New AGM Solar Battery Upgrade
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Visiting RVPrepper Wayne & Wanderlust Estate in Panama City, Florida. Picked up some supplies shipped to Wayne's place and Wayne helped me install my new battery bank in Yoda.
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AGM batteries will make a big difference for you. How many dogs did Jax eat?
But don't the batteries need to be vented?
+Anal Hype lol. You got jokes. :)
Line the bottom of your grill with foil and you're heat will be more even, and clean-up will be easier.
Happy trails to you and Jax.
Eric, Nice install, It appears Wayne does nice work. You should probable seal up the holes in the battery compartments to keep the dirt an critters out.
oh...and you might want to put something over your battery posts on the bank under your oven so one of those pans don't slide over and short you out.
AGM is a nice upgrade, but lithium is the way to go. You can run the battery down to 10% before you get voltage drop. They're safer, and much lighter in weight. Many new RV's are coming with lithium batteries now, or offer them as an option. More power can be stored in a smaller, lighter package. Sure, it costs more, but considering how huge of an improvement they are over lead-acid batteries in performance, capacity, and weight, many people are making the switch... and their life cycle also lasts for the long haul as well.
HOORAW!!! BATTERIES!! Now think what you would have been setting at with 115 ah batteries! Yeah they cost but worth the wait! Next time in 5-7 years when it's time to replace those get MORE AMP HOURS!!! Are your running an MPPT controller with your setup??
Question? Were the batteries to wide to lay them on their side and stack them under the oven?
Trolls FYI: AGM batteries can be laid on their sides, upside down or on an angle! They are called A=Adsorbed G=Gas M= Mat which means the cells are full with no air space as in flooded batteries so no open area in the cells.
My plans with Honey as I save a 'little' or should I say I'll earn a little storage space with 2 stacked on their sides under one of the dinette benches the other in the same spot as you. On their sides.
Remember the Mantra with off the grid types that scream "stay short" with your cabling? Ya did good with the set up in the floor box but shorter still and you can add those inches to other cable runs with that savings. Remember, I'm OCD when it comes to wiring! I AM the Cable Guy Carey tried to be!
He failed!!!! Put a Vincent Price LOLOL here!
thanks for the link to RVP. He might have some hints I need to use on the old girl!
Blue Sky's and Safe Journeys!
Yeah they did drop but I was giving you a break because your reading retention pretty much sucks if you can't read a few paragraphs.
OR
You are just a coward that can't read without help.
And thus your hate comes out against anyone that even comments on Erics videos via the comments section even if they are not gay.
Thanks for clarifying this. Who said gays wish to coexist with people who they hate because they are idiots and can not understand simple English such as I mentioned I believe somewhere in another post earlier about over weight and he doesn't have the proper equipment and I might wear a beard but I don't like a beard against my face either so he's still freaking out of any picture. Take a breath and continue, I get the jealousy part and I'll not get so up close and personal just so I don't upset your female side.
Besides a small medical problem I have would kick me right out of any of the gay crap they perform.
AHHH Shucks to me, or it sucks to be me, so stop trying to paint me gay when I have pretty much beaten you in every one of your childish attempts at being a KB Rambo fail when I couldn't even if I wanted to thanks to all the gods to that ass hole and yep cancer sucks big time but JIT for you to see just how much! LOLOLOLOL!
a battery case would be nice, to make sure those terminal posts are not exposed.
Eric move all metal lids/pots away from battery terminals !!! Gotta protect the terminals/lugs from shorts.
Your videos are awesome, you are awesome!
Wayne did a excellent job installing the new agm battery's. thanks for sharing Eric.
I like the new solar set up! Thanks Wayne, for helping Eric, and James..
Wayne has been a blessing for many RVers.
you should look into getting a backup camera for the RV very good to have you can get a really good on for 300 350 from rear view safety
what happened to the four big batteries you had in the ryno liner van or that a-team van did you just leave them in the van ? I don't know anything about them I just know you seemed to love them when you were putting them in
Nice upgrade. Good ole Wayne is a handy feller. Have a great week.
lol ... the mic' thing looks like a bird flew into your chest, but it seems to do the job.
what happened to the four batteries from the telecom setup you had in the van?
oops my bad i stand corrected agm lead seald acid they are real nice setup
+Thomas C. Gagnon That's OK. I wasn't sure if you misheard "gel" said when it wasn't or if you didn't realize that AGM could be sealed lead acid as well. They are fairly common now and many RVers prefer them. I'm excited to give them a good test on the road.
+Nomadic Fanatic AGM is the only way to go .. Good isn't always cheap
A man that doesn't read is no better than a man who can't read! I think Mark Twain said that.
