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I have been very lucky in winning more than one battery from Ecotree, I installed them a year ish ago now and detailed how in the thread below.
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So after a year it’s probably time to review them and see if it was worth the swap.
The plus side is numerous, they charge very quickly from whatever source I use and having two means plenty of capacity. We always opt for no hook up if possible and even this time of year, we are self sufficient with a bit of driving.
In Summer, there is so much excess we can run the absorption fridge all day on the solar and still have plenty of battery left all night.
This weekend we have been away and used about 20ah first night, the kids trainers were soaked so I was able to run a fan heater off the inverter to dry them this morning.
This is after 48 hours of being off hookup with one small drive of 30 minutes. I reckon we could last 4 days if we were careful with ease.
Here we are now driving back and they are quickly refilling from the B2B after using the fan heater.
After a year of use, there will usually be something you would do differently, I can’t say I would in this case. The B2B is great and the solar controllers seem to work well too.
One minor niggle is I never keep them at 100% when I am not using the Motorhome, I therefore have to ensure they are pulled down to about 80%, but that’s not really difficult.
The original EBL works fine charging them and the shunt tells me they get to 100% charged when on it. I know when they have stopped as you can see the voltage go up and the current throttle back to 0. I wouldn’t change the charger to a lithium one if you have a gel profile.
The batteries are performing faultlessly and seem a quality unit built to last. I can certainly say they have been a good investment for me.
I suppose to sum up, it’s been well worthwhile for me making the swap. I don’t have battery anxiety anymore and no topping up of the cells. Added bonus is I have saved 25kg of payload for double the capacity.
Only downside I can ever see is the initial cost, but given I think they will outlast lead acid by some margin, it may be cheaper in the long run.
Hope it helps some others considering swapping over.
Making the change from lead acid to lithium - a thread with pictures
So, after being lucky enough to get a lithium battery for less than half price, (thanks Jim), this thread will be the process for how I have changed over. I may be talking to myself a lot but that’s okay, I always search for rubbish like this when I do anything so I am hoping it will help in...
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So after a year it’s probably time to review them and see if it was worth the swap.
The plus side is numerous, they charge very quickly from whatever source I use and having two means plenty of capacity. We always opt for no hook up if possible and even this time of year, we are self sufficient with a bit of driving.
In Summer, there is so much excess we can run the absorption fridge all day on the solar and still have plenty of battery left all night.
This weekend we have been away and used about 20ah first night, the kids trainers were soaked so I was able to run a fan heater off the inverter to dry them this morning.
This is after 48 hours of being off hookup with one small drive of 30 minutes. I reckon we could last 4 days if we were careful with ease.
Here we are now driving back and they are quickly refilling from the B2B after using the fan heater.
After a year of use, there will usually be something you would do differently, I can’t say I would in this case. The B2B is great and the solar controllers seem to work well too.
One minor niggle is I never keep them at 100% when I am not using the Motorhome, I therefore have to ensure they are pulled down to about 80%, but that’s not really difficult.
The original EBL works fine charging them and the shunt tells me they get to 100% charged when on it. I know when they have stopped as you can see the voltage go up and the current throttle back to 0. I wouldn’t change the charger to a lithium one if you have a gel profile.
The batteries are performing faultlessly and seem a quality unit built to last. I can certainly say they have been a good investment for me.
I suppose to sum up, it’s been well worthwhile for me making the swap. I don’t have battery anxiety anymore and no topping up of the cells. Added bonus is I have saved 25kg of payload for double the capacity.
Only downside I can ever see is the initial cost, but given I think they will outlast lead acid by some margin, it may be cheaper in the long run.
Hope it helps some others considering swapping over.
