⚠⚠⚠ NOTE! This inverter has been UPGRADED! See: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWabmsZ9qKTbnag.html

I showed this video to my brother who is a Master Electrician. He sends his “kudo’s” and congratulations to you. You did an excellent job!!

Chad...you are simply AMAZING! I’ve got no clue what your professional background is (other than the generic “Navy”) but I’m always impressed with how calm, collected and generally supportive you are in every challenge you, Tara and Daisy are faced with. You are an inspiration.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊 I was an Aviation Electronics Tech (AT)... so at least I do have some professional training on the electronics stuff.. LOL

This is virtually a timeless tutorial. Enjoyed it very much and big high five to you, Chad. Your planning and preparation made it step thru so logically and safely. So well done! 👍

This is why I hire someone. Extremely impressed.

Love this video!! I have an electrical engineering background so I can truly appreciate what you had to do through to make this happen!!!! Great work!

Wow. What a lot of work but well worth it I'm sure. You obviously know what you're doing Chad. Good job

Kudo's to you for an amazing job. I envy people with skills like yours. I'm 64 and don't know half of what you know about electrical. Now you can watch Lucy. Take care and be safe.

I love the way you planned this all out and executed it. Great explanation of everything too. Great job on the video. I enjoyed it... but I'm a geek, so....

Wow what a complex job that install was. At least to a lay person. Great work on explaining what it was you did even though it was all over my head I enjoyed watching it. Thanks and keep up the great work.

This is my next project and you have answered several of my questions with this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

These videos always get to me, there is a lot of good info but it always seems money is no object. Most people can’t afford to do half this stuff

Excellent video!! Much appreciated. You guys make a great couple!

I just wanted to thank you both for all your informative videos. I’m researching all aspects of rv’ing ( not full time ) and have been binge watching you and a few others. Many thanks, safe & fun travels to you.

@ChangingLanes

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to our channel! 😊 Thanks for watching! 😊

An electronics genius . I wish I had this jack of all trades knowledge for the RV world .

I could never recreate this for fear of messing something up BUT I understood all of what you said and I appreciate that so much!

I'm impressed!! That is so cool! Thanks for the video.

Man that is quite the process. Electrical is something most people know nothing about.

Another job accomplished. Fantastic work. Well executed project.

Hey Chad, Thanks for all your content. Good to see you putting that awesome electronics training to good use. Former AT here.

Awesome video, very helpful, my wife and I are getting ready to move into our cyclone full time, and I will be coming back to this later down the road to do this set up, thanks for sharing, maybe we will meet ya on the road someday.

You two are so precious. Love the information you put out…but especially the humor attached to it😂

Awesome install!!! Great video step by step a kid could follow! Thanks so much for all y’alls videos and the real deal!!!

Really enjoying your videos. My wife and I are looking at the full time RV lifestyle in two years when our youngest graduates and goes on to college. Love all your how to vids, and the office was a huge WIN for us.. We will both be working from the office while we travel. Thanks again and keep them coming.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I am in the process of doing the same thing on my Travel Trailer but on a smaller scale. I have BB Batteries and all Victron components. Both are top quality. Your install looks fantastic.

Excellent video. I have a 397th too, and you explaining how to fish that wire is a huge time/frustration saver. Thank you.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Gotta run another wire through there soon for the battery monitor. LOL Hopefully it'll work again!

Excellent video. Thanks for all the minute details and tips. My husband just finished installing an IC 2000 in our Raptor 5th Wheel. He appreciated how detailed you were on your video. We follow you weekly and can't wait to get on the road ourselves. Thanks for your service and thanks for great instruction!

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the inverter install! That's a hell of a task off the list! LOL Thanks for following our journey! 😊

Great call going with the welding cable. We’ve done that before on DC runs. Love it! Also, glad to see you using some Klein Tools.

I've watched so many videos on this topic, and this is the first one that actually covered everything in an comprehensive way about how each component works together. Thanks.

@ChangingLanes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Be sure to see our latest updates: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWabmsZ9qKTbnag.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpiopZSRipvgXco.html

Another fantastic video guys! Thanks for all the great content! Enjoy!

