Help with Lithium upgrade and inverter install. Lance 825
Not sure if this is the right forum, but I am looking for help from DIYer on my upgrade.
I am developing a plan to upgrade my 2022 Lance 825 with lithium battery(s), an inverter and one more solar panel. Please shoot my plan full of holes, as needed. I REALLY want to get it right.
Summary: 2022 Lance 825, one 100w solar panel, GoPower PWM solar controller. 1 group 31 lead acid battery. 8 ga wire from my 2016 F350 with camper package.
Here is what I'm thinking:
Replace LA battery with lithium - thinking two SOK 100 AH right now - comments?
Replace ACR with a DC-DC controller - 30 amp? I have an 8 AWG wire from truck to camper.
Install 2000 w inverter. I only need to run the microwave, not AC, occasional small appliance. I don’t think I need an inverter/charger since my Progressive Dynamics has a lithium setting. Is that so? I am considering the Renogy 2000 watt inverter.
I will need to install an automatic transfer switch, unless I can find an inverter with one built in. The only ones I have found with a built in switch are inverter/chargers. (I also need help figuring out how to wire the AC from shore power to inverter and back to distribution panel). Either that or I just run a stand-along ac circuit to the microwave outlet.
Maybe add one solar panel - 100 watt or a little more - looking for a no drill option.
I will install a Renogy combination MPPT/DC-DC charger and place it where Lance put the ACR, in place of the ACR. Thinking 30 amp. I have only an 8 awg wire from truck battery to camper now. I think I need to run a 4awg from my truck battery (200 amp alternator) to the go where the ACR is now in the camper and cant figure out how/where to get the wire into the camper and routed to the right place. Currently the Lance plug and cable has only an 8 awg incoming, but somewhere it changes to a 4 awg inside, because I see a 4 awg connected to the battery side of the ACR. Any help?
What am I missing? What am I doing wrong?
I am developing a plan to upgrade my 2022 Lance 825 with lithium battery(s), an inverter and one more solar panel. Please shoot my plan full of holes, as needed. I REALLY want to get it right.
Summary: 2022 Lance 825, one 100w solar panel, GoPower PWM solar controller. 1 group 31 lead acid battery. 8 ga wire from my 2016 F350 with camper package.
Here is what I'm thinking:
Replace LA battery with lithium - thinking two SOK 100 AH right now - comments?
Replace ACR with a DC-DC controller - 30 amp? I have an 8 AWG wire from truck to camper.
Install 2000 w inverter. I only need to run the microwave, not AC, occasional small appliance. I don’t think I need an inverter/charger since my Progressive Dynamics has a lithium setting. Is that so? I am considering the Renogy 2000 watt inverter.
I will need to install an automatic transfer switch, unless I can find an inverter with one built in. The only ones I have found with a built in switch are inverter/chargers. (I also need help figuring out how to wire the AC from shore power to inverter and back to distribution panel). Either that or I just run a stand-along ac circuit to the microwave outlet.
Maybe add one solar panel - 100 watt or a little more - looking for a no drill option.
I will install a Renogy combination MPPT/DC-DC charger and place it where Lance put the ACR, in place of the ACR. Thinking 30 amp. I have only an 8 awg wire from truck battery to camper now. I think I need to run a 4awg from my truck battery (200 amp alternator) to the go where the ACR is now in the camper and cant figure out how/where to get the wire into the camper and routed to the right place. Currently the Lance plug and cable has only an 8 awg incoming, but somewhere it changes to a 4 awg inside, because I see a 4 awg connected to the battery side of the ACR. Any help?
What am I missing? What am I doing wrong?
