I've been wanting to do a write up on my Lithium conversion on my 2017 Imagine 2600RB. This system is a simple single 100ah Lithium design to aid in boondocking where we would mostly need lighting and a furnace since we typically boondock only in the early spring and late fall. With my single 12V flooded battery, I would charge around four hours each day with a generator where with furnace operation later (set to 68F) at night would just get us through the night. By next morning my battery was close to 12.0V which is the discharged point for a lead acid battery.
My Lithium system was built into the passthrough docking station and the AIMS Lithium battery was relocated next to the docking station to keep the wiring from the Progressive Dynamics 60amp Lithium charger as short as possible. 4 AWG welding cable was used for the charger and battery connection to and from the busbars which have been mostly isolated with positive on one side of the panel and the negative busbar on the opposite side. My original WFCO charger was left in place and the 120V breaker has been switched off. I wanted to reduce the excessive length of factory 8 AWG wiring from the WFCO to the battery which was the reason the Progressive Dynamics charger was mounted in the docking station. This way, if my expensive Lithium battery were to go bad far from home, I could quickly unplug the Progressive charger, purchase and locate a lead acid battery back out on the trailer tongue, install the two original battery feed wires and turn on the WFCO. A Renogy 20amp charger was also added to the docking station and wired into my trucks 7 pin connection.
Jim
My Lithium system was built into the passthrough docking station and the AIMS Lithium battery was relocated next to the docking station to keep the wiring from the Progressive Dynamics 60amp Lithium charger as short as possible. 4 AWG welding cable was used for the charger and battery connection to and from the busbars which have been mostly isolated with positive on one side of the panel and the negative busbar on the opposite side. My original WFCO charger was left in place and the 120V breaker has been switched off. I wanted to reduce the excessive length of factory 8 AWG wiring from the WFCO to the battery which was the reason the Progressive Dynamics charger was mounted in the docking station. This way, if my expensive Lithium battery were to go bad far from home, I could quickly unplug the Progressive charger, purchase and locate a lead acid battery back out on the trailer tongue, install the two original battery feed wires and turn on the WFCO. A Renogy 20amp charger was also added to the docking station and wired into my trucks 7 pin connection.
Jim
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