Great Video, Well Done on the informative nature. Its so hard to work out what systems to put in a new car build. I love the idea of the rear battery placement. beats it being under the floor in the spare tools well.
Thanks Michael 👍🏽 yeah I find it a nice convenient spot. And I also wanted the chargers and inverter easily accessible incase we need to trouble shoot anything.
where did you see the giandel inverters getting good wraps? couldn't find much. also i don't see that 12V 2000/4000W model on their website. There's a 24v one and then two different 12V 2200/4400 models.. black one and silver one.
I got mine from access 12 volt warehouse. Which it lithium battery wholesalers. I had asked on the 12v pages on Facebook to get peoples thoughts. For the money you pay they are a great buy. And mine has performed perfectly so far. And I have run aircon on the caravan, air fryer, induction cook top, big coffee machine etc.
@@TravelExplore4x4 just looked it up and the battery I want to fit is smaller so should be good! We won a $1000 Enerdrive Voucher with Caravan RV Camping during their 12 days of Xmas so we’re thinking of getting their 100ah slim B-TEC battery! 🤙🏽
@@GrabLifeByTheGourlays oh awesome. Love winding things like that. What do you plan on running off it? I would think first what you plan to draw off it and see what size will suit that.
Awesome stuff and something to really think about when it comes to setup. We're yet to receive our Y62 as it's on order but we're looking into setting it up for offgrid with lithium in the back. What is your fridge sitting on and what is that side draw on the passenger side of your fridge and what are your thoughts on it? Would you change anything? Cheers🤙
Thanks mate. It’s definitely good having a lot of battery power with all the gadgets we all have nowadays. I have made up some aluminium drawers and pull out table on that side. That’s what the fridge is sitting on. I’m also going to be making up a long drawer for the spot on the right now, only level to where the fridge sits. We will be travelling around with our dog, so I have to leave room for her there.
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience, great information. Just one question, have you disconnected the shunt on the main battery to get full charge or have you left it alone?
Great video, thanks for sharing. Contemplating purchasing a Y62 and I'm in the midst of researching how I would fit it out including electrical. Out of curiosity - which drawer system are you using? Cheers!
Hey bud, thanks heaps. I have actually got a mate to make some aluminium ones up for me for the back. I still have to get a few more done. I will be putting some more videos up soon with more of the build. I I went aluminium as I wanted to keep the weight out of it as we will be towing a caravan around
Great vid mate, in reference to the 200a set up, what size cable did you run from alternator? What path did you run it? also do you see the dc2dc put in full rated amps?
Hey Trevor I’m pretty sure it was 4 b&s from the front battery to the dcdc charger. I ran it along the drivers side in the set up the doors under the trimming. Yep was putting in around 26amp when I checked but the battery was already close to being topped up so the charging had gone down a bit. I had been thinking to possibly put a fan on the back side of the box right behind the dcdc charger to keep it as cool as possible to get the maximum charge from it
@TravelExplore4x4 yeh me too.. what are your reasons for swapping out? I feel I got lied too, and my capacity has dropped below the threshold after 12 months. So now I'm looking back to wet cell and 48v setup in the rear.
Unfortunately there is no magic DCS can do to make the batteries last under bonnet without as special insulated case and some cool air ducting. Data sheets from the actual Lifepo4 manufacturers state maximum of 55 degrees.
Great Video, Well Done on the informative nature. Its so hard to work out what systems to put in a new car build. I love the idea of the rear battery placement. beats it being under the floor in the spare tools well.
Thanks Michael 👍🏽 yeah I find it a nice convenient spot. And I also wanted the chargers and inverter easily accessible incase we need to trouble shoot anything.
Totally of topic but I’m wondering what offset wheels you are running
where did you see the giandel inverters getting good wraps? couldn't find much. also i don't see that 12V 2000/4000W model on their website. There's a 24v one and then two different 12V 2200/4400 models.. black one and silver one.
I got mine from access 12 volt warehouse. Which it lithium battery wholesalers.
I had asked on the 12v pages on Facebook to get peoples thoughts. For the money you pay they are a great buy. And mine has performed perfectly so far. And I have run aircon on the caravan, air fryer, induction cook top, big coffee machine etc.
