johnwen

Hi, JD, My equipment consists of a solar controller, a shunt and the dc to dc controller. When the dc to dc is disconnected at the andersen connector from truck to trailer there is no bluetooth blue light on the controller...nor is it discoverable. When I connect the andersen ends together it then becomes discoverable with no charging as the truck is off, but it does indicate truck battery voltage. Texas is one windy place :) Onward, John

I wore my arms slap out the first couple of times on the 90ftlb nuts. The 65 pounders weren't so bad. Glad I didn't wait for this mod 5 years from now! Hi from us both!!! Going to a music rally this week (Dogwood). Safe travels my friend. Are the blueberries in bloom yet? John

We had Alcan put the 5000# neverlubes on last month so not much experience with them (no problems so far). You can get the axles without the neverlube option. Per Lew, the bearing inserts (on the neverlubes) can be replaced down the road without replacing the axle if one does go bad. We full time so our weight is maxxed out at all times when disconnected from the TV. Peace of mind for us. As David mentions...stay true to Lew's torque directions, and then some. I was still torquing at 1000+ miles. Best of luck, John

Thanks MUCH! Just what I needed to push me over the edge :)

You're reading my mind...will do :)

Does anyone know the weight difference between a full 30lb aluminum tank and a full 20lb steel stank? John

Thanks, John

Hi JD, Wish I had paid more attention while we were at "The Q" but I didn't notice how you locked the battery tray. Do you have a pic? Safe travels, John

Congrats!!! That's quite impressive...277+ miles a day for 18 days :) Hope you have the best of times enjoying your new trailer. Safe travels...John

Love It!!!!

Roger on the locktite....will post next week on the install (so far so good). Thanks :)

We just arrived at Alcan for our axle replacements and noticed that one of ours had "left the building"...we're looking for a suitable substitute for the jack pad. I think ebay is a possibility. We just passed 53000 miles on "Bessie" and suspect our full timing is a little more demanding on a trailer than many experience. GJ's comments make a lot of sense...check tightness periodically and maybe a safety chain :) John

JD I'm finding this to be be true for us...

Thanks JD...just what I need :)

Just wondering... I have the 30a Victron as well, along with my Zamp solar controller, a Victron solar controller and the Xantrex 2000w inverter/converter. I reset all of them to accept the new 300ah x 2 Epochs using their generic lifepo4 settings. They all seem to have slightly different charging parameters. Should I just accept all as is or try a different user defined setting? The Xantrex has Absorption value of 14.6v and Float value of 13.6v. Seems high but don't know. All seems to be working exceptionally well but don't want to exceed any voltage limitations for the Epochs. Any suggestions/references I should follow concerning the percent usage before charging i.e. let deplete to ? % once in a while instead of keeping topped off? I rarely seem to go below 82% and the rooftop panels spend no time in boosting back to 100%. One note to mention...when I set the Xantrex up for lithiums I was at Quartzsite and no shore power so I cranked up the inverter, changed the settings using the FXC control app and later noticed the batteries did not recover to previous levels after the first time we were on shore power. Sure enough the battery setting on the Xantrex reverted to AGM. I reset while on shore power and all seems to now be operating as expected. John

Thanks for the info, Art...currently sitting just south of Flagstaff. We delayed here for a day to let the snow pass through there. Not many ways to get around Flagstaff. Alcan still scheduled for Monday!!!! :) John

Congrats from Wen and John.

Welcome to the family EurekaJ :) ...from Hull 996 Wen and John

JD...thanks for all your encouragement and help! I may not have the perfect setup but we are very happy with the end result (so far). Safe travels my friend.... John

Thanks, JD, I hooked the Andersens together and voila, the charger powered up and became discoverable. It detected zero charging as the truck was not running and after startup the charging parameters showed readings and then I put in the remote on/off link and all seems to be operational :) It was defaulted to lifepo4 batteries...yay!

I think I have the unit installed and wired correctly...the TV B+ through a resettable fuse to an Andersen connector at the rear of the truck. TV B- from truck frame to same andersen connector. Then the other half of the Andersen connector + to + "input" on the Victron charger and - to the - "input". Then on the "output" side of the Victron charger + goes through another fuse to the trailer B+ bus and then the - "output'" side of the Victron to the trailer B- bus. So "input" from my truck and "output" to the Oliver...right? The Andersen connector is disconnected at this stage. The Victron charger does not indicate power via the blue bluetooth light on the charger. Does the TV need to be hooked up to power the charger or should the trailer batteries be able to power the charger? The remote on/off link ( a small plug ) is not installed at the moment as instructions say to leave out until configuration is compete. Not at all electrical savy here but can follow directions :) Any help is much appreciated! John

Thanks for this awesome post with pictures, JD! Although my installation is a little different it was very helpful, to me, to see that these batteries indeed fit into the battery tray. And thanks much to Scuba RX ,here at the "Q", with helping me remove the wiring rat nest in the battery cave....+ and - bus bars were so easy to install! I now have only 2 wires inside my battery cave! Pictures later after my DC to DC charger installation.......happy camper again! John

Says a really tall couple who can lift them over the doghouse lip....