Battery upgrades to the house

bshillam · Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:45 pm Post subject: Battery upgrades to the house

Looking to Battleborn for a new house battery. Good time to look at a new charger with the possibility of adding an inverter. How many with a 22' use a charger/inverter? Would you install it again? I like the Victron line but not sure if I'll use the inverter function enough to justify. I'd love to run a Battleborn from the aspect that nearly 100% of the battery is useful. Thoughts? Experiences?

jkidd · Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 5:20 pm Post subject:

I like my Battleborn. So far I have come no where near discharging it. It runs the fridge and all of the electronics along with the lights. I charge with a Victron dc to dc charger. My old charger charges my starting battery and the dc to dc takes care ot the Battleborn. I have a 15 amp Victron portable charger that I can use with the generator. I have a separate 1000 watt inverter that I use while underway. Personally I would rather have two devices in case one fails I only lose one function. But that just me.

thataway · Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:48 pm Post subject:

My setup is two 100 amp Battle Born batteries. I have the Sterling 30amp B to B charger, a Victron 2000/80/50 Multiplus inverter charger, booster. (A truly great piece of equipment) and a 10 amp 110 V cheap Li battery charger. Monitored with Victron 702.

I run refer/freezer (2 chests), Induction burner and microwave. I keep it charged most of the time, running the OB.

I am finishing a month trip with a Relion 100 amp battery the 30 amp Victorn B to B smart charger, (Also backed with a 300 watt PSW inverter to run the 10 amp charger.)

I have used from 30 to 60% of the battery (100 amp) capacity) running from 12 to 16 hours a day from the li battery for a Webasco 35 L freezer, kept at 12* in temps up to 110* in the car. I am using a cheap Chinese monitoring system--works perfectly. Conclusion that one 100 amp battery is ample for the freezer in most environments.