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    Lithium Batteries for Motorhomes- This is a GAMECHANGER for wild park-ups!!



    I like wild parking with my motorhome. (Or wild camping, if you prefer). I like the freedom, the solitude and not having to book 7000 weeks in advance.
    But, until recently, I needed to check in to a campsite every 4 days to recharge my motorhome batteries properly.
    Not any more.
    I’ve been in Ireland for 4 weeks and haven’t used an electric hookup once. I’ve stayed off-grid with my motorhome every single night. To say I’m impressed with this new lithium battery setup is an understatement!

    Many thanks to Oaktree for gifting me the Ecotree battery and setup.
    The website for Bluefix is: https://bluefix .co.uk/

    If you have any questions, feel free to drop them below. I’m currently on a motorhome tour to Iceland so will answer when I get time and decent signal.

    Have a great day 🙂

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    27 Comments

    1. Paul Grayson on

      2 100w panels 2 varta gel 80w 6 years never below 12v and run everything including a CPAP Darth Vader mask😊 btw, what's a campsite, they are things for caravans aren't they

    3. mrLoftladder on

      we recently upgraded our battery system but to save on costs we went with replacing our lead-acid battery with 2x 95ah AGMs and an external "plug-in" 200w solar panel. We have done a tour of the north of England/Scotland being off grid for 5 consecutive days and we never dipped under 84% nor did we need to break out the 200w solar panel, the 100w panel on top of the van and a 50-mile drive was enough to get us back to or near 100% every day. The total cost to my local auto-electrician was £1200. We are off to Spain in October for 30 days and booked on a site where Plug-in is charged by the KWH, last year cost us 78 euro, so that's the next big test.

    4. Rossi on

      another great and informative vid Kat. Have had my WildAx 😂camper 6 months now and im so glad i ordered a Lithium battery & 120w Solar panel upgrade, It really came up trumps during my recent 12 day trip to the Highlands. A quick question on electrics Kat, i was low on gas so while wildcamping so wanted to use my Dometic Fridge on 12v but it wouldnt work. Whilst im aware the 12v works while the van is being driven but thought it would also work while parked up. anyone shed light on this?

    5. Michiel Meijer on

      Maybe you can charge your laptop using the the-c port on the EF. Or install a 12v type-c port. Depending on your laptop, which might support this. My wife’s 2021 HP though not documented does charge at 45w using the type-c port. That saves the power loss of running an inverter.

    6. Rich H on

      Hello Kat,
      How did you damage the original LA leisure battery? Did it drop to a very low voltage somehow?

      How does the new Lithium battery/solar panel set up compare weight-wise to the old? Any weight saving, or about neutral?

      Cheers,

      Rich/MH04RMV

    7. Liz on

      Hi, had a look on blue fix but their not doing the Eco Tree battery ? Are Oak tree not doing fittings now? I’m wanting a similar set up to yourself, so could you tell me if you got your inverter from them, & which one you have. Would really appreciate a reply when you have time, as you say it’s a lot of money, & my technician skills are zero, so thank you for the help & advice. 😊

    9. Al and Ciska’s Moho travels on

      We have nearly the same set up fitted by Bluefix Energy. Just done a week in Scotland and saved around £170 by not staying on campsites. We do have 460 w of solar and the victron 2kw inverter and it runs our airfryer and laptop easily and the lowest we took the battery was 70%.

    10. Pete on

      Another job well done by Oaktree. Your video shows how good the lithium set up can be & get away from using EHU.

    11. webgibs on

      Sounds great we wanted to do a mix of sites and park ups but sadly things went wrong on first park up when fridge won't work on gas 🤔 so in the hot weather can't do it

    12. paul norton on

      Where do you find a club site for £25 Kat cheapest we found was 48/night.
      Off grid seems the way forward. Great Vid sorry about the drone

    13. LeisureBit on

      Really pleased it’s all working as it should – Lithium is game changing over lead acid isn’t it – like a completely different type of power source, I’ve never looked back on mine either, I got let down and damaged my lead acid batteries in my old Motorhome – sounds like the extra solar helps too.
      All the best, David & Rachel 👍

    14. Joel Carpenter on

      We added another 200w of black solar next to our existing 190w of standard blue solar, plugged in to our 90Ah AGM battery and we've not had to plug in since we added the new solar in February. Such a great investment, haven't had to search out power for months. So happy with the extra charging capabilities. We spent about 750 EUROs to get it done. No need for lithium so far.

    18. Nick H on

      200W solar panel and a victron smart MPPT controller with the original 95AH AGM battery does me, very rarely use campsites/EHU but I dont use much power (most things I use are charged by USB) ,I rarely watch TV and only use my van from April to October mainly in good weather.

    19. Time To Change on

      Brilliantly explained Kat. Many talk about it but many go too geek based and truth is most of us just want a professional to set it up and the magical electric ‘fairies’ do the the rest! 🤣🤣

    23. artemischa on

      This is amazing- you are the only one I've found sharing the actual info I need, thank you! Question: Is it possible to do a setup like this on a rental van? I'm planning on getting a subscription for 9 months, so obviously I'll need to return the vehicle like I found it. Is that possible?

    25. Runaway Rowells [rhymes with towels] on

      You make a good point about people saying that you haven't paid for your system but at the end of the day, you are a promotion tool and it's clearly financially viable to give you the goods so I have no problems with it and I hope when my wife and I are full timing, we get similar 😊 p.s. sorry for calling you a tool 😂

    26. Dave Lawrence on

      OMG that is amazing technology using a extra solar panel + a new lithium battery!! 😱As someone who is looking at buying a new motorhome how would this work with wanting this for a new motorhome especially as we will be doing wild camping?? Great review & would very much appreciate your help & thoughts?? 👌🏻👍🏻😁

    27. jonno_on_tour on

      Absolute game changer for off grid, mine is almost the same as yours but I ended up with two 110ah from Eco Tree, same solar and charging equipment. it's saved me a small fortune going to sites etc. I'm travelling full time now and only need services for water and black waste, other than that offgrid full-time. Are you using Park4night to find your parking, Ireland is screaming out at me. Great vid as usual 🙏

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