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Re: Blue Ox BRK2022
If anybody was watching this, the Blue Ox System was delivered yesterday. I was a little concerned they made a mistake and their price was for the older model, but they shipped the 2022 model number. They still have it at this price on their website so if anybody is in the market, $500 cheaper than everybody else is a good deal.524Views0likes0CommentsRe: Blue Ox BRK2022
Well I went ahead and order it. So hopefully it’s all legit. If not it’s on my credit card so I can get the charge reversed. Shipping was only $23 for FedEx Ground and they didn’t charge me sales tax since apparently they have no store in Nevada. So total was $1296.524Views0likes0CommentsBlue Ox BRK2022
So I’m thinking about getting the new Blue Ox Braking system. Most every vendor online has it for $1780.90. Looks like one of those standard prices that manufacturers require their dealers to sell them at. Except for one. A place called RVeParts.com has it listed for $1273.88 which is a little over $500 cheaper than everybody else. Looks like a legitimate company but you don’t often see one vendor with this big of a discount and everybody else selling at MSRP. Has anybody done business with this company? Are they legit? You have to enter all your info before they give you a shipping cost so I’m wondering if that’s going to be the catch. Once I give them all my info I find out shipping is $500. Anybody use this place?887Views0likes3CommentsVictron electronics, change your PIN!
So I recently installed a Victron SmartShunt on my lithium batteries. I’m at a RV park now and I went to log into my Shunt and I noticed several other Victron products on the list that aren’t mine. I tapped on one and it allowed me to log into it. The owner of it never changed the default factory PIN. I figured out which trailer it is and he’s not there right now. So when he gets back I’m going to contact him and let him know. If you don’t change your PIN anybody can log into your Victron equipment and change all your settings and even change your PIN and lock you out of it. I actually almost skipped that step when I was setting mine up but went back and set a new PIN. I wasn’t even thinking about people being able to get into it.595Views0likes1CommentRe: Scotty I need more power!
ktmrfs wrote: msmith1199 wrote: Ktmrfs, okay I do have the wizard button, but it was hidden behind a power cable the ran over it. I tried the manual boost mode and it didn’t appear to be going into boost. But the batteries were near fully charged so I’m thinking that may have something to do with it. So I left the batteries on with the fridge and some other stuff running and I’ll got back out this evening with the batteries run out and see if I can get the boost mode to work. StirCrazy, it’s in LI mode and has been since I installed the LI batteries. yes, little bitty button is somewhat hidden, and not well documented. And if the battery is near full charge, yes it may go into boost mode but charging current won't change much or current will drop pretty rapidly. . At least on Lead Acid batteries. Didn’t work. Got the batter down to 43% and tried everything with the wizard button and could only get 16amps going to the battery for the charge. I also only get 14.1 volts now out of the converter and it should be 14.6 voltes in the lithium mode. So I don’t think the converter is in lithium mode. I think the little switch got busted the first time I tried to use it because it’s so small. I had ran some trouble shooting things with the factory rep and he told me it sound to him like the switch broke in lithium mode, but now that I have the SmartShunt I’m not convinced of that. So I’m going to call them next week and discuss it. And, it looks to me like the 4560LI is much better suited to what I want anyway. And I can get that converter unit and swap it with the 4560 without having to swap everything else out. It’s just a plug and play. So I’ll take to them about that next week. It’s under $300 and if it works better, (sounds like it does) that’s worth it to me.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Scotty I need more power!
pianotuna wrote: msmith1199 From the downloadable manual. PD4500LI - The full rated load is available for load, battery charging or both. When functioning as a regulated battery charger the converter has a nominal voltage output of 14.6 VDC. The system is designed to sense voltage on the battery and will taper the charging current as the battery becomes charged. CAUTION The 4500LI series converter/chargers are designed to recharge lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries only. DO NOT USE TO RECHARGE LEAD/ACID BATTERIES! Don’t have that inverter.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Scotty I need more power!
Ktmrfs, okay I do have the wizard button, but it was hidden behind a power cable the ran over it. I tried the manual boost mode and it didn’t appear to be going into boost. But the batteries were near fully charged so I’m thinking that may have something to do with it. So I left the batteries on with the fridge and some other stuff running and I’ll got back out this evening with the batteries run out and see if I can get the boost mode to work. StirCrazy, it’s in LI mode and has been since I installed the LI batteries.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Scotty I need more power!
Okay, well after doing some more research, I think my unit may be capable of the manual boost mode. The instruction manual isn’t really clear in explaining it, but now that I know what it is I think I have it. So I’ll run back out to my motorhome today and give it a try. If correct, then that solves my problem as I can use the boost mode with the generator to get the power back without changing anything. Thanks for that info.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Scotty I need more power!
Mine is the regular 4560 with the Lithium switch for use with lithium batteries. I think the 4560LI is only for Lithium batteries and doesn’t function with other types. I’ll have to check and see if I can replace mine with the 4560LI assuming it has this feature. This would solve my problem as it’s something you would only use with the generator so cut the generator run time.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Scotty I need more power!
StirCrazy wrote: msmith1199 wrote: It’s a progressive dynamics 4560. I have not run the batteries dead yet and it’s only been a few days. I was getting 17 amps to the batteries when they were showing 53% full. Today they were under 50% and the Shunt showed 22 amps. So I don’t know what the max is. I do know if I started turning items on in the motorhome that used battery power, the amps going to charge the batteries would drop a little. do you have other 12V things running in the rv while you're doing this? The 60amp output is shared between everything being powered. so, if you have 20 amps of other things takin g power only 40 will be available for charging. Also, what voltage are you seeing with the amps going to the batteries? If you are seeing 13.0V then 50% is the most you will ever get the batteries to charge to. Steve No, nothing else was running. In fact I even turned the battery switch off and found that the converter is still charging the battery with the batter switch off.1KViews0likes0Comments
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