Hey there, do happen to know the gap under the false floor please? I am thinking of putting my batter under there! Cheers!
Hey mate
I will have to measure it tomorrow for you as I can’t remember now. I know it just fits the 200a ATG battery in there.
@@TravelExplore4x4 just looked it up and the battery I want to fit is smaller so should be good! We won a $1000 Enerdrive Voucher with Caravan RV Camping during their 12 days of Xmas so we’re thinking of getting their 100ah slim B-TEC battery! 🤙🏽
@@GrabLifeByTheGourlays oh awesome. Love winding things like that. What do you plan on running off it? I would think first what you plan to draw off it and see what size will suit that.
@@TravelExplore4x4 mainly just run the fridge and maybe the occasional induction cooktop or travel buddy! 😂
Awesome stuff and something to really think about when it comes to setup. We're yet to receive our Y62 as it's on order but we're looking into setting it up for offgrid with lithium in the back. What is your fridge sitting on and what is that side draw on the passenger side of your fridge and what are your thoughts on it? Would you change anything? Cheers🤙
Thanks mate. It’s definitely good having a lot of battery power with all the gadgets we all have nowadays.
I have made up some aluminium drawers and pull out table on that side. That’s what the fridge is sitting on. I’m also going to be making up a long drawer for the spot on the right now, only level to where the fridge sits. We will be travelling around with our dog, so I have to leave room for her there.
@@TravelExplore4x4 that’s so good 👍🏽
If only I could fabricate too! 😂 I hate wasted space
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience, great information. Just one question, have you disconnected the shunt on the main battery to get full charge or have you left it alone?
Happy to share my experiences to hopefully help others 👍🏽
I haven’t disconnected the shunt. I have just left it as it is.
Great video, thanks for sharing. Contemplating purchasing a Y62 and I'm in the midst of researching how I would fit it out including electrical. Out of curiosity - which drawer system are you using? Cheers!
Hey bud, thanks heaps.
I have actually got a mate to make some aluminium ones up for me for the back. I still have to get a few more done. I will be putting some more videos up soon with more of the build. I
I went aluminium as I wanted to keep the weight out of it as we will be towing a caravan around
@@TravelExplore4x4 Great idea on the aluminium, I'll give that some further thought. I appreciate the response! Happy travels.
Is your anderson plug for the caravan connected direct to the battery or via a VSR / ignition relay?
Hi mate
It’s connected directly to the battery. I use that Anderson plug for a few different thing other than the caravan.
Great vid mate, in reference to the 200a set up, what size cable did you run from alternator? What path did you run it? also do you see the dc2dc put in full rated amps?
Hey Trevor
I’m pretty sure it was 4 b&s from the front battery to the dcdc charger. I ran it along the drivers side in the set up the doors under the trimming.
Yep was putting in around 26amp when I checked but the battery was already close to being topped up so the charging had gone down a bit. I had been thinking to possibly put a fan on the back side of the box right behind the dcdc charger to keep it as cool as possible to get the maximum charge from it
@@TravelExplore4x4 thank you very much for the info, Im looking forward to setting mine up. cheers
Hi bud nice set up.. u got a link to your fuse box u got at back.. cheers 🍻
Hey Sam
Thanks mate! It’s a Blue sea Safetyhub 150 fuse block. It’s not a cheap unit to buy, but it’s a nice bit of kit and works for my setup.
Should do a capacity test
I will have to do that. Probably going to swap the dcs ones out
@TravelExplore4x4 yeh me too.. what are your reasons for swapping out? I feel I got lied too, and my capacity has dropped below the threshold after 12 months. So now I'm looking back to wet cell and 48v setup in the rear.
I think most lithium
Batteries have an inbuilt battery management system?
Apologies mate I never replied to you 🤦🏽♂️ do you mean management for charging our for reading the state of charge of the battery?
Year later any more updates amd testing?
I’m actually just about to film a year review about my setup. Had a few things come up. Waiting on some things regarding the DCS batteries.
Unfortunately there is no magic DCS can do to make the batteries last under bonnet without as special insulated case and some cool air ducting. Data sheets from the actual Lifepo4 manufacturers state maximum of 55 degrees.