Will Honda 2000 supply MSH 3012's charger?

outwestbound wrote:

Itinerant1 wrote:

outwestbound wrote:

time2roll wrote:
Sounds like you are doing just fine. Only thing better would be some lithium batteries ;)

The industry average cost curve makes them uneconomic in my opinion. I suspect RV turnover is a multiple of the breakeven, if one looks at the economic argument for lithium. I someone going to pay me their residual value when I sell my used RV every 4 years? It's laughable to think so, from what I know of the market.

I think if one is an avid hobbyist or has a material weight issue, then falling on the knife for $10,000 in lithium might make sense.

I think I'll pass.

$10,000 might stretching it more like $4,200 to equal what you have.;)
With what the AGMs cost maybe $2,000+ difference.

Maybe. I was recalling the pricing I did in like April 2016, but that was the total price, not the marginal difference. Perhaps lithium is more cost effective now. I think lithium was like 2.4X what I paid for the fullriver AGMs, but maybe I'm off.

Not naming companies, but I refreshed my quote from a year ago for a lithium bank with 480 usable at 80% (Victron batts), the controller, monitoring kit, wiring, shunt and labor at their average install rate (about 50 hours); $15,000. This is (2) 300AH Victron batteries.

I have no competency to install this stuff and have no access to better pricing, so a turn-key installed price is all I can access. If a home builder's customer asks "what does that window cost to add into that wall there", they are not asking the wholesale cost of the window. Instead, they are asking the 100% turn-key cost for the entire assembly and scope of work. I think folks need to be careful when talking about lithium, because the labor, accessories and parts are expensive.

The labor was about $6,200 and it's likely the materials could be had for less. If someone paid 85% of my quote on materials, and did the labor him/herself, then the total becomes $8,100. Big difference!