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We are still on our yearly western sojourn but I have 2 x 300Ah Epoch’s waiting for me at home. If you are using BB’s, I certainly can’t promise you they will fail. But if they do, I can promise you it won’t be in a convenient place.

Not kidding, just stating that each 300 Ah Essential can take 200A in or out but of course when you run multiple units in parallel, agreed there would be other limiting factors. For example, the Victron MP2 can only charge 120A and requires a 400A fuse which is the max DC in it can invert! As mentioned before, you’d have the run the A/C, microwave and more to hit that limit. As you pointed out, same 400A limit on the 4/0 wire. There are at least a half dozen Oliver owners that have made this purchase, at this price point, two more with Ken and soon Mike. But don’t spend $2400, wait for the 15% off. I think it’s worth it. I spent $1800 on 600 Ah summer 2024 and $1,020 for the 3rd Epoch 300 during Black Friday sales. So my 900 Ah total is$2,820. Isn’t that close to the cost of three 100 Ah Battleborns for 3x the Ah?

@rideandfly I also have the same 45A charger it put in a couple years ago. I’ll wait until these newer LifeLine AGMs get a bit older. So far they’ve been more power than I need, but will retire in December so camping life style will change greatly. Keep us up to date.

And I certainly understand yours. Getting ripped off is never a good experience and we've all been there in our lifetimes! I would worry about two things. First what Steve pointed out. I'd hate to see you stuck somewhere on your upcoming annual trip. I would also worry about fire danger. These issues can happen at any timing, including the hour after an inspection. On the upside there is greater availability, capability and lower cost LiFePO4 products. When you and others purchased BB batteries, I thought they we're too expensive at the time for my use, so 5-6 years ago on a Class C, I purchased 3 AGM batteries instead (for the cost of one 100 Ah BB). Rich shared a link to another new product, CRAZY low price! Makes me question what I spent on Epoch. I/we sure hope these Epoch batteries live up to their claimed quality and longevity! Only time will tell...

I understand your position and thoughts. But on my end, and more than a few others, we should not have to be replacing our ten year "Bullet Proof Battle Born's" now, and spending a dime is more than we had planned on doing ....until well down the road. With "only" a 60 amp PD charger, and a 300 amp fuse my hope is that our 3 BB's will continue to perform. That the Trust side. On the Verify is... the with lots of inspections and monitoring of course. GJ PS: I really like your nuclear power plant in your Ollie!

We installed two Epoch 105 AH replacing two 100AH BB batteries on Ollie. We don't have factory solar charging and only have an onboard Progressive Dynamics 45A Lithium charger. The BB worked nicely with this setup. The Epoch 105AH batteries are a little smaller physically and lighter than the 100AH BB batteries. I like the carry handles on them, too. The new Epoch batteries with the carry handles are easy to install and remove on Ollie. I removed them in less than 10 minutes when I put Ollie in storage this winter. It will take a little longer to install them later this month. Really like the Epoch app, too. Edit: I looked at the Epoch 105AH link in your post and thought you were installing 105AH, what ever size is used, they are very nice batteries.

I've enjoyed working on this a bit more. Not sure how truly useful it is, but nice to have on my desktop to just pop open and search. This is what I've changed today: 1. Changed the color theme to match that of OTT. 2. Added check boxes to only search popular forums, such as "General Discussion". 3. Added a link at the bottom to always get a reminder of the forum Guidelines. 4. Page image(s) now come straight from OTT image library and cycles randomly with a page refresh. - There are only three images in the mix for now, so randomness is weak. Zip file attached containing only the single HTML file - nothing fancy. oliver-forum-search.zip

Heck - I'm not as smart as Google but even I can easily answer THAT question 😇

@Ollie-Haus one quick way to do this is to simply go to google and in the search field type this: Site:https://www.fordtremor.com/ "Your search term" Like this: Site:https://www.fordtremor.com/ "Why Wayfinder needs a Tremor to replace his RAM 1500."

This is a good video! After seeing this video and the new Alcan springs/shackles installed on Olivers, I'm still going with Alcan springs and shackles on Ollie later this year. This couple's Alcan shackles are not the same design Alcan shackles installed on Ollies.