Just installed a renogy 100ah lipo battery in my gladiator. Run a dometic cfx3 45 for 33 hours and bed lights for about two hours and it used 14 percent of the battery. I consider that pretty amazing. I have the renogy dcdc charger to install. So I believe the single battery is going to be enough for an accessory battery. Thanks for the good video

I had some questions but you answered them in the video! Thanks for doing a video on this! Keep up the awesome content

Great video! I want to switch my camper over to Lithium and was curious about the Renergy battery so this is very helpful! I always learn so much from your product reviews!

Great overview Matt, this exact subject is currently my search history. Lol.. I have been going back and forth with this one for a few months now. I think I've made my mind up, looks like to lithiums are going in the back of the WarHawk Gladiator.

Awesome features re: temperature! Nice to know you won't be in trouble if you're stuck in a cold climate for a few days and needing to use it.

Hi Matt, awesome video. Thank you for the information 😊

Great info…thanks for sharing!

Another great video.i did all the research for my trolling motors. Would have been nice to have all the info in one video like this. I use the same batts for overlanding and the boat and just trade back and forth. Only thing you didn't mention was you need to make sure the charging system is lifepo4 compatible. Other wise it will damage the battery . Great video

I have two Renogy 100 AH in my Hiker Trailer, will never look back after running them. Have no problems what so ever with them. The App is also great

@retnav92

Жыл бұрын

Another Hiker owner (Mid Range XL 5X9) here . Bought mine back in September of this year, and it came with a 100ah Dakota lithium. What size inverter are you running?

@1markymark1

Жыл бұрын

@@retnav92 600 Watt

@retnav92

Жыл бұрын

@@1markymark1 Same here.

Good video I’m going through the same thing right now. I bought a diesel heater for winter camping, and in order to get it to start requires some amperage. It’s the only thing I use that requires power. The diesel heater that is I’m not using refrigerators and other things because Iat this point pretty sold on yeti coolers and their efficiencies and simplicity but as I venture into a power supply system I have researched the typical solar generators, and I have not read a lot of great feedback for how much they cost and the longevity. So I am looking at buying lithium batteries and making my own system so if one component fails, it should be much easier to repair down the road.

Excellent video sir 😎👍

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Had same issue with the diesel heater. Two 100 amp agm at full charge but kept getting low volt error on the heater. Lucky I had a shore power option to plug in and the invertors extra little boost got it to start and didn’t need shore power after that.

Great information about differences

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

very helpful👍

love lithium batteries running 4 Ionic in my bass boat great videos. what size propane bottle are you running in your gladiator..

Smart move, LiFePO4 is the best choice for off grid stuff. I have the same battery, but without the warming part.

Great video. Only thing i didn't hear in the video is if you have a shore charger built into the trailer make sure its capable of a lifep04. I has to swap the one in my trailer out when i made the switch.

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

My trailer shore charger works with LifePo4. I made sure of that before I started the project. It's working great.

Good info very informative I'm liking the beard you should grow it out with the rest.

Just saw where Dakota is running a sale on a number of their lithium batteries until 1/1/23. My Hiker Trailer came with their 100ah lithium, and I was pleasantly surprised at the light weight of them compared to a lead acid battery. Oh yeah, 11 year warranty!

I like that you can monitor the status and it has a long life. I wonder is that extenally vented so it could be installed inside the passenger compartment?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

No venting needed. Totally safe inside.

My experience: Within 1 week of 20a dc-dc charging at about freezing (32F) temps, the self heating function seems to have broken. Renogy says I have to warm up the batteries first before the heating will turn on (no, I'm not kidding)

Hey Matt. Great video and information. Question though, you mentioned about the cold temperatures and a internal heating that is activated at a certain temperature. How low of a temperature can these be used? We live in an area that gets below 0 for days/weeks. Will the internal battery heater keep up at 0 or below? Thanks

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

I know these did just fine in our recent few days in the single digits. I haven’t tested them in anything colder or for longer periods of time and hope I never have to. 😂 You could call Renogy and check with them to be sure.

great video Matt, thanks !!

Does the Bluetooth monitor work correctly when you have more than one battery in parallel? Do yo have to do anything special to see both batteries on the monitor?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

It works great. You just have to take a network cable and join them together. It's super easy.

We have a 2022 Conqueror 490 also. My question is did you have to make changes on the DC to DC and AC to DC controllers?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

According to Conqueror there’s nothing to change and it works fine.

Does the 490 have a DC-DC charger to charge the trailer batteries while you're towing? I know you have the redarc onboard Sully for its' house batteries.

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Sure does.

@krashnpa

Жыл бұрын

@Ozark Overland Adventures that is pretty sweet. I know there are only a handful of trailers out there that do from the factory. The AC-DC converter in ours supports lithium but we had a hell of a time getting it switched to support the right charge curve for LiFePo4 and we are installing a DC to DC along with an auxiliary cable to support the charging at full amps when towing.

Matt what's that silver shelf in the back of the gladiator?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

10 ай бұрын

it's leftover extrusion I had from my bed rack so I made a shelf to store totes for easy access. I actually redesigned it in this video... kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIyY1K6mZLe8YdY.htmlsi=wLG7m4LkMq_dW25J

how is the inverter on your bedside working after a long time in the dust & water?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

It died. LOL. But I think it was a crappy inverter and not because of placement. I have a much better quality Renogy 2000w inverter mounted in the middle on the side of my drawer. It's doing great!

