You have done the right thing going Lithium, you'll never look back. Not my preferred brand due to their lies, but you have done it, and I hope it works out well. When you add another battery and the 2000W inverter, you will need to upgrade the cabling and fusing considerably. 64mm2 cabling at a minimum (check cable distance, and over size the cable). Add more solar and you will love the off grid ability...

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback and tech advice, very much appreciated. Thanks for watching. Ken and Julie

You should connect your negative wires last and arcing is not a problem,always disconnect negs first and connect last,you will never get your battery to 100 % charged with a AGM charging profile and will eventually reduce the life of your battery.good luck.

We had 2 of their batteries just dropped into our AGM system and had no issues 2 years in and then got excited and added a 3rd Itechworld 120x and also changed the whole setup to everything Itechworld. Very happy and works a treat.

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, thats great news to here, i will probably end up with 3 batteries as well, appreciate your positive feedback. Ken and Julie

Well made video 👍 thank you. I was wondering about how it would work for us - by using the same ( but) 240amp/ hr iTechworld lithium battery and what to do… so this video was very informative and helpful ! Cheers for sharing ❤

@gonecaravanning

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, appreciated. Have had no problems and everything working as it should. Have now added 2nd 120xpro. I would check the charge wire where it connects to battery, where they fitted fuse before battery connection, the wire was much thinner causing resistance and heating up. Have fixed now, just place hand on leads and check for any warmth. Thanks for watching Ken and Julie

@gonecaravanning

2 ай бұрын

Note: the heating up problem has been there since van was new. Nothing to do with battery change. When i took the old one out it had marks where the cable sat on the top of it.

@AussieAdventurer

2 ай бұрын

@@gonecaravanning cheers 🍻 Glad it’s working out as planned and yes, the thicker the cable for all the connections the better apparently 👍😎

Thanks for watching Appreciate the feedback. Ken and Julie

Hello Ken. Firstly thank you for your videos. I too have an Essential Caravan Design 1-1. Could you please advise the necessary steps needed before you can actually disconnect the battery. Thank you, Tony

@gonecaravanning

2 ай бұрын

Hi Tony, good question, I should have mentioned it in the video. I disconnect 240v if connected, isolate the battery on the Trek monitor (on mine top button with pic of battery), at this point the solar if daytime in sun will still be imputing via the battery charge cable so you need to cover panels or disconect the solar imput positve cable on the battery management system. Disconnect negative on battery then positive being careful not to earth out on caravan or chassis. Reverse when putting new battery in. Im no expert, i take it slow and be extra careful. Hope that helps Thanks for watching, appreciate the feedback. Ken

Thanks for the video exactly what we needed to see. We went through the same thought process as we have the same BMPro35 system. We are currently on the road (with failing Lead Acid batteries) with our two I-Tech 120ah Pro batteries arriving to a town on our journey about 10 days away. Did you have to get them out of sleep mode with a jump starter? We have also subscribed to your channel. Cheers Graham and Jo OZLAPN (KZread)

@gonecaravanning

27 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching, The batteries will come close to fully charged so you can just drop them straight in. I have had no problems and still going very well. The 120xpro's definatly get 120amp out of them, makes a huge difference. Thanks again. Ken and Julie

@OZLAPN

26 күн бұрын

@@gonecaravanning Cheers 🤠

Thanks for sharing 😊

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching K&J

Great vid

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Charlotte Ken and Julie

lovely ep and nice upgrade guys

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Craig, the start of a costly upgrade, but needs to be done, for our next trip. Appreciate the feedback Craig, thanks for watching K&J

@craigtomkinson2837

4 ай бұрын

No worries , Yes not cheap but be worth it after a few years trouble free hopefully for you. @@gonecaravanning

Good stuff mate thanks for sharing

Great vid. I have two of these lithiums and a 3000W inverter.. mainly to run my wifes hair straitener. Lol. Was wonder how to putvin the shunt . Cheers and well done.

@gonecaravanning

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, the shunt does have to be waterproofed, i have since put mine in a small electrical box in same position. Will address in next video on subject. Love the new monitor, more information about whats happening with batteries. Thanks again for watching Ken and Julie

Good luck with that one

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Jack, will probably end up with 3 batteries, the one outside and 2 inside under the lounge, appreciate your advice. Ken and Julie

Great explanation Ken and camera work from Julie. When you do your testing over the next two weeks it would be appreciated if you could show a comparison between the trek screen and the Itechworld screen. I would like to see the difference in the numbers between the two. I also have the trek screen a 120 amp agm battery and the Bmpro HA35 but do not have a shunt and always thought maybe it is needed. Thanks Ken looking forward to the test results.

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Sep, i will do the comparison, i have already noticed the 2 are not that far apart in hours, i ran lithium down to 92% last night and there was only 4 hours difference between them. I will keep a bit of a diary for a while. Appreciate the feedback and advice. Thanks K&J

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Great you have the HA, lithium ready, just need to change the setting in the trek if you change.👍

I also have an Essential caravan. I want to fit jerry can holders on the rear bar. Could you tell me what brand of jerry can holder you have fitted and where did you get it. Thanks in advance

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Ross, i bought it off ebay in 2022, have just looked, the closest i can see to it now is, Cobra swing out jerry can holder, more $$ than i paid. I mounted it on a spare tyre bracket bought at trailer shop. Sorry i couldn't help more with this one. Thanks again Ken

am an amateur at this. but wondering if the chunt can withstand water

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching, great question, have sent that question to Itech support, if needed i will put a cover over it, will give you update on answer when received. Thanks for watching Ken and Julie.

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Hi Leif, Itech have confirmed it needs to be in a waterproof box. Thanks for the question👍, i will put in a box and make mention of that point in the next video. Great feedback Appreciated Ken

dont be silly get a Charger that has a Lithium profile dont go on there Marketing BS

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Anthony, we may just do that, but not going to pass up an opportunity to see if it is, as you say BS.😊 Thanks for watching Ken and Julie

id suggest you go into your trek display settings and tell the bmpro the battery capacity in there, as thats the one monitoring the charge input and doing the charging ( if you havent already ) i also have a bmpro35 in my van with 2x120 AH AGM and are looking to upgrade to these drop ins. See if you get parity between that seperate monitor and the trek display.

@gonecaravanning

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Gleno, good advice, done, will monitor time remaining on both the trek and itech to see how they go and cover in next video on this subject. Thanks for your feedback. Appreciated Ken and Julie

@glenod

4 ай бұрын

@@gonecaravanning there probably will be disparity, but if its minor, there is no need for any extras for me to add.