I only have a million questions, i saw the begining of this video when it first came out but I didnt understand much of it BUT I just bought a 3500w puresinewave and 470ah batts with solar panels and it makes sense now, your a genius !

Great job! I have been waiting for this one. Thank you for sharing.

Great job and super video! I have watched a few of these install videos and this was was one of the best. Most of them add solar at the same time which just makes it more complex. We have a fiver and the lithium is too rich for us as well. Thanks again !!

As with all your videos, thank you! Incredibly helpful and enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.

I have been watching you guys for some time . Thanks for the inverter stuff. I have shore power and converter, but need to have it switch on its own . And I'm going to check out your batteries as well.

Awesome video! Great job!!!

Great video! Thanks for the detailed explanation!

Very well done. Great explanations and reasoning. Clean work!

Good vid, and nicely explained. Calm, cool, and in fairly nontechnical. Watched it as I am comparing it to my solar setup for my barn. Nice job.

Thumbs up....Good job Chad and video with helpful installation.

Bob is great...I have spoken to him many times with my own GP IC-2000....very helpful.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Bob is the MAN! Thanks for watching! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊

Nice work and great video. And best of all, no leftover screws!

Great info - this answered a couple questions I was having an issue with

Please do not feel skeptical on being technical. I feel like you guys are the only channel that go this in depth with installs. Love that vids! Please don’t quit KZread!

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement, Douglas! And thanks for watching!

Bro you are a real professional and one of the smartest people i have ever seen on KZread lol. Excellent work.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊 . Don't give me a big head or I won't fit in the basement to do more work! 😎

Awesome and a different approach then most I've seen. I like the way you broke it up into individual projects and did all the non-disruptive ones first. I have a 600A inverter just to run one or two outlets for TV, etc and it has been sitting in my garage for 2 years! LOL This may be the incentive I need.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Eric! Had I not broken it into manageable project chunks, it would still be in the box. LOL

Oh this is great... adding to my list for before leaving home base.

Wow! Lots of info! This is great! I really love your channel. My wife and I look forward to RVing full time at some point in the distant future. For now we enjoy lots of weekend camping in our 28’ travel trailer... when we go full time, we plan to upgrade the truck and get a 5th wheel toy hauler. It’ll be nice to have my HD Street Glide along with us!

Superb job with this video.

Awsome job on that battery box

Fantastic Video!!

Actually pretty motivating video you've made. After watching I started designing a system for my 2002 Jamboree. Much thanks to both of ya for posting.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊

@4WingView

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChangingLanes definitely will be watching

The tip to use cable slack to guide the control cable saved me a ton of time.

Great video guys.

Boy I’m with you.. feeding the wire through the rig is the big challenge!

Major MAJOR thumbs up!

Awesome video guys!! The planning, execution and recording of this was great to watch. Thanks

@ChangingLanes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Rob! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊

@1800BigRob

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChangingLanes We are :-) slowly working our way through all of them!

Awesome job Chad

Been watching alot of your content for a while now. Just earned a new subscriber from us. Keep up the great helpful work...thanks!

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to our channel, Michel! Thanks for following our adventures! 😊

Awesome job!!!

You guys are awesome. The look on her face when your speaking about the legs and the 120v etc… lol

Great work!

Yet another Home run!

Nice job.

Nice job. I learned a lot. Thanks.

The fact you were able to explain exactly what you did with no notes is impressive. Wow. It's equally impressive how your wife was able to create this video piece by piece since it was all jibberish to her. Oh, love your cable management. That's the sign of a respectable IT guy. I'm also in IT so I appreciate that stuff. Well done video!

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😊

I loved the cartoon thoughts popping up from your wife. It’s what happens when I explain something like this to my wife, lol

I did this same thing about 15 years ago. Newer inverters and Lithium batteries are game changers. Darn pricey though, and you chose the value option on the batteries. One thing I would add is a shunt to keep tabs on the battery capacity. Nicely done.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Yea.. went cheaper on the batteries knowing those could be easily upgraded in place later. We already have the Victron BMV-712 (shunted) Battery Monitor - (amzn.to/2NUyGUS) sitting in the office ready to install when I get some free time. Of course there will be a video on that as well.

