Imelda

Hi all and thank you all for the good advice in getting a professional to put them in for me. I could easily have dropped a battery. Yiks and then got burned with battery acid ! I just picked my Ollie up from my local trailer place (it is actually a horse trailer repair place I use but same principles) and got the new 2X 230Ah batteries installed. They fit perfectly in the battery tray. Very pleased!

Thank you SeaDawg and all. I agree and there are all kind of opportunity where replacing the batteries can go wrong. Like moving the batteries out etc. A lot to consider here. I will get an expert to do it.

Yip this seems to be a good option. Amazon has them on Spring sale.. JD and all how many of these batteries did you get to in the Olly battery storage compartment? It loos like I can only fit 2 batteries It seems like a lot of batteries come with a Blu tooth options. How would this be useful?

I think I could fit 4 or probably just 2 of the Lifepo4 above the same compartment that has the existing 4X6V batteries . Would 2 be enough to provide Power to run the microwave or more batteries better?? Just checked, I can only get 2 batteries in this space

or there is the one that JD recommends. Too many choices. I think I could 4 of these in the battery compartmne to replace the 4X6V oned that are there. I amy need to buy some new connector cables.

I beleive I have the right XC Xantrex Freedom Inverter 2000 watts. Amazon has this lithium ion on sale. I dont believe living in Texas I need a heated battery

I have a tractor with a front loader bucket so I was thinking of sliding the old 6V batteries from the storage compartment onto the tractor bucket at the same height and getting the new ones on that way. If all else fails then get a neighbor.

I am eletcrically and mechanically decent. The biggest problem I see I lifting the batteries up into the battery storage compartment so I may recruit a friend to help lift them. I will try to do this and if all fails get an expert to do this.

I think that is a good idea to upgrade to lithium as I have a 2K Inverter and solar panels. Where do I find JD post regrading the upgrade? Also I forgot to ask is there a switch somewhere in my 2020 Oliver2 that I can disconnect the batteries from the 12V DC supply.

Hi all, Imelda (Hull 642 elite2) again. I need some advice on my 6V battery (see pics below) . They are about 5 years old and not holding charge over night. For some reason I though these were maintance free batteries but I now thinking I should have been topping them up with DI water and pouring the water through the clear plastic round plug. One question how do I top the batteries up if it is not too late and they are already damaged and how do I remove this plug? Second question is: does anyone have 6V battery replacement rcommendations if I have to replace these batteries? I called the Bright Way Group and these batteries are discontinued.

Thank you all. I am going to try these suggestions and I will keep you posted. Imelda

Thank you jd1923. about quarts of black water not gallons coming out so there may be a blockage preventing the valve shutting and I has noticed that to get all the tanks drained I have to tip the front of the Oliver up (it cannot be flat) to get both tanks drained. I will try filling and flushing the black tank and see where I get , I will keep you posted.

Hi all, Imelda Here hull 642 pulled by Nissan Titan. I haven't been on the forum for a while now as I have need getting out and about and enjoying my Ollie😁. I noticed at the last dump station the black water was leaking when I removed the end cover so I am assuming the black water blade valve will have to be replaced as it is either damaged or not closing properly. I have replaced on of these on my horse trailer w living quarters and it was straight forward as it was outside the trailer. I think the Ollie one is under the street side bed. I haven' t seen a post on replacing this blade valve on an Oliver but I should also check to make sure nothing is catching on the blade, Any tips? Imelda

Update to my battery situation. I was having a hard time getting batteries to charge and hold a charge. The previous night I was hooked up to shore power and now the batteries are doing great. holding 12.9V off shore (boon docking), refrigerator is doing great running on propane and no C (low battery error). The batteries seemed to have healed themselves. The batteries are the 6 Volt AGM batteries, four of them. see diagram below I have no experience with batteries but is it possible they got down so low that they could not fully charge with solar or hooked to the truck charge and they needed full up 120V 30A charge to remedy them? Anyone have similar experience? My 2000W inverter has a shut off set about 12.1V so I need to figure how to set it to a lower voltage. It would-be nice to run the microwave for a minute or two to reheat my coffee. I have purchased a Jackery 1500 that I love that can run the microwave, air fryer etc. but it would be nice to use the inverter that I paid for. jd1923 or anyone how do I change the battery shut of voltage lower than 12.1V? Right now I can 30 secs of microwave before it shuts off. Is there a youtube somewhere?

I am sure this topic has been posted before but I cannot find it.. I have had my Oliver 2 for 4 years now and have used it about 3 months out of every year. I went cheap and got the 6V battery option (i do have the 2000W inverter and a zap connector for solar) Now I seem to be having problems holding a charge on these batteries using solar. I think they are shot so I think I need to upgrade to the lithium ion batteries to hold the charge. My Norcold refrigerator comes up with a C error code when the battery reading gets down to less than 10.5. I want to switch to lithium ion batteries so I can use my microwave etc. when boon docking. Can I just take the four 6V batteries out of the battery compartment (see pics) and put 2 lithium ones in and just hook the connectors up as it is? Any recommendations on what the best battery to use?