I loved your comprehensive interviews ;)
Is pepper Wayne going to weld that hole for you? I would be concerned about rodent visit.
coming at you from beautiful downtown St Augustine Florida now that's quite a battery bank I've only got one deep cycle marine battery that's 114 amp hours I think if I had one more 114 amp hour deep cycle marine battery it wouldn't do it now those burgers sure look good say hi to Wayne for me great video Eric thanks for posting👍👍👍👍👍
Nice solar setup that should do you just fine
Hello! Fan here! I have watched many of your videos and have enjoyed many aspects of how you show us your life! Thank you. But I have to be honest, and hopefully you are open to a little constructive criticism. It seems you have some unresolved issues with 'some' of you viewers. In this video for instance you complain about people watching your clips on mute, and then you appear to be disgruntled about this because you might have to repeat some aspect or detail of your current topic. So from my perspective you are being condescending and passive aggressive and a bit of a baby. How do you think the 'normal' viewers are supposed to react when you talk crap on the other 'obviously dysfunctional' viewers? What I hope you can take away from this is just to be confident in yourself and know that you have plenty of peeps out here that like you and what you have to share!! Let the viewers decide how they will participate! Don't let em see you sweat!! Keep up the great vids and thank you for sharing. I haven't gotten the balls to have my own channel yet... maybe one day!
nice I just picked up two of the six volt deep cycle golf cart type I'm going to give these a try this time,,, but after seeing how much effort people put into building a vented battery box for these things,,, it almost seems like I would have been better off to just buy some sealed batteries like those
If you put those batteries in parallel, you should also look into balancing their charge, because otherwise one (or some) will be full before the others, and then get overcharged, which means it'll be going kaputt, especially when this happens often and constantly. It's not as bad with lead-acids as it is with lithium-ion batteries, but still a thing to consider.
It's ok to be gay
no it isn't :O)
now you can check the gas mileage.
glad you got the batteries sorted.
Why I'm getting unsubscribed ? I had to re-subscribe to your channel 3 times this week. I never had this problem.
James didn't seem too excited to be on film during his interview. Never seen that side of him.
+Brodyho122 its called acting -he was trying to act like a duffis lol
its nice to have good frinds on the road
Nice job! I am definitely going to have to have help with that stuff when I get my van, just hearing stuff like amp hours gives me a migraine! ! dj😦🐙
Solar powered Saturn !
14.6 sounds high? are you cooking the batteries? my 4 100ah AGM's float at 13.7 off 40 amp solar MPPT and/or shore power, after I wrote this realized you have exact same batteries I have but I have the 100ah ones...
Cool video Eric and great info on the batteries. And Wayne never ceases to be amazing! lol
A great video Eric and congratulations on the super efficient solar setup.......
TruckcamperJim in Indiana 47 deg today Heat Spell for February LOL
If it makes you feel better, I watch all your videos all the way through.maybe not every video, But the ones i watch i watch 100% :D I love your videos.. when i first found your channel you disabled comments :/ was so bummed, Now i just scrolled down and noticed it was unlocked! Good luck to yah!
Another excellant video!!!! Mr.Jax would proubly disagree but thats a cool place there, nice when freinds help that is just wonderfull, your one of the bright spots of my day thanks Mr.Jax and Eric.
AGM are charge sensitive and should only be used if the charge controller can handle them. They also can be discharged to 80% without damage to them. So 80 ah x4 is 320 which is about 256 ah to 80% discharge use. So you need about 600 watts solar @46 ah of solar an hr x5 to keep them topped off or some other source to recharge them to 100% everyday if you use all the capacity in single day. If you don't the batteries have a short life as Eric has found out.
I finally got caught up with you, Eric and Jax! I don't do video editing, but, wow, you do a great bit of work!! Better than most television! Thanks for doing this!
Right on, Eric!! I love my AGM battery - no ventilation needed!!! YEAH!
Keep the batteries as close to the charging source and each other as possible as you will experience significant resistance along the length of the wire runs. Your batteries have a rating of 320 amp hours. Since you never want to run below 50% of your total amp hours, you really have 160 amp hours. So add up the amps and number of hours you run on all of the appliances you have for a 20 hour period. The total cannot be more than 160. You can use the volt meter to monitor the state of charge%. So never let your voltage fall below 12.2 volts, which is a state of charge of 50%. Also, when you wire batteries in parallel designate the +(pos) terminal of battery #1 as the primary positive terminal for your system and the -(neg) terminal of battery #4 as the primary negative terminal for your system. For reference see: Nigel Calder has written some of the best books on 12v systems for boats, but his expertise would work for your RV too.