You guys are awesome!!

Very nice job explaining. I am in the process of doing the same job as we speak. So good I subscribed.

This is perfect for me…. I’m right in the middle of this same project. I’m going with Lithium but you’ve answered a couple questions I had, plus the location of your inverter is a game changer for me…. I was wondering where I’d locate mine and I think I may be able to do the same. Thank you so much for all the work that went into this production. High regards!

Nice video and work...enjoyed.

Great Video Chad! Thank you for getting to the point with all steps! I have done the same with Progressive EMS first before the surge guard ATS. I am concerned with a time space continuum.

Great job!

Nice job and well planned out; love the idea of doing as much as possible without "killing" all coach power, then, it's minimal down-time (power-wise). Good work. Be Safe!

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! If I had to do this all in one shot, the inverter might still be in a box. LOL Thanks for watching!

Another great video...!

Well put together. Love how you broke it down. I fit into the category of a little info is dangerous with electrical stuff. There always seems to be something else to know about that could cause harm or disaster with electrical. Just when I think I know enough to get started, someone starts talking about phase or sine wave... lol Keep the vids coming

Outstanding install video! I didn't have a single question left unanswered. When I get my rig, I hope to do similar, using AGM batteries

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! We hop to upgrade to Lithium some time this year... Thanks for watching, Clarence! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊

Thank you for making the videos. I just discovered your channel searching for advice on how to do exactly what you have done here. I never thought of leaving the converter in my RV but I like that idea. We are taking a trip to Las Vegas and Pomona CA next month and will definitely be doing this upgrade before we go as we have the same frustration with making coffee in the morning and watching a movie at night when parked close to others at the racetrack or campground.

@ChangingLanes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😊 The 50A passthru is the only way to go! Good luck! 👍🏼

First off I love all your video's They a Great, you give me a lot of ideas. As I watched you install your inverter system it brought back a lot of memoirs. I installed a Inverter in my 5th wheel in 2015 and installed everything you did but my inverter is a Xantrex Freedom SW Series 3012 | 3000 Watt Inverter/Charger and I installed a Zamp 450 watt solar system. Everything has been working great. I love my solar system. We boondock a lot. What's great about the solar is it charges as I drive down the freeways so when we get were we are going to camp my batt are all charged up. The only time I have to use my genset is when it is cloudy or I run the A/C.

@ChangingLanes

3 жыл бұрын

We hope to do solar this year.. 👍🏼

DUDE!!! Friggen awesome! I'm gonna need to do this!! Very awesome!

@Yooper05

5 жыл бұрын

How long can you run on that for?

@Yooper05

5 жыл бұрын

Did you set up a trickle charge and a nominal float voltage? I would probably use VRLA batteries. Thanks again.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We don't boondock often, but it's nice for when we do. Will likely do more boondocking next year out west. Thanks for watching!

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

All depends on load. For what we use it for (coffee, TV, etc), it lasts all night and into the next day. But we haven't really pushed it to a full test. Will be doing that after I get our battery monitor installed and we film a power management video.

Thank you for the informative video. The amp draw for the coffee pot has to be worth it.

Nice video and a lot of good information. know I just need to get organized and do the same thing thanks

Great Video!!!! Looking forward to when I will be doing this in the future.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon! We appreciate you watching!😎

Great video. Great clip of Doc Brown haha! I applaud your crimping comment. Those hydraulic crimper are expensive, but so worth it. Hope you are doing well during this strange time. Stay well and hope to see you guys on the road one day.

