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Mossemi, excellent, thank you for the picture.
Today Oliver confirmed that our charge converter and inverter are lithium compatible and therefore, no changes are necessary to the onboard equipment. We only need to change two settings on the inverter and converter switching them to the lithium option.
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On 3/16/2020 at 4:40 PM, AndrewK said:
Janis, the converter/charger is on the left side of the power panel and is removed by removing the power panel cover, one screw and five wires. The install of the new converter/charger is just the opposite.
As for the battery monitor. My installation required two crimp on wire lugs, a small piece of PVC foam board and some epoxy glue. The only drilling into the fiberglass was the hole for the monitor. The Victron battery monitor can be connected to a cell phone via Bluetooth and the Victron Connect app. If you prefer to monitor your batteries from the app, the monitor can be installed out of sight and not require any hole to be drilled.
Andrew
Andrew, thank you for the additional information. We are considering the Victron Connect App.
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On 3/12/2020 at 10:54 PM, AndrewK said:
Janis, I have installed two 100Ah Battle Born batteries, changed out the Progressive Dynamics converter/charger with the PD4060LI and installed a Victron BMV-712 battery monitor. The batteries and converter/charger change out are very easy. The converter/changer involves one screw and five wires.
Battle Born recommended the change out of the converter/charger to get the most out of the batteries. The charging parameters for LiFePO4 batteries is very different from Lead Acid and AGM batteries.
I have helped a few Oliver owners and installers do the same.
I would be happy to walk you through it.
If you would like to discuss further, please message me.
Andrew
Andrew, thank you for your very helpful information, pictures, and offer to help! My husband, Bob and I, are somewhat handy and it sounds like we could do this project ourselves with some help from you and Overland. Is the charge converter unit mounted on the backside of the circuit breaker panel? The Victron Battery Monitor is on our procurment list. Does it come with everything necessary to install—hopefully without drilling into the fiberglass. We’re not clear on how this component gets installed but we can discuss this as we get closer to trading the 4 wet cells for 3 standard BB’s the end of next month or May.
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On 3/12/2020 at 8:19 PM, Overland said:
Oliver uses their PD 4000 power centers. I believe it’s the PD4045 but they may have switched to the PD4060 - same unit but higher charge rate. Progressive dynamics now sells a lithium specific charger - but before they did, Battleborn said that the standard PD charger worked fine. So it might be worth a call to Battleborn to see what they say. I called them a couple of times when I did my install and they were extremely helpful. I think that you can buy just the charger section of the PD unit if you want/need to swap it out for their lithium version - it’s an easy job to do if you go that route.
No video for my install but I can send you photos if you want. But Battleborn have a vertical battery now that may be easier to install. Mine required placing the batteries on end, which just made the connections a real pain to bolt together.
Thank you for your very helpful information! We will call PD, BB, and OTT to confirm everything as suggested. As we get closer to our install we may PM you and request a few pictures. Currently we plan to install 3 standard BB’s (not GC version) so it will likely be an easier install than yours.
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On 3/10/2020 at 3:01 PM, Overland said:
My trailer didn't really come with much on that side of the electrical. Literally four cables coming from the solar coiled up on the floor. That just left a base battery and the charger, both of which I replaced. So I didn't try to take a credit for anything standard. The solar package was an option of course, so I had that figure, and everything else I bought separately. Buying Oliver's options, I think you could take the tax credit on the solar package, battery upgrade, and inverter. Maybe even the generator port if you were to opt for that. Perhaps even a generator? That's probably pushing it, lol.
Thank you Overland for your reply. Our research at Intuit's site shows 3 ways to deduct a generator--a doctor's Rx for medical equipment is one way, unfortunately or fortunately we are too healthy!
Has anyone on this forum published a Youtube video on their install of Lithium (BB) into their Oliver? Additionally, does anyone know whether the EII 2020 converter/charger is compatible with lithium batteries? We didn’t find a manual in Oliver University for it. Our research shows it may be Progressive Dynamics and a model number would be helpful.
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On 6/1/2019 at 2:00 AM, Overland said:
Yep. You could get the credit on both. When we did ours, we took the credit for all our panels, batteries, charger, charge controller, inverter, monitors, wiring, etc. Saved us a ton of money.
Most don’t realize that you can take the credit on the factory solar option and battery upgrades when you buy new.
Overland, for the solar credit, how did you determine the price paid for all solar related materials and labor that were included in the EII base price, in other words the standard stuff?
Jensen TV/radio audio cutting out from HDMI input
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We purchased Hull 617 April 2020 and had the same Jensen TV audio cutting-out problem as being described in this post .