I have two of those $100 RV batteries from Walmart. They suck pretty bad. How many volts are you supposed to charge them up to and how far can you drain them? Mine don't seem to want to stay above 12.6
Hey Nomadic--I picked up a junior sized Tilly last week And I did remember this video today when I picked it up today. When he popped the open the battery bank cover by the steps, I iinstantly spotted the white caps to the batteries. They were 6v deep cycle, but not AGM. Oh well, they were basically new, so I guess I'll see how long they hold a charge. Nice video and gracias for the solar battery setups.
OK, I have binge watched every video you have posted. My T.V has not been on for a week. Why? Because you are living my dream. With in the next 6 years I am going to sell everything we own and hit the road. The things I have learned about solar, batteries and other stuff from you is really going to help me build out a rig, what ever kind I use. I think I am going to use a big van and pull a T.T, that way if van breaks down, I can at least live in the trailer in a r.v park until it gets fixed.
Happy trails Eric. And if you ever make it back to Corpus, give me a shout.
great upgrade with agm batteries ...now you need more solar panels ...also what happened to the whole in the floor ...did you fix it ?...
protect those battery terminals...you could start a fire ...if pot falls on them...while your driving..
I have been binge-viewing your videos the last week. Thanks for giving so many insights into this kind of life and your development as a person. Congrats to your new RV, I had to think about installing my additional Batteries before X-mas, cold work but worth it. Greetings from germany and keep it up.
+Nomadic Fanatic It's been a bad year for southern states but hopefully you get better weather soon. Love your lifestyle. Great vlogs. Thanks for sharing a peaceful life even with the bumps in the road. 😉
Hey dude it look like you had room for all 4 of them under the stove.. The reason i'am bringing this up is because you could of keep those other ones in that same spot..that would of made 500 somin amp hours..i run two arrays on my set up and i use old wheelchair gel batteries that are different ages..Of course i keep them separated with switches. so they won't be drawing on each other..I have 5 sets of deep cycle batteries all with there own female receptacle. so i'am able to jump around when needed..look at my google + ... also those walmart batteries could of been run with a battery 12-volt isolator (30bucks) maybe 100 amp one so they would always be hot for those days when the sun is shy..
You only need #4 wire between the batteries and #2 between bank of batteries and Inverter for less than 2% loss per NEC... any doubling etc. is just waste and read your owners manual they still need vented space! the batteries are not spill-able but they still vent! you could fill a space with hydrogen!
If a battery goes up so quickly, it means that the battery has lost most of its capacity, maybe it was deep-discharged or something like that, and now it can't hold as many Ah as it used to (if any at all - or maybe only 10 Ah left where it had 100 before etc). One could try reconditioning it with a Bedini motor or a Re-EMF charger, but it's nowhere near certain that it would work, so the battery is practically dead and needs to be replaced.
Loving your work nomadic fanatic! been watching your journey from over here in Melbourne Australia :)
I just bought Golf cart batteries from Costco last year just before my trip to Arizona so I'll have to wait to upgrade, Do they have those pythons in that part of Florida we don't want them to put the squeeze on Jaxx! best of travels to us all .
Everyone is welcome to do whatever they like with their battery set ups ( including Eric ) but you should know that if you use deep cycle batteries they *all have vents and will discharge hydrogen gas.* AGM batteries are probably the best performing and easiest to maintain but they too have vents and if the internal pressure exceeds 2-3 psi some gas will come out. It is a safety feature. Whether you have enough volume to distribute the hydrogen safely depends on the situation. Even high-end cars with AGM batteries have vent tubes.
I know you probably consider AGM a "safer" solution, but traditional "wet" lead acid batteries store more energy and cost less.
Trojan battery is one of the best lead acid battery companies around. If you ever need to buy more batteries again check with them. They do sell AGM batteries.
We also changed our batteries to the AGM's. Hubby was a motorcycle mechanic for years and said that they were the best and maintenance free. We have had really good luck using them with our solar set-up.
So nomadic would you still recommend these batteries? I can get a 12v 100amp-hour for $187 off of there website
Great vid Eric! So I'm trying out van dwelling life right now. But only till I can get another RV. Am heading to Portland now to register and title it. Hope to connect when you get back to the West Coast.
and running the Satellite Dish plus the 26" flat screen and all the lights on and using and charging your laptop all for 6 hours and still technically being at %100 charge Sounds Great. now you just need to get it to a 24 hour cycle and you'll be living the free life.
Love the comprehensive interviews with the chatty gentlemen! ☺️😂☺️☺️
We have that exact grill in our camper! found it on sale for 20 bucks getting groceries at Walmart on a camping trip. It did take a while to assemble. Works much better than the one it replaced. pretty even cooking.
