Battle Born Lithium Battery Upgrade
Big thank you to Lance from Wheelin’ with the Wendes for all his help with the upgrade. We couldn’t have done it without him.
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100 Ah 12V Lithium
These have been game-changers for us. We wanted to boondock more and these batteries help us get out and stay out! We have 600 usable amp-hours! No more worrying about damaging our batteries! Did we mention we can run our microwave and instapot on our batteries!
Magnum remote control ME-ARC50
This is our charge controller. It monitors our battery's state of charge, incoming solar and more
Magnum Energy 3000W 12VDC Pure Sine Hybrid Inverter Charger
This Inverter/Charger is designed with true hybrid technology allowing it to run larger loads from smaller generators. Most inverters only use one source of energy to power loads, either from incoming AC power – shore or AC generator – or from the batteries.
Magnum battery monitoring kit
This monitors and provides important information about the condition of the batteries. This information will let you know how much energy you have available, and let you plan your electrical usage to ensure the battery is not being over-discharged.
micro air easy start
This helps keep that initial surge of power from smacking the air conditioner at startup. It softens the electrical surge when it is first turned on.
16 Ton Hydraulic Hand Crimper Tool
This was used to crimp the lugs to the 4/0 battery cables.
Ultra-Flexible Car Battery/Welding Cable
This wire was chosen because of the amperage being drawn. The larger wire can move more electrons. It also has the least amount of resistance.-4/0 Gauge, (10 Feet Red/10 Feet Black) - they come with 5 Copper Lugs
Heat Shrink Tube
This was used to cover the lug connections on both the positive and negative terminals. It gives you a quick visual of the positive and negative if you only have red or black wiring. -3:1 Adhesive-Lined Heat Shrinkable Tubing Black & RED 4Ft
Heavy Duty Wire Lugs
These were used to connect our 4/0 wire to the battery terminals.
8 FT - 1" x 1/8" Aluminum Angle
We used this to help hold our batteries on the tray we made in our battery bay.
Premium Ratchet Tie Down
We used two of these to tie down the batteries to our battery tray.
