Awesome fit out loved the explanations and how it all went together. I am absolutely clueless with these kinds of things lol however I am converting a Tradies Trailer into a Camper and want a good quality 12v system to run everything from the fridge to the sink etc which is all still to get installed lol. Again awesome video
Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback! It's been going strong since the install, runs my fridge 24/7 with no issues. Flick me a message on Instagram if you need any more advice. Cheers
Just a question regarding solar, i noticed you have a fuse close to the battery positive terminal for the MPPT, do you need a fuse close to the MPPT as that will be bringing in charge to protect the wire? Or on the other side of the MPPT do you need a fuse close to the solar panels bringing charge to the MPPT?
I use a midi fuse to protect the battery from any unexpected surge from the MPPT charger; fuses should be appropriate for the cable being used, which should be appropriate for the level of draw/supply in the first place. Since the panel is a source of supplied power I always fuse the line between the panel and the MPPT as well. All good 12v companies will advise this and realistically, for 20 bucks it's cheap insurance
Looks awesome. Thanks for sharing. I was concerned that your battery hold down rods are a bit short and not through your locking nuts for proper retention! Also, if you haven't already, can you advise where some of your accessories were sourced from? I am also looking for busbar's and fuse blocks to rewire my recently acquired trailer.
Hey mate, the battery is held down by its own plate. On top of that is a small piece of rubber and then the midi fuse bracket which is held down with two nylock nuts which I was able to get full thread on, she's very sturdy. I get a lot of my little accessories from Complete Vehicle Designs (cvdesigns.com.au/)
Very neat work. Austrack should employ you to do the wiring in all their campers. Any real reason for not going for a single larger battery like say 200ah?
Thanks mate, appreciate it. I wasn't depleting the AGMs to a point where 120ah wasn't enough, I also upgraded to the 300w solar panel so I was a lot more confident about my feed-in power. The KickAss battery also has a built in display which removes the need for a shunt and 3rd party display.
Well done, awesome video, but did not help me however. Could you do a quick video of installing a dcdc charger to a Savannah x 2020 with some nice close ups. Can be a generic dcdc charger or even a hypothetical charger, I just want to see the leads which I can hook my dcdc charger up to, from the line that runs from the battery to the front hitch Anderson connector??
Hi mate, sorry for the late reply. The 2020 model has an Anderson in the draw bar, by memory it feeds directly to the draw bar as a feed-in for the supplied solar panel and controller. This would be a suitable connection for your DCDC charger in the battery bay. Just make sure there's enough length of cable at the Anderson plug end to reach your vehicle while driving and allow for cornering. For the price and quality I personally would go for the RedArc 25amp BCDC core. This will give you plenty of charging power and still allow for solar input. Hope this helps
Such a great job what size cable used and where do you get the midi fuse brackets from and for that matter where do go get all of your electrical bits and prices from ? Thanks again
Hey mate, sorry some comments slip through. I use 4 gauge for the inverter, 6 gauge for the battery to midi fuses and whatever is appropriate from there. I get a lot of things from Complete Vehicle Designs (cvdesigns.com.au/). Though the ANL fuse is from Renogy
Don't think you'll ever have to worry about power! I got the fan and relay from eBay www.ebay.com.au/itm/124160086378?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=SHweELfzT1y&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=J91L0kKGSK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY www.ebay.com.au/itm/133027130899?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=0ieJjJHLSlq&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=J91L0kKGSK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Two years on and how is your system travelling? Have you added more storage and solar, because 300w is kind of on the low side if running a fridge and an electric blanket overnight on one battery.
Really good mate, they released a 200ah battery which I wish I got my hands on. But I can run the fridge, lights and charge phones for about 3-4 days no worries. The blanket has the system at 100% by the end of most days; currently at 124 cycles. I try to limit the use of the 12v oven and heavier loads to the middle of the day and use the handy pack for the smaller stuff overnight to limit the drain on the battery
Hi mate, nice work. Have just come across your channel. I just recently purchased the Kings 240V charger myself because I just upgraded to lithium also. You might be able to answer this, my old 7 stage charger would charge the battery, go through all of the stages and once fully charged it would continue to trickle charge and maintain the charge in the battery so it would remain full. It seems the kickass charger charges the battery to full and then stops? I was just recently away and using the charger in a caravan park and left the charger on the whole time as we were using 12V accessories also and the battery would show full once charged and then it would run down again without being further charged. I'm confused by it. Cheers mate
Hey mate, mine has been doing the same. I found disconnecting and reconnecting the charger fixed the problem for a while. I spoke with KickAss directly and they informed me that when the 240v charger is on the 'slow' charge mode that it will allow the battery to cycle down whilst under load, which apparently is good for the cells. You can select the 'fast' charging option which will increase the charge rate from 7amps to the full 22amps and maintain the battery at 100%. Hope this helps!