Does the app allow for monitoring multiple batteries at once?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

If the two batteries are connected with a Cat5 cable, yes. That’s how mine are set up and it’s awesome.

When do you think you will upgrade to Redarc system?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

11 ай бұрын

I'm honestly not sure I will at this point. Just changing to the Lithium Batteries has been a major improvement!!

@TygerBlueEyes

11 ай бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures oh thats cool. I was thinking for stuff like microwaves ect..but if there no need. cool.

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

11 ай бұрын

@@TygerBlueEyes The Redarc is just a different charge controller. I will add a different inverter at some point to power things from AC when needed and not plugged in to shore power.

So this may seem like a very, very dumb question. But, can these be used for vehicle batteries?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

No. These are not starter batteries.

@guszavos2839

Жыл бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures I also don't think they can be installed under the hood because of the high temperature.

But the math gets even better Matt. In order to get the 100 AH out of the AGM your need two like you said, and you'd do that twice in order to get to the 4000 life cycle of the LFP. Even better after the 10 years and two sets of AGM batteries you'd STILL have to buy a third set because the LFP would be down to 80%. The AGMs would be useless. I don't think this is even said and stresses enough about LFP is you can ABSOLUTELY use them below freezing, my DIY battery's can be run down to -20F. The other thing that's not said enough is the 32 degrees is the ACTUAL battery temperature NOT the physical outside temperature. Throw those battery in box and just using them MAY keep them above freezing.

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Yes all very true. Thank you.

Have you herd of Jackson Hole Buffalo Meat Company i hear it is pretty good, think i will try it. They other wild meat

Did you pay full price for the Lithium batteries? As it is the only way i would take someones word as there is no conflict of interest

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

At the very beginning of the video you should have seen a pop up saying this is a paid promotion. Some of us do this for a living AND have integrity.

@darrengray2309

Жыл бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures so its just basically a paid commercial for the battery company Thanks

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

@@darrengray2309 So since I got paid that means what I said in the video can't be trusted?

@darrengray2309

Жыл бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures no sorry i can't i have watched very popular KZread influencers who would bang on about how good a particular brand of winch was for 12 months then all of a sudden they change sponsors and now a different winch is the greatest thing on the market. It happens constantly on KZread. And there answer to being questioned about it would be its a business and it is how they make their living. There is a particular 4wd KZread channel from Australia with nearly 1 million subscribers from all over the world who are shocking at doing this and they are very polular and influential with the young 4wdrivers that are just starting out

LifePo4 battery is good but can't do too good in very cold ass weather I live in Toronto Canada we get cold ass weather get up -25 or more how would those battery work in very cold weather I mean freezing cold wether am here thinking I have power station I build Friday we get bad snow storm I was out side in the cold weather it was snowing like hell I was out in cold weather snowing so much

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

That would be a question for Renogy since I have zero life experience in that cold of an environment but these are self heating so they may work for you.

Lithium seems to be the latest thing with 4wd. Not sure about this

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

What are you not sure about?

Might want to rethink all your water crossings with the Lithium Ion battery. They can explode when exposed to water.

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

That’s Lithium Ion. This is Lithiun IRON Phosphate. These don’t do that.

@nickburns5571

Жыл бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures The picture right on the battery says otherwise. The one with the water drop with a line through it…

@nickburns5571

Жыл бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures It’s lithium that reacts severely with water.

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

@@nickburns5571not sure how these would be able to get water in them from a water crossing unless I sunk my Jeep. 🤦🏼‍♂️

@nickburns5571

Жыл бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures Harsh shock and vibration can cause batteries to crack. I am not sure how long you have been off-roading but it happens. Just be careful.

You definitely don’t want to go lithium if you winch a bunch. It won’t handle that well.

@justinhenry1466

Жыл бұрын

Could you expand on that I would like to know why Thanks

@charleshunziker359

Жыл бұрын

Yes they are not a great start battery either. Great for trailers and boats. Best in a full drain and full charge use

@RossignolXX

Жыл бұрын

Lithium is good for long, relatively low draw systems such as fridges, charging stations, lighting, heaters, etc. Winching should NEVER be done with a lithium battery, nor done with the starter battery if the engine is off.

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

These aren’t starter batteries.

Lithium is bad for the environment where it’s mined, couldn’t one use a Sodium ion battery?

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Does anyone make a Sodium Ion Battery?

@krashnpa

Жыл бұрын

Sodium ion would not be good in this application. He would be better off sticking with AGM if mining lithium was a concern.

Every time he puts his arms near the negative and positive posts I get nervous... Please don't do what you ALMOST see in this video by touching both negative and positive at once.

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

😂made you nervous did I? No positive and negative posts were touched in the making of this video or during install LOL

@JWard2

Жыл бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures lol 😆

@TheStoryTillNow

Жыл бұрын

@@OzarkOverlandAdventuresstaying neutral I see buddy! 😂

@spedkilzu

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't work like that.

@JWard2

Жыл бұрын

@@spedkilzu a challenger has entered the chat* ⛄

It will drop voltage aswell in LiPo battery. I use them in my RC's and they droping voltage aswell. Be carefull with that, or you will detrpy the battery if the voltage drops to much. And yes, lipo's are much more expensive

@OzarkOverlandAdventures

Жыл бұрын

I said that in the video.