I figured I should make a post regarding the installation of our Multiplus II 12|3000|120x2, Lynx Distributor, Cerbo GX / Touch 50, Renogy 40a DC-DC charger, Furrion 50a MPPT, and Lion UT1300 battery bank. I thought about just going into Brian’s thread and saying “ditto, we did this too” but there are some slight differences I guess, so might as well make my own post and tell our story. Plus I want to share pictures and show off, because that's the real reason we do these mods, right?!
Prior to purchasing our Reflection 303RLS in April, we knew that changing out and updating a bunch of electrical components would be part of the process for us. I’ve always enjoyed tinkering, electronic gadgets are just fun, and I’m fortunate enough to be good friends with ncitro; these add up to the fact that I’ve had the front bay of our rig figured out long before I even had a front bay! Lol
In fact, we actually purchased 2x Lion Energy UT1300 batteries before we purchased the camper. I asked the saleswoman at the RV dealership if I could get a discount for not needing the battery they ship them with. When she said no, I asked her to keep it without any discount just to save me from having to dispose of it… unfortunately that wasn’t a thing either and the battery they shipped me home with is just sitting in my garage now.
It was only a couple days after bringing our rig home that we wired up a Progressive Industries HW50C EMS, added the two Lion batteries in the front bay (along with a borrowed charger since the one from the factory was not Lithium optimized). We also had the Furrion 50A charge controller and single 165w panel which came from the factory. Not a bad start for being home 72 hours!
This got us through our shakedown trip and a couple small outings until I had the time to really start changing things. Here is the schematic that I came up with and used as my blueprint for the build.
***EDIT: THIS SCHEMATIC IS AN EARLIER DESIGN AS HAS BEEN UPDATED IN POST #9 OF THIS THREAD, BELOW. ***
Now that I found some time and created a design, it was time to dive in! I took some pictures of the diagrams they had posted in the front bay, used a label maker to mark up the wires, and then dismantled it all. I installed a plywood backboard (painted black) to mount everything cleanly, and also put in a shelf measured for six LiFePO4 batteries that I knew we would expand to before long. I decided I wanted to put the battery bank on a shelf for two reasons. First is that it would allow some extra storage underneath while still giving good access to the tops of the batteries without putting a “cap” over the tops, and also that it was a better utilization of space as I could double them up depth-wise and run 2 rows of 3; because of the angle of the front bay, there was not enough room to double them up on the floor but there was if I raised them up 6+ inches. I then started to mount, connect, and route everything.
Continued in post #2...
Prior to purchasing our Reflection 303RLS in April, we knew that changing out and updating a bunch of electrical components would be part of the process for us. I’ve always enjoyed tinkering, electronic gadgets are just fun, and I’m fortunate enough to be good friends with ncitro; these add up to the fact that I’ve had the front bay of our rig figured out long before I even had a front bay! Lol
In fact, we actually purchased 2x Lion Energy UT1300 batteries before we purchased the camper. I asked the saleswoman at the RV dealership if I could get a discount for not needing the battery they ship them with. When she said no, I asked her to keep it without any discount just to save me from having to dispose of it… unfortunately that wasn’t a thing either and the battery they shipped me home with is just sitting in my garage now.
It was only a couple days after bringing our rig home that we wired up a Progressive Industries HW50C EMS, added the two Lion batteries in the front bay (along with a borrowed charger since the one from the factory was not Lithium optimized). We also had the Furrion 50A charge controller and single 165w panel which came from the factory. Not a bad start for being home 72 hours!
This got us through our shakedown trip and a couple small outings until I had the time to really start changing things. Here is the schematic that I came up with and used as my blueprint for the build.
***EDIT: THIS SCHEMATIC IS AN EARLIER DESIGN AS HAS BEEN UPDATED IN POST #9 OF THIS THREAD, BELOW. ***
Now that I found some time and created a design, it was time to dive in! I took some pictures of the diagrams they had posted in the front bay, used a label maker to mark up the wires, and then dismantled it all. I installed a plywood backboard (painted black) to mount everything cleanly, and also put in a shelf measured for six LiFePO4 batteries that I knew we would expand to before long. I decided I wanted to put the battery bank on a shelf for two reasons. First is that it would allow some extra storage underneath while still giving good access to the tops of the batteries without putting a “cap” over the tops, and also that it was a better utilization of space as I could double them up depth-wise and run 2 rows of 3; because of the angle of the front bay, there was not enough room to double them up on the floor but there was if I raised them up 6+ inches. I then started to mount, connect, and route everything.
Continued in post #2...
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