After reading many posts here and a couple of calls to BattleBorn, I successfully made the change over from LA Batteries to a LiFePO.
My change over was simple compared to most. Just one battery for now.
The booger was finding the charger/converter so I could swap it out as well.
I was told by many that it was probably right behind the circuit breaker/Fuse box. Well.......It wasn't.
It was actually back behind the wall in the basement pass through.
That was not too bad either except that the nut and bolt that held the ground wire to the old unit was stripped.
It's always something isn't it?
I finally had to use a small hack saw and cut the bolt off. Glad it wasn't summertime or hot! (sarcasm)
I was drenched by the time I was done!
The ground wire was a loop and I could have cut it loose and then twisted the ends back together, I chose to maintain the integrity original loop.
I also installed a Victron smart shunt so I could easily monitor the battery via a bluetooth connection.
When I asked Battle Born about adding another battery next year I was surprised to hear that it would not be an issue. This gives my wallet a chance to recuperate.
I documented the process if you are interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJk0H2m2_Oc&ab_channel=CatchingUpWithTheCody%27s
Thank you to all of the kind folks here that gave advice and comments as I was doing my research.
Safe Travels!
My change over was simple compared to most. Just one battery for now.
The booger was finding the charger/converter so I could swap it out as well.
I was told by many that it was probably right behind the circuit breaker/Fuse box. Well.......It wasn't.
It was actually back behind the wall in the basement pass through.
That was not too bad either except that the nut and bolt that held the ground wire to the old unit was stripped.
It's always something isn't it?
I finally had to use a small hack saw and cut the bolt off. Glad it wasn't summertime or hot! (sarcasm)
I was drenched by the time I was done!
The ground wire was a loop and I could have cut it loose and then twisted the ends back together, I chose to maintain the integrity original loop.
I also installed a Victron smart shunt so I could easily monitor the battery via a bluetooth connection.
When I asked Battle Born about adding another battery next year I was surprised to hear that it would not be an issue. This gives my wallet a chance to recuperate.
I documented the process if you are interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJk0H2m2_Oc&ab_channel=CatchingUpWithTheCody%27s
Thank you to all of the kind folks here that gave advice and comments as I was doing my research.
Safe Travels!