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Great thread! Thanks! John also sent me some great stuff - lots to chew over.

Yes- we needed power now - so I went to Camping World and bought one battery - and everything is online but we will either upgrade to lithium or replace the other batteries shortly. I always planned to upgrade to lithium - I have lithium in the van and it works great. I asked Oliver the cost to upgrade to lithium - I just wanted to see what they would say - and they quoted $11,000 for 3 130 AH batteries (!) so it must be much more than a plug-and-play type thing. I'm not sure about lithium now and am trying to figure out what's required.

I added the image....The batteries - which say they are deep cycle marine batteries - appear to be in parallel but there are these extra cables that I don't understand. With the power gone the heat is not working - darn...

Thanks Chris, We have 4 wet-cell batteries. I'm not sure about the wiring - it looks kind of convoluted to me. I'll take a picture. We do want to go to lithium at some point. We have the Zampp controller which does have a lithium setting but are not sure about any other changes that are needed.

Thanks - Even if it's better to replace them all I'm thinking I'll probably just replace the one and then replace them all at some point - they are four years old - and I read the lifespan is 3-5 years - and then maybe switch to lithium.

I have one dead wet cell battery and 3 fine ones. 2019 trailer - original battery set. Can I just put a new one in there or do they have to be of similar age?

Thanks GJ _ I was totally surprised to se the XAMP panel, I think it is, has a lithium option 🙂

Nice idea, John. Those power stations are impressive and getting better and better.

Definitely interested Max! Will PM you 🙂

Thanks again for all the help! The interior - such as it is at present 🙂

Thanks so much! We have the Trojan lead batteries which seem to be well-maintained and will probably keep them for a while but do plan to move to lithium. I have Battleborn lithium in the van - and they work so well :).

I have the 4 Trojan batteries which we would probably replace with lithium at some point. I haven't yet determined how costly that will be. I do see that the solar setup will accept lithium - so hopefully it's just a matter of putting the lithium in. I imagine it will not be easy to add an inverter in - I will check it out though. I have plenty of power from the solar array on the van, and since the weather is still good, I'm hardly using the Oliver at all; its more for bad weather and for my partner when she visits - but it would be nice then to get the outlets working.

The only reason I can see to get one is to use the outlets without using a generator. I'm almost almost always boondocking.

Well, I have the answer - the former owner told me there is no inverter....I guess that's the way it came. It's weird because trailer seems to have just about everything else - double awnings, Truma water heater, solar, double propane tanks, WIFI, CD player, and I don't know what else - but no inverter. The previous owner said the outlets would only work with shore power or when using a generator. I wonder how hard it would be to put one in?

Thanks for all your help! This is a single bed setup. I have looked near the floor, in all the under compartments, all the upper storage areas, in the closet, The bathroom (yes, I'm getting desperate), in every outside opening and I don't see either the inverter or the prowatt panel anywhere. The manual says it came with them. I don't know how but I must be missing something. I'm trying to get in contact with the former owner and see if he remembers.

I see it in the manual but have not been able to locate it in the trailer (lol)

Thanks Mobile! I actually looked in the manual and that's what I have. Where in the trailer did you find that?

Thanks for the advice - these are not new batteries.

Thanks - that's a nice panel - unfortunately I either don't have it or can't find it. The CD player is below the solar panel. Is it possible that there is no inverter? I don't see it anywhere

That makes sense there's no button there! I'll look around 🙂. I don't see anything in the cabin.

Thanks. it has two buttons that I can see - the amp/volt and battery type - I don't see where to turn it on. The battery voltage says 13V. I don't know about that red light - charging status?

Thanks very much for that. Who knew?

2019 Oliver Elite II - Outlets work fine while on shore power; not otherwise. Lights, CD player work - outlets do not. Checked the fuses, flipped the breakers back and forth, red light is on near the electrical panel, it has a zamp solar charge controller -battery level reads full - any suggestions are welcome!

Clamp on it is! Thanks 🙂

I'm learning about chocks. Twice I took the trailer off the ball without putting the chocks in. Luckily I was on pretty flat ground. Gotta remember that. I contacted ARK - they said the Jack was an excellent recovery point -so that is taken care of - yah! I'm deciding between the tube mount vs the trailer jack. Any ideas?