If you read my Battle Born Battery Story in my last post you know why we replaced our six Battle Born Batteries with two Vatrer Batteries.
First let’s address the differences. The BB Batteries weigh 33 pounds a piece, so a total of 198 pounds. They are 100 amp hours each, so a total of 600 amp hours.
The Behemoth Vatrer Vatrer 600ah battery weigh 107 pounds each, so a total of 214 pounds. They are 600 amp hours each, so a total of 1200 amp hours.
They take up about the same foot print (I took a lot of measurements before I ordered them!) They are 16 pounds heavier and have twice the amp hours.
*An ampere-hour is a unit that describes battery capacity. In simple terms, it shows how much current a battery can theoretically provide over a certain number of hours.
Making things fit that it wasn’t designed for is always interesting and there is limited space in our battery compartment.
After taking the BB Batteries out I had to build a raised floor.
Those Behemoth Batteries are way too heavy for me to move so I ask my friend Dave to come help. They have nice handles to lift with. We walked them out, set them on this stack of blocks, then slid them in. It actually worked great.
They recommend fully charging each battery individually before connecting them. I did this with the motorhome’s solar.
I made mostly new cables, and reused a few.
After I got it all wired up, I turned everything on, ran the a/c for a while and checked all the junctions with a heat gun. Everything passed the initial testing. I installed the busbar covers and blocked the batteries so they couldn’t move.
The official testing happens when we get back on the road.
This is my record of how I did it, I am not a pro. Thanks for following along.