@@rialed.ventures mate thanks heaps for the reply. I'll have to check mine but I'm pretty sure mine was on fast charge and was showing full because I switched it over from night mode charging as were out for most off the day and when I came back my battery display was showing 195AH so some juice had been sucked out so it wasn't charging, and when I looked at the charger it was showing full, so it's like the battery charges then the charger stops even if amp hours or volts are being taken from it on loads
Had a look more into it. Apparently it's good for the longevity of a lithium battery to be depleted 20-30% before charging. Might just be a feature of the charger
@@rialed.ventures Thanks again for the reply mate. Will have to give kickass a call myself doesn't make sense to me that I can have the battery on charge but will still lose charge? If I have a few things going for the day and I am out there's every chance that I could come back and the Battery could discharge and lose all of its usable charge? Seems silly because on the other hand if it was connected to solar I'd be replacing what I am using which is what you want to achieve isn't?
@@geoffstein3896 yeah completely agree! Should be maintained at 100% Apparently it's good for the lithium cells to discharge a bit. But surely shouldn't be getting below 70-80% and adding unnecessary cycles
Lithium and AGM both have the same usable capacity. The 50% rule for AGM is just a guide for OffGrid systems. You will not hurt AGM with discharging below 50%
Such a great job what size cable used and where do you get the midi fuse brackets from and for that matter where do go get all of your electrical bits and prices from ? Thanks again
Hey Scott, I used 8 gauge wiring which allows for 40amps. For the inverter I used 4 gauge. The smaller midi fuse holders and bracket are from a company called Complete Vehicle Designs (Sydney). Most of the accessories I get are from Jaycar, or if I need something specific that's hard to find, there's usually an eBay store that will stock what I need
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Awesome fit out loved the explanations and how it all went together. I am absolutely clueless with these kinds of things lol however I am converting a Tradies Trailer into a Camper and want a good quality 12v system to run everything from the fridge to the sink etc which is all still to get installed lol. Again awesome video
Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback! It's been going strong since the install, runs my fridge 24/7 with no issues. Flick me a message on Instagram if you need any more advice. Cheers
Great video mate really help full we just brought a older jayco swan and wanting to do some 12v upgrades
Thanks mate! Glad it helped
Great video mate. So much info. Thanks for sharing. I will be pinching some ideas for my cub camper.....
Cheers Josh 🍻
Glad to hear mate! It performed really well during a week away in the snowies. Plenty of power through some average weather in minimal recharging
Just a question regarding solar, i noticed you have a fuse close to the battery positive terminal for the MPPT, do you need a fuse close to the MPPT as that will be bringing in charge to protect the wire?
Or on the other side of the MPPT do you need a fuse close to the solar panels bringing charge to the MPPT?
I use a midi fuse to protect the battery from any unexpected surge from the MPPT charger; fuses should be appropriate for the cable being used, which should be appropriate for the level of draw/supply in the first place. Since the panel is a source of supplied power I always fuse the line between the panel and the MPPT as well. All good 12v companies will advise this and realistically, for 20 bucks it's cheap insurance
Looks awesome. Thanks for sharing. I was concerned that your battery hold down rods are a bit short and not through your locking nuts for proper retention!
Also, if you haven't already, can you advise where some of your accessories were sourced from? I am also looking for busbar's and fuse blocks to rewire my recently acquired trailer.
Hey mate, the battery is held down by its own plate. On top of that is a small piece of rubber and then the midi fuse bracket which is held down with two nylock nuts which I was able to get full thread on, she's very sturdy.
I get a lot of my little accessories from Complete Vehicle Designs (cvdesigns.com.au/)
Very neat work. Austrack should employ you to do the wiring in all their campers. Any real reason for not going for a single larger battery like say 200ah?
Thanks mate, appreciate it. I wasn't depleting the AGMs to a point where 120ah wasn't enough, I also upgraded to the 300w solar panel so I was a lot more confident about my feed-in power. The KickAss battery also has a built in display which removes the need for a shunt and 3rd party display.
Well done, awesome video, but did not help me however. Could you do a quick video of installing a dcdc charger to a Savannah x 2020 with some nice close ups. Can be a generic dcdc charger or even a hypothetical charger, I just want to see the leads which I can hook my dcdc charger up to, from the line that runs from the battery to the front hitch Anderson connector??
