2 Relion 12V 100Ah Lithium Batteries - North Carolina Private Seller
4 months ago - Parts & Miscellaneous - Spruce Pine, NC - 223 Views 0 Watching
| Title: | 2 Relion 12V 100Ah Lithium Batteries |
| Country: | US |
| State or Province: | NC |
| City: | Spruce Pine |
| Type of Sale: | Private Seller |
| Listed: | 4 months ago |
Brand new batteries.
RB100 LT
12V 100Ah
Cold Weather Deep Cycle Lithium Battery
Group 31
Website for battery is:
relionbattery dot com/products/lithium/rb100 lt
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Yep, I am moving mine inside as well. I am replacing them with 2 460Ah ones.
Can I ask why would you move inside?
Maybe I should ask what does "inside" mean first?
Don't these batteries all come with Low Temp control and/or rated Cold weather?
20L Tellaro/Sequence battery move. the 'why' to it.
[QUOTE=dkoldman;419724]Can I ask why would you move inside? Maybe I should ask what does "inside" mean first? Don't these batteries all come with Low Temp control and/or rated Cold weather?[/QUOTE] Many Tellaro/Sequence owners are doing this for many reasons. The batteries are just ahead of the rear axle under the coach- stupid place to have batteries, imho. They are ReLion RB-100LT heated batteries, and are great batteries, I just disagree with having them where they installed them for many reasons. 4th pic shows the Rat's nest under the headrest, pass. side after I removed 8' of romex to that side outlet. I did it so I don't have to rent a heated storage space away from home. I can now disconnect, remove and maintain my batteries. Thor says to disconnect the B+ and B- cables- underneath the coach. Uh huh. No slack and hard to reach. I do not do winter camping- VT uses so much road salt that the underside will be gone in 3 years, and if you wash it, you can do more damage to the electrics, regardless of being "waterproof" Mine were filthy and there was NO slack in the cables to be able to do any thing they say to. Biggest reason is 200Ah is totally inadequate to boondock with, so I changed to 600Ah, 12V roof AC, and extra 190W solar panel, so we can boondock for days, even with the 700W super quiet AC. Then there are all the buss bars and breakers totally exposed to the road elements- so if your 50A breaker blows, you have to crawl underneath to A) find it and B) reset it. 1 year later, my buss bars, and connections were already corroding. "inside" means under my bed storage for my two big 300Ah batteries, and removed about 40# of excess wire and re-arranged the electrical compartment to make sense and be easier to trouble shoot and maintain. The low temp heated batteries were needed b/c of their location. Since I can now remove them, I no longer need heated batteries and I never use in the winter anyways. I made a pdf for the 20L battery move in case anyone wants a copy as a guideline (PM me w/ email address) I also added a Noco 2A trickle charger hardwired to the chassis B+ side of the e-start solenoid, so my solar panels keep that charged, b/c it dies in 4 days otherwise- no bi-directional charging in the 20L. (Inverter on and dedicated 120V outlet for that) I also moved my LP tank switch inside too- original was in a box and was very corroded. To finish I added boat latches to the headrest compartments on both sides to be able to open those w/o tools. Nobody who works at the factory has any idea what it's like to live in Vermont. Now I just drain the system, and add about 1 gal of AF and done. Good until spring. Mousetrap maintenance is all I do now, and cycle the batteries inside from 60%-100%-60% every 3 months. RV lives under a solar canopy so not a lot of snow lands on it. That's why.
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Can I ask why would you move inside?
Maybe I should ask what does "inside" mean first?
Don't these batteries all come with Low Temp control and/or rated Cold weather?
For the reasons Mark said and also:
1. Low temp means charging in near or below freezing temps is reduced, and
2. Low temp are self heating at 40F and below which means they gobble amps just sitting. Don’t recall exact rate but Relion literature I believe shows 10 amps per hour.
If using in “cooler” temps it’s more convenient to have the batteries in the tempered indoor environment of the van, thereby eliminating the self heating draw.
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What are you replacing with? I just finished swapping mine out for 2 300ah. And moved them inside.