Lithium Pro Package vs Solar Pro Package

[RV Newbie]

I just put a deposit for the Elite II with the Lithium Platinum Package and I have some questions that I am sure folks on this forum can help.  The package comes with Lithium batteries, charge controller and inverter.  My question is, if I need to charge the batteries from my generator using the external 30 amp connection, how does Oliver connect the wiring such that the batteries will be charged but the input does not feedback to other circuitry that might cause damage?  Do I need to add more hardware in order to charge my batteries using a generator?  Thanks

[ChrisMI]

@RV Newbie

The 12v and 120v circuits are isolated in the trailer. Your xantrax inverter/charger will use your generator/shore power to charge the batteries and provide 120 to the rest of your trailer. You can set the incoming current limit so it does not overload your generator. It’s your responsibility to limit 120 usage (microwave, AC, etc) during this charge cycle so the generator can provide continuous clean power. 

[Steph and Dud B]

On 1/2/2022 at 8:06 PM, Mike and Carol said:

Even when we had an electrical hookup I rarely turned our charger on, just relied on the sun.

Now that more campgrounds are charging for electrical use by the amp/hour on top the the regular site fee, this is interesting, You can turn the charger off while connected to shore power? The campground would be really surprised to see no amp/hours used!

[Mike and Carol]

1 hour ago, Steph and Dud B said:

You can turn the charger off while connected to shore power?

I can turn the charger on/off independently of the other electrical things.  I just flip the breaker for the charger in the fuse panel under the dinette.  All the other 110 stuff stays on.  Mike

[mossemi]

Do the newer Ollie’s equipped with the Xantrex Freedom XC inverter/chargers have a separate breaker for the battery charging circuit like the Ollie’s equipped with the Xantrex PROWatt inverters and the Progressive Dynamic's converter/charger?  Or is the charging circuit controlled by software?

Mossey

[GarryandKristi]

On 11/25/2021 at 1:12 PM, CnC said:

We can't imagine AGM batteries after having lithium.  There are so many advantages to lithium batteries.  While everyone knows they last longer, few think about the advantages of the built-in battery monitoring systems.  No longer do you worry about over-charging, having to have a trickle charger, depleting them to zero, etc., etc.

I guess it depends on what you expect and actually do when camping. We have the 4 6v AGMs and over 3 years they have served us well. We can dry camp for 3 nights (we have no solar) and just plug the trailer in when storing. Camping on the East - and mostly mid south to southeast  means a lot of trees for us and so the advantages of solar would be minimal. When the AGMs bite the dust I would considers lithium, but honestly I’d rather spend the extra money on a quieter air conditioner. 

[CnC]

I absolutely agree with "I guess it depends on what you expect and actually do when camping"

Charlie.

[Lee Cappelletti]

We had originally ordered the smaller Lithium package.

They called us during construction and told us that package was unavailable then.

Would we mind if they "bumped us up" to the larger package for an extra 1,000.00 ?

Duh...no brainer !

It's a lot of power, but you can never have too much !

We feel more confident the farther we get from the "insanity"...

[Rivernerd]

3 hours ago, Lee Cappelletti said:

Would we mind if they "bumped us up" to the larger package for an extra 1,000.00 ?

Duh...no brainer !

Wow!  I would have jumped on that deal too!

Congratulations!

[Steph and Dud B]

4 hours ago, Lee Cappelletti said:

They called us during construction and told us that package was unavailable then.

Would we mind if they "bumped us up" to the larger package for an extra 1,000.00 ?

Same thing happened to us. I'll bet our trailers are littermates. What's your hull number?

[Lee Cappelletti]

Why would you get anything less than the maximum available battery power...?

You can never have too much power but you can definitely have too little...?

In the scope of the whole project...get the best!

[CnC]

22 minutes ago, Lee Cappelletti said:

...get the best!

I agree, I'm too poor to buy anything else.

Charlie.