Why Consider LITHIUM Batteries for RVing?

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Why Consider LITHIUM Batteries for RVing? - Cheaper, Lighter, BETTER

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Today we wanted to talk about WHY to consider LITHIUM Batteries for your RV living needs. We had been wanting to make a video discussing the reasons to why we made the RV upgrade and switched our new travel trailer over to lithium batteries. Recently the company Ampere Time who we had bought the batteries off of on Amazon reached out to us to do an unboxing and try/review their product, and since we had already bought 2 and used them all year and they were willing to send us more to beef up our battery bank it seemed like a no brainer for us! So we are now proud owners of 4(!) 100 amp hour Lithium batteries for our RV
We will break it all down in the video of course, but they are CHEAPER per USABLE amp hour, 1/3rd of the weight per battery (While also being about 2x as useful which we will discuss), are built to last longer and are such a clean unit. With companies like Ampere Time's lithium batteries being produced and sold so much more affordable, the typical belief of lithium RV batteries being expensive to use really isn't the case anymore. Going forward in our RV life lithium will definitely be our choice of battery. 2 lithium batteries will basically give us the usable amp hours of what would've taken 4 lead acids, which would have weighted upwards of 240lbs!
Hope you all got some value learning about lithium are it's something you might want to consider adding to your RV battery arsenal down the road. Also thank you to Ampere Time for the additional batteries we can add to our set up heading in to the 2023 RV living season. In a future video we will also show how easy it is to install Lithium RV batteries and change the converter out so stay tuned!
Luke and Alysha
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00:00 - 00:53 Intro
00:53 - 01:16 Our Battery Setup
01:16 - 03:18 Lithium Unboxing
03:18 - 03:55 Other Lithium Options
03:55 - 06:31 The Specs
06:31 - 08:00 Cost of Lithium vs AGM
08:00 - 10:06 Our Thoughts

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@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

Hi Friends! To see these battery options for yourself, check out our link below to Ampere Time! 😊 ca.amperetime.com/collections/12v-lifepo4-battery-series/products/ampere-time-12v-100ah-lithium-lifepo4-battery?ref=lukeandlaysha

@sleddogsam Жыл бұрын

Great video guys! You really hit all the important points, especially that LiFePO4 batteries are really affordable now. Small correction on the charging below freezing… if the Battery Management System (BMS) doesn’t have low temperature charge protection cutoff you will permanently damage the battery. If you do have low temperature charge protection cutoff the BMS will stop charging for happening when you get below a predefined temperature, normally 0-5 deg C. Of course if you have the heated battery option, the low temperature charge protection cutoff is set at -20 C

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

Good points, thanks Shaun! 🍁

@JJs-ClassC-Adventures Жыл бұрын

Wow. we were looking at their website, and their prices are super reasonable. We love that they are lighter and you never have to add water.

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

Hey guys! Totally right. Just so easy to own and care for that way. Combined with how long they should last and the fact you get so many more usable amp hours per battery they sure have come a long way over the years 🍁

@ftkinsella Жыл бұрын

Wow guys Lithium. It's the only way to go. You are going to be so happy with these, and you can't beat that price. Hi Chloe!!! Cheers 😘🥂😘

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

Hey there Frank! Yeah they sound like an expensive purchase but when you work out usable amp hours and all the other benefits they offer they are actually a pretty clear choice in our opinion! 🍁

@BradLMN Жыл бұрын

A great video on lithium guys. I have been researching alot on switching to lithium. Ampere Time is one of the options I am considering. The one thing, with this battery, that you may not be aware of, after watching this video. There is no low temp protection with this one, so it will allow it to be charged below 32°F / 0°C. So it will cause damage to the battery in doing so. I learned some of this from watching a few videos from the channel... DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse He actually takes the batteries apart & tests them. There is some great info there also.

@lexylain7774 Жыл бұрын

this is great! thank you so much for doing this. you addressed all of my thoughts and queries as WE too have been wanting to do lithium in our motorhome but were daunted by the price etc. Thank you, will check out Amperetime..

@tracymeskel2839 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations I love my ampere time batteries! I have 2, 200ah. We have been unhooked for the last month, and a half. I have heard the largest batteries they have, aren’t put together very well. Will Prowes did a video on it. Not good. But the 100, and up to 200, are great.

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

Wow that's quite the battery bank! 🍁

@PentaxLife Жыл бұрын

Congratulations Lithium is the way to go

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

Yeah it just seems to have so many advantages over "conventional" batteries. Hard to imagine a reason to ever use them again, for RVing especially. Take care! 🍁

@berniecalabiafamvlog9310 Жыл бұрын

Stay safe god bless

@MonaCHayes Жыл бұрын

I knew nothing about lithium batteries, thanks guys.

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

It was a different video for us for sure but happy to have them and there are really just so many reasons to buy lithiums over typical batteries now 🍁

@teresap.5991 Жыл бұрын

I would definitely go lithium too if I were you sounds like a win-win! I'm very much looking forward to your Canada Trip. See you next time guys stay safe and God bless and please give Chloe a ♥️💯🤩

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

It worked out well for us yup! Thanks Teresa and looking forward to showing off a bit of Canada this year as well now!🍁

@teresap.5991 Жыл бұрын

It's friday, I wonder if you're going to be doing a video today?

@roadtriplover. Жыл бұрын

Good for you! I’m in process of switching over and need to move my batteries from the tongue of my travel trailer to the inside pass-through. Im stressing over how to do that without messing things up. Might you address how you moved your system to the interior of your Trailer?

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

We will eventually be doing a video on it all yup! Was relatively straightforward honestly, happy we did it!🍁

@aaronhendrickson Жыл бұрын

Lithium charges faster too

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

We've also heard for that reason they are better with solar panels as well, but no experience in that department. Yet! 🍁

@adamcoatta7546 Жыл бұрын

Algorithm 👊

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

Hey Adam! 🍁

@doutriauxchristophe Жыл бұрын

Had you received email from us?

@steventanner864 Жыл бұрын

I watch your channel to see the locations y’all camp. Doing reviews for companies turns you into a salesman. You just lost a sub

@LukeandAlysha Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. Sometimes we share other info and talk about RV and camping stuff too though. Can't be camping all the time 🍁

@cwqrpportable Жыл бұрын

@@LukeandAlysha Huh? Don’t worry folks, most people, including me, appreciate all your videos. Keep up the good work. I’m looking forward to your video on the work necessary to switch from lead acid to lithium. Your video made me think about switching out my lead acid battery for lithium…