Came back to watch this again Chad. Nice work! I am currently looking at the victron multiplusII. I like your thinking on the pass thru. We probably won't go big solar but we have an on board generator with autostart on our DRV. We only have to battle born lithium but may add at least 2 more. Thank you so much for your videos! You guys absolutely rock! Gator

Cool video

Great job

Excellent video! Can't wait for the EMS install, that is my next project.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

The EMS was a cake walk compared to this for sure. 4 wires in 4 wires out and done. Might need a few feet of 6/3 romex. EMS should go between shore power and the ATS if you have one so it's usually pretty easy to route the wires with an ATS in the mix. The most difficult part was running the control cable (ran with the inverter control cable in this video). We will be doing a power management video in the near future and will cover the EMS install as part of that. Good luck and thanks for watching!

@leonard7475

5 жыл бұрын

Hi TCB031. They're using the 50A Progressive Industries EMS-HW50C, which is an excellent product. If you have not done so already, you may want to have a look at the Hughes Autoformer RV220-50SP. It has advanced surge protection in addition to boosting voltage by up to 10%, protecting high current devices such as air conditioners. RVgeeks video E2NdhNa-ZTQ explains the benefits of this product well.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

The Hughes is arguably a superior product.. with a matching price tag. 🙂 Our sensitive electronics (computer, NAS, etc) are on a UPS in the office, so the hughes might be overkill for our needs. But it's definitely a great option and has a lot more capability.

Love the video will get me started on mine.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck! It's a bear of a project!

Good video very informative !

That was awesome, I know it was a year ago but well done. Thanks!

@ChangingLanes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! FWIW, We've since upgraded to the 3000W inverter and three 100Ah lithium! 😊

Very nice clean and well thought out install. You will find that running off those batteries will drain them pretty quick. Solar will help keep the batteries much happier. Solar has come way down in price so I don't think it will be as bad as you think especially if you're doing the install. Excellent video...thumbs up.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Solar and Lithium are in the future for sure! Love doing these projects myself too. What's that saying" The only way to know it's done right is.... 😊 Thanks for watching!

Feel free to post any questions below. Also be sure to check out our website (changinglanesrv.com) for the detailed blog post.

@tpainless2455

5 жыл бұрын

Changing Lanes ok so say you have the battery’s and the inverter under the rv inside a storage area in a sealed vented area and then ran your shore power inside over to the area you have the battery’s so nothing is seen behind closed doors? I’m saying this cause I am thinking of doing it this cheaper way and less of wiring and less permanent . Would this work and is a 4 6volt battery system with 3000 watt inverter enough for a tv and coffee pot ? Thanks

@fccsluke

5 жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm definitely interested in the video of the EMS install because I have had that on my list of things to do for sometime now. WIll it be a detailed video or an overview similar to this?

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

It will be similar to this, but i will be able to go into a little more detail. But, honestly the EMS is super simple. 4 wires in and 4 wires out (ShorePower >> EMS >> ATS). Took about 2 hours. Most difficult part was the control cable routing.

@gps110350

5 жыл бұрын

have viewed this several times ...extremely well done...two questions....where do the solar panel leads connect to all this...and have you two ever considered using a firestick....

@donaldchow262

5 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed your excellent presentation! Thank you!

Wow, incredible video.I learned a ton...............

@ChangingLanes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Martin! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊

Damn son... You just blew my mind!

@ShawTinPusher

3 жыл бұрын

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Liked... for the great technical info... ....and also the cool references to Star Trek, Charlie Brown, and I Love Lucy... daaaaaaaaaaaaaamned we're old! Hope to see you guys on the road some day.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

LOL! I still can't believe I turn FIFTY in a couple of weeks!

@fishing4happiness610

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChangingLanes ... keep doing what your doing... looking solid for 50. I'm right on your heels though so I try never to act my age... confuses mother time lol.

At least she’s honest... you don’t know what you don’t know and it’s cool

Great video. It amazes me that my 2008 Fleetwood gearbox came standard with a Magnum energy inverter but it wasn't even a option on my new Keystone Fuzion.

@ChangingLanes

5 жыл бұрын

It is strange they aren't an option for GDRV either. Certainly easier to do the wiring when it's being built... They should have a "boondockers" package with upgraded batteries and inverter with optional solar.

Nice work. That will be me someday.