How I got 3 280 Ah Lithium Batteries in the Oliver

[Teaney Hull 292]

yes, the good news is Lithiums are a LOT lighter than the AGMs. But, at 57 pounds each, that’s 171 pounds for the 3. After reading about someone saying they felt like a “German Mechanic working on car”  I came up with a Rube Goldberg solution. The original 4 AGMs were wired with no bus bars and no cut off switch. After seeing some sweet forum posts I decided to add the Blue Sea bus bars for Neg and POS, the 400 amp Blue Sea Fuse, and the Blue Sea Switch. (FYI, Blue Sea is very proud of their equipment and price it accordingly.) Using 4/0 welding cable, not the 4AWG from BatteryCablesUSAA.com that I ordered by accident, I realized it would be really hard to do this in the box. (By the way, BatteryCablesUSA not only refunded me for the wrong size cables I ordered, but helped me get the right ones, and 2 day shipped them in time to get them installed before putting the new Victron Multiplus in Monday.) See the pics below where I used the Loews what ever board, not the expensive board Oliver uses. thanks Forum. I wired the 3 Watt Cycle 280Ah, (not 300Ah, like it says on the label) on the table and made sure I had all the spacing right. Then disconcerted and put them on the board with the PVC pipe as rollers and hooked them up, Worked pretty well, except for the Blue Sea On/Off switch. It was almost too tall with the board and pvc rollers. (If you try this, use smaller pvc or a 1/2 inch board.) Good news is it’s all hooked up and good to go. Will update when the new Victron MP gets installed. 

I could not have even considered doing this if it had not been for the wonderful detailed posts other owner have posted and great responses to my questions.

Oliver is a Great Trailer, and even better, because of the wonderful owners on the forum that support newbies like me.

Thanks

Gary 

 

[Teaney Hull 292]

[Teaney Hull 292]

7 minutes ago, Teaney Hull 292 said:

 

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12 hours ago, Teaney Hull 292 said:

Oliver is a Great Trailer, and even better, because of the wonderful owners on the forum that support newbies like me.

The Oliver is still a great camper BUT - you ain't no "newbie" no more!

Bill