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My two Lithionics Series 200 will not charge when the Oliver is connected to house 120 line. All other Oliver systems appear to be OK. 

Oliver was outside from storage building and extension charging cord became unconnected so batteries drained down to "reserve" level. Restarted both batteries and reconnected and will not recharge. Down to 10 and 6 percent. Tried restarting...nothing.

Any experience with this problem? Advice?

Thanks.

2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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I'd just go step by step and double check along the way. Is the shore power good? It's grounded and the right voltage and everything? I keep a little tester on hand for that. Then I'd connect to the Xantrex bluetooth app and see what it says. Does it show any charging? Bulk, absorption or float? I'd also make sure my settings were good on that Xantrex app. Maybe set the incoming breaker rating  to 10 amps and the charger current to 50 amps. Unlike Xantrex, I've been able to reach the Lithionics people via the online ticket system and Dmitri was very responsive. Maybe try that also.

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It appears from the Xantrex app that charging (flow motion on app display) that charging "should" be happening.

2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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1 minute ago, Gliddenwoods said:

It appears from the Xantrex app that charging (flow motion on app display) that charging "should" be happening.

What does the Lithionics app on your phone show? All green/charging?

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Xantrex app also shows 100%, 13.7v and floating. Yet Lithionics app shows very low % .

2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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Lith app show current and power in red. 12.72v

2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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Red and 0s

2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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Where is that fuse or breaker for charging?

2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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That has happened to us a few times after plugging into shore power and no charging.  Had to reset breaker on the inverter and it started charging.  Its happened 3 times

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1 hour ago, Skipster said:

That has happened to us a few times after plugging into shore power and no charging.  Had to reset breaker on the inverter and it started charging.  Its happened 3 times

@Gliddenwoods I agree with Skipster. The inverter should understand that 12.7V is nowhere near 100% SOC. It’s logic is off and needs to reboot, power down for some period of time.

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On 10/14/2024 at 9:07 AM, Skipster said:

That has happened to us a few times after plugging into shore power and no charging.  Had to reset breaker on the inverter and it started charging.  Its happened 3 times

Where is the breaker that you had to reset? 

2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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5 minutes ago, Gliddenwoods said:

Where is the breaker you had to reset?

Your 2022 should be the same as my 2023....Inverter breaker is under the street side bed, here's a pic, you can see the inverter breaker is "off" (red tab on bottom) vs the 12V MAIN breaker which is on.

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Thanks rich.dev. While my 2022 is not exactly like your 2023 your picture helped alot.

My first breaker is out in the open and easy to see. But not my second breaker; it is not by the first breaker and out-of-sight. So I thought there was only one until I saw your photo.

Went back to look for the second one AND it was tripped!

Thanks much!

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2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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21 hours ago, Tideline77 said:

Posting this just for information ( not specifically for your current trouble shooting)

Information 

https://support.olivertraveltrailers.com/portal/en/kb/articles/lithionics-battery

 

click the PDF you would like to open

 

 

 

 

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2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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One more (last one?) question on this topic.

All appears to be working fine now.

However, after approx two days of charging the charging has stopped    ( yesterday) at SOC 88 & 89% and are not charging. App shows 13.7V.

Does my app and/or battery BMS require some sort of resetting? Or maybe run the battery charge down some and recharge again? Or?

2022 Oliver Legacy Elite II, Hull 1242, 9/26/22

Lithium Platinum Power/Solar Package

Tow with Supercrew Cab 2019 F-150 4 x4, 5.0L 4-Valve V8 with 3.73 axle ratio & 157" wheelbase.

F-150 GCWR of 16,900 lbs with maximum load trailer of 11,500 lbs.

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