need a DC to DC charger from your tow vehicle anymore for lithium batteries"? Has there been an update in technology that allows this now?
@@benhernandez9499 not updated tech. But the fact that if you do not upgrade the wires in the 7-pin connector (for towables only) the wire becomes the resostance needed to protect the alternator.
Now for motorcoaches either a bim or dc-dc would be needed.
@ thanks. Do you have a video on this?
Anyone who's using their RV more than a week out of the year would benefit from switching to lithium batteries, even from a cost perspective. If you switch RVs in a few years, just take your batteries with you if you want. Good lithium batteries will last AT LEAST 10 years and perhaps far longer, depending on how they're used. Lead acid batteries are heavy, take a long time to charge, can be cycled far less, and may require ongoing maintenance. No, no, no, no.
Why is your 2 minute tech tip a 13 minute video??? Waaaay too many words