Great vid Eric I always enjoy them keep up the great work and Keep On RV'n...
Great Video! Im looking forward for more comprehensive Interviews. :D
The Vmaxtanks are incredible they will out perform any battery out there they are also agms,
I would put some kind of barrier between the batteries under the stove so in case you brake hard, the pans will not fly over and then end up short-circuiting your batteries, creating a possible fire. Maybe make some of battery cover!
What is the use of STOP signs?
Not the best battery install seperating the bank, long life depends on place them all four together with equal leads
I am going to watch every single Nomadic Fanatic video from start to finish, hopefully in one sitting.
I thought the parallel batteries didn't use the cumulative amount. I thought it was divided
ciao, so the pannel that you have is an aproximate monitor. the voltage readings is taken with a miminum no battery charging or discharging of cca 3 hours. so dont stresss battery is just fine. they are real monitors like Victron but only if you feel the need to spend mutch more.
If ya throw sum Lava rocks in the bottom of the grill , it holds and heats much beta . What no burgers for the boys ?
Wayne seems like a get er done kind of guy, you think he could help address that hole under the hanging closet?
I noticed a lot of fuel laying on the ground, all those leaves could be used to power a solid fuel burner which in turn could be used to provide electricity and cooking, seems a waste, the ash could be used for other things such as growing stuff.
I'm still not certain why you're not charging your batteries off the engine alternator.
You've probably already thought of this but covering the exposed terminals would be cheap insurance
The battery bank seems to be the thing you needed. When you get in a situation where you are tight but know other vehicles have made it through you just get as close to the trees as you can if the wind is not moving them. Take a cam shot of that when you leave?
Thanks for this video. I learn a bit more day by day. hAVE FUN!
good to see the battery upgrade. I'm thinking about getting a magnum hybrid inverter & some sealed batteries.
Nomadic Fanatic, great Battery bank setup!
I see you and Wayne put your Brain's and hands to work. the new RV is really looking wonderful Eric. I'm so very happy for you and Jax . yall are traveling in style now.
Happy trails.
Please keep us posted on the status of your new batteries. I used to live in a 21' motor home, the roof was covered with used Arco panels utilizing six 6 volt golf cart batteries series paralleled for 12 volts. They would last 4+ years. Good luck and have fun. (Be sure all the holes in the bottom of your unit are sealed, you could get small but unwanted guests...)
Good progress on the solar system and great help from friends and experts....
Hey Eric nice video..Did your friend install a fuse at every battery?
wonder wat happened to those four cellphone tower batteres those things had plenty capacity
hangon.... isnt that tilli the first in the corner of his lot
can i connect 3, 6 v batteries and be ok with my 45 watt solar setup Im still new to solar. Or do I need 4 6 v
Great video, Eric, keep us posted on how the new battery bank holds up.
Those batteries are nice. Must have cost a lot!
Walmart batteries are usually not worth what ya pay for them there exide batteries but they must be seconds or something
The BEST RV batteries are Trojan lead acid 6 volt batteries hands down.
i bought a grill like that not as big but to put on my tailgate took about an hour and made sure to use lock tight.... and still had to buy a pin lock etc ugh
Great video! Battery info was very helpful!
Now's my chance........ hmm screw it. Hi humans!!!
Does Wayne have any problems with snakes on his property. Looks like a snake haven..
.....well, "free life" with the tv and cable/satellite dish on 24/7 lol
James (+Wanderlust Estate) is just so excited at 4:28, LOL!
Hey, don't them batteries need to be vented Eric !?....Lol
i wish i could get into the cab of my home on wheels from the living area that must be handy in winter
also first
hopefully you and wayne can tackle that hole under the cabinet while you are there
I may be wrong but I did not see any fuses installed. It's very impostant to have fuses installed as close to the battery posts as possible. Also make sure to installe non-conductive covers on the positive battery posts.
The batteries store a lot of energy and you'll be surprised how fast the wiring can catch on fire if proper protection devices are not installed!
+Ray_Biker I've added 2 100 amp fuses. The research I did said that you want a 100 watt fuse for every 2 batteries. Fuses are very important. I've never tripped or arched my batteries, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
+Nomadic Fanatic
Great. I just wanted to mention the fuses because since I did not notice any in the video.
I've been watching your videos for the last couple of weeks. Great job buddy! You have accomplished a lot. Jax is adorable. Don't pay attention to the trolls. They are simply jealous.
You are welcome to park on our property if you ever make it to South Carolina. We live about 25 miles SW of Charlotte, NC.
Eric your videos are awsome i relly like you cat and it is cool to see all the sences of diffrent places you go so keep on going