26 Modifications to our Flagstaff Epro 19FD Part 3 of 4, We move the batteries indoors
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- 26 modifications to our Epro 19FD travel trailer. We purchased our 2021 Epro 19FD in June of last year. We had previously spent the last year traveling the United States in our homebuilt teardrop trailer "The CrowsWing" . We needed an enclosed trailer in which to live out of while taking various workamping gigs.
We chose this trailer due to it's light weight because we would be towing with our 2014 Tacoma. This trailer also features aluminum and fiberglass construction, a solar panel, and tank heaters. Since we will be living out of this trailer while working, we made many changes to make it more livable and nicer looking. These were all done while staying at boon docking campsites or campgrounds. We carry a wide array of hand tools on our travels and inexpensive saws and a drill purchased from Harbor Freight. We realize the wood working is not top-notch, but the finished products are sturdy we think they are useful and not awful to look at.
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Working my way through the series....good job. Loved the T-Rex pointer!
Thanks! We were hoping someone would notice
LOL @ that :D
Thanks for the video, I used it to switch to Lithium and move my battery inside!!
Awesome! Glad we could help. Enjoy your day!
Thank you for this video! I've just started the same modification and this video has been super helpful.
Are you still happy with the mod, and is there anything you'd do differently if you were to do it again?
I'm also curious what wire gauge you went with for the extensions. It looks like on my trailer the negative lead to the frame is only 8AWG, and the positive lead to the inverter looks massive, like maybe 2AWG? Did you go with like gauges?
Thanks again!
Glad you found the video helpful. We are very happy with this mod. I would definitely do this again. I used 2awg in 12 foot lengths for the cables. They are actually too long, I think a 10 ft length would've been perfect, but I purchased cables from Amazon with the ends already installed.
Good luck with your mod, let us know how it goes for you!
Spartan Power Black 12 Foot 2 AWG... www.amazon.com/dp/B07HHJ1Q15?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Can you send link for the reading lights you stalled please?
Got them from Amazon
acegoo RV Boat LED Reading Light,... www.amazon.com/dp/B0838RWH7Y?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Would it benefit you to add double the batteries, so that your capacity increases? Would that require a lot of change to the charging/solar system?
We wouldn't need to change our charging system, or even the solar system technically. Currently, we have 200 ah of batteries, adding another 200 ah would make boondocking easier but there is that added cost and more importantly the loss of storage space. Space is at a premium in our trailer and having that is more important than the extra batteries. I would add another 200 or even 400 watts of solar which would not take up any usable space and recharge our batteries faster than our current 190 watts. I would have to change the solar controller if I added more than 200 watts to the system though. Thank you for your thoughts
@@flightofthecrowswing if you switched to lithium batteries would you need to change the inverter or charge controller?
In the video the batteries installed are the Battle Born lithium batteries. Our solar controller has a lithium setting so we did not need to change it.
Our OEM converter in the trailer charged to batteries to about 80% capacity. What I discovered was that the converter would not automatically begin charging until the batteries got down below 20 (below 12.8 volts). I did not like having them that low. I felt if we needed to be off grid suddenly for some reason ( power outage, no sun) it could be an issue. I upgraded to a Progressive Dynamics 9145ALV, which is the charger recommended by Battle Born. I did not remove the OEM converter, I switched its breaker to off. The PD charger works well and tops the batteries off quickly.
Thanks for the video. I am planning to do the same thing with an enduro power 200ah lifpo4. Do you by chance have a link to the cables you ordered. Also what size did you go with? This would help me out a lot. Thanks
Spartan Power Black 12 Foot 2 AWG Battery Cable, Negative Only 5/16" M8 a.co/d/4etnG0n
I used a pair of these 2AWG battery cables 12 foot long each. They are about 2 feet longer than necessary but I wanted to make sure they wouldn't be too short. These came with the ends already fitted which made the job easier. If you do this just like we did 10 foot long cables would work.
@@flightofthecrowswing excellent thank you. So you did use a 2AWG for the ground to the frame from the shunt also. On my trailer looks like it might be a 4 awg, guess it doesn’t matter for the ground if it’s 2 or 4? Really glad you posted this. Thanks again.
2 is a thicker cable than 4. All of my cables looked like 4. Since the run was longer than stock I went heavier duty on the cable. I googled a wire size chart and 2 was the recommended thickness for the length.
do you what length cables you had to change. im thinking of mounting the battery on the drivers side compartment
The cables I used were 10 feet long each and I had to loop excess length in the floor. If you're using the front drivers side the oem cables MIGHT be long enough. I'd be tempted to disconnect the cables and see just how close it would be. On youtube look up Turtle3863. He's got a vjdeo where he installed his battery in that compartment.