Hi mate, sorry for the late reply. The 2020 model has an Anderson in the draw bar, by memory it feeds directly to the draw bar as a feed-in for the supplied solar panel and controller. This would be a suitable connection for your DCDC charger in the battery bay. Just make sure there's enough length of cable at the Anderson plug end to reach your vehicle while driving and allow for cornering. For the price and quality I personally would go for the RedArc 25amp BCDC core. This will give you plenty of charging power and still allow for solar input. Hope this helps
Such a great job what size cable used and where do you get the midi fuse brackets from and for that matter where do go get all of your electrical bits and prices from ? Thanks again
Hey mate, sorry some comments slip through. I use 4 gauge for the inverter, 6 gauge for the battery to midi fuses and whatever is appropriate from there. I get a lot of things from Complete Vehicle Designs (cvdesigns.com.au/). Though the ANL fuse is from Renogy
Nice setup I have the same camper but went with 2x 200ah atg lithium batteries,
Where did you get ur fan and temp relay from
Don't think you'll ever have to worry about power! I got the fan and relay from eBay
www.ebay.com.au/itm/124160086378?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=SHweELfzT1y&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=J91L0kKGSK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
www.ebay.com.au/itm/133027130899?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=0ieJjJHLSlq&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=J91L0kKGSK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
@@rialed.ventures yeah that’s the plan but I can also run my coffee machine with zero issues as well thanks for the eBay link 👍
Two years on and how is your system travelling? Have you added more storage and solar, because 300w is kind of on the low side if running a fridge and an electric blanket overnight on one battery.
Really good mate, they released a 200ah battery which I wish I got my hands on. But I can run the fridge, lights and charge phones for about 3-4 days no worries. The blanket has the system at 100% by the end of most days; currently at 124 cycles. I try to limit the use of the 12v oven and heavier loads to the middle of the day and use the handy pack for the smaller stuff overnight to limit the drain on the battery
Nice job
Thanks mate 👍
Hi mate, nice work. Have just come across your channel. I just recently purchased the Kings 240V charger myself because I just upgraded to lithium also. You might be able to answer this, my old 7 stage charger would charge the battery, go through all of the stages and once fully charged it would continue to trickle charge and maintain the charge in the battery so it would remain full. It seems the kickass charger charges the battery to full and then stops? I was just recently away and using the charger in a caravan park and left the charger on the whole time as we were using 12V accessories also and the battery would show full once charged and then it would run down again without being further charged. I'm confused by it. Cheers mate
Hey mate, mine has been doing the same. I found disconnecting and reconnecting the charger fixed the problem for a while. I spoke with KickAss directly and they informed me that when the 240v charger is on the 'slow' charge mode that it will allow the battery to cycle down whilst under load, which apparently is good for the cells. You can select the 'fast' charging option which will increase the charge rate from 7amps to the full 22amps and maintain the battery at 100%. Hope this helps!
@@rialed.ventures mate thanks heaps for the reply. I'll have to check mine but I'm pretty sure mine was on fast charge and was showing full because I switched it over from night mode charging as were out for most off the day and when I came back my battery display was showing 195AH so some juice had been sucked out so it wasn't charging, and when I looked at the charger it was showing full, so it's like the battery charges then the charger stops even if amp hours or volts are being taken from it on loads
Had a look more into it. Apparently it's good for the longevity of a lithium battery to be depleted 20-30% before charging. Might just be a feature of the charger
@@rialed.ventures Thanks again for the reply mate. Will have to give kickass a call myself doesn't make sense to me that I can have the battery on charge but will still lose charge? If I have a few things going for the day and I am out there's every chance that I could come back and the Battery could discharge and lose all of its usable charge? Seems silly because on the other hand if it was connected to solar I'd be replacing what I am using which is what you want to achieve isn't?
@@geoffstein3896 yeah completely agree! Should be maintained at 100% Apparently it's good for the lithium cells to discharge a bit. But surely shouldn't be getting below 70-80% and adding unnecessary cycles
Lithium and AGM both have the same usable capacity. The 50% rule for AGM is just a guide for OffGrid systems. You will not hurt AGM with discharging below 50%
You do realise that 300w at 10v is only 30a. At 14.4v it's only 21a
Such a great job what size cable used and where do you get the midi fuse brackets from and for that matter where do go get all of your electrical bits and prices from ? Thanks again
Hey Scott, I used 8 gauge wiring which allows for 40amps. For the inverter I used 4 gauge. The smaller midi fuse holders and bracket are from a company called Complete Vehicle Designs (Sydney). Most of the accessories I get are from Jaycar, or if I need something specific that's hard to find, there's usually an eBay store that will stock what I need