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cool, pictures would be good to see. I’ve only be sorting out and taking the plunge and buying at moment! I’m i correct in thinking you also have charger on EHU side of things for lithium battery or will existing setup do the job? Cheers Ian

I recommended a CTEK in that thread as the original install had already been fitted with a CTEK to better charge the AGM battery it was just an old model that didn't have lithium capabilities. So a straight swap made sense as all the cables and fuses were the same. You'll need to disable the...

Well.... I don't wanna say... I told.you so.... But John got caught out....! FIT A DC-DC CHARGER . . . . DONT FIT A VSR !!!!! DONT USE A SARGENT AS A BATTERY CHARGER ON EHU, GET A PROPER LITHIUM CHARGER.!!! If John would have fitted a dc-dc from day one with a Lithium profile and used a EHU...

Well, as me grandad used to say “ee lad, tha can’t educate pork”

Cheers guys - I have the non-lithium profile CTEK (the D250se came out just after my conversion had been completed). I don’t have a voltmeter - the LiFOS App has never worked unfortunately but I’ve got a manual one. I’ve no idea what charge program the CTEK is set to - will take a look and see...

It is for the leisure battery, and I did consider a LiFePO4, but it wouldn't be just a straight swap from Lead/Acid to Lithium, the Ablemail would have to be sent back to the manufacturers to be re-programmed to a Lithium charging profile, I don't think that my Sargent PMS is suitable either, it...

as above. take the Lifos out the van and charge up inside once its warmed up a bit. or warm the van up enough so the battery is around +5degc then charge like normal. or fit a heat pad setup (so that the charging source heats up the battery before starting to charge the battery) or swap...

yeh, kinda . . . off EHU anyway. - its an easy fix though, just install a Victron 240v charger (or other mains charger with a lithium profile) and ditch the charge wire from the Sargent thing. what about DC_DC when your driving? - what have you got there? solar?

John never fitted a DC-DC charger. . . He relied on the Sargent for charging a Lifepo4 !!!! Nor did he have a Smart charger on his EHU..... Let's see what happened...... . . . . . Now hes fitted a VSR!!!!! Lets hope his camper isn't Eu6 with stop/start. ..... If it was me I...

@Hickey install #2 those ground cables look very thin? The grounds should be the thickest of the whole system and be capable of carrying the MAX current form ALL your loads at once . . . so it should be as thick (or thicker) than all the combined red cables you have coming off the red...

@Malcyb did you get things sorted and if so what was the issue? I have the same combination of CTEK 250SA and lithium battery and discovered (with forum help) that on EHU there isn’t enough voltage to charge the battery via my Sargent EC155. My Lifos was installed with the wall charger attached...

I also watched this last week and did wonder how someone who prides himself on his tech could be so behind the curve on this stuff. I don't know if Ducatos of that age had stop/start and regen braking or not, the new ones certainly do

getting back to the o/p I have been pondering this issue and not being electrical trained I was supprised that the van draws the leisure battery down to 80% I plugged my van in last weekend (fri) , before we went away and gave it a 6hr boost , then a 2 hr drive , but the leisure went down on...

Once the led was glued in place,I then installed a 230/12v Psu under the passengers seat base, looped off the adjacent power socket. So......... EHU plugged in = socket becomes live = Psu powers led = a green led confirmation on the dash board!. using the ESP button was very fitting in my...

Thanks @Dellmassive - funnily enough I got a missed call from LiFOS shortly after your post this morning..... it seems you’ve had much better luck/influence than myself. I emailed all the details to LiFOS last week - the App worked intermittently then stopped completely last weekend. I’ve tried...