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I'm in the same situation of wanting to keep the Sargent ec160 unit for power distribution when on hook up at a campsite but when it comes to charging the new lithium leisure battery I can see a bit of faffing about splitting the Sargent charger output to the starter battery and replacing the...

Had the CTEK in from original conversion. The lithium is being charged by the solar and the CTEK as I've ben away and used it. Albeit not much but the battery has done approx. 4 cycles in about 3 months if that helps?

Have a look at this thread which covers a very similar upgrade https://www.t6forum.com/threads/upgrade-from-sargent-ec155-advice-request.47560/ Your Sterling charger looks like it's a LiFePo capable one - can you get a clearer image of the top left? Ideally yes you should disable the...

ok thanks I won’t bother with the 2000w inverter. It will be too much for the occasional use it would get. So I’m looking to get the biggest lithium battery I can afford, Replace the split charge with a B2B charger, And upgrade the solar charger to MPPT The Sargent is used for my fuses as well...

The Sargent unit is more of a low amperage power supply and not suitable for charging the Fogstar or any other Lithium leisure battery. If your van is Euro 6 with Adblu then you need a battery to battery charger to take power from your "smart" alternator via the starter battery when driving and...

Hi all, read many posts about leisure batteries and a bit bamboozled. Currently have a Sargent set up, even after 3 days ehu, nothing running in van, I can only ever get to level 4, 1st green light, on the display. With very light use there is not enough volts to fire up Eberspacher diesel...

Yep, this is the issue with a lot of pre built, and from a lot of professional converters! The kit does the job, to a degree. And probably 75% of owners will never care as they will just use the van parked up on hookup for a week at a family campsite whilst their feral kids kick footballs off of...

Update.....Looked a bit harder and don't think Lithium..Will need a whole different set up I believe so second best will be decent AGM. Are these compatible with Sargent display etc as I would think that they're OK for current vehicle and ehu

I’m wanting to upgrade my power set up in my camper. I’m wanting to be able to run for at least a week off grid. Off grid I would run my fridge, and tv for a couple hours at night. The water pump occasionally and the diesel heater very occasionally. I’m in the process of buying a 2000w inverter...

The manual is well gone, it's prob 5 years since it was installed - it's the CTEK 250SA (I think) and checking online it isn't compatible, so that needs to go too. So basically I need to replace the CTEK and Sargent - Any recommendations of suitable, future proof kit? Anyone want to buy a CTEK...

Thanks. I wasn't going to connect the additional aux battery as it's lead acid, the diagram is out of date and merely for indicative purposes. I'm not sure how you 'configure' the CTEK though as there is no app for it? I will check the profile of the MPPT. As for the sargent, then I guess I need...

Yep, a decent charger of some sort sounds beneficial. Question is whether you want a EHU charger, bypassing the Sargent, or add a DC-DC charger which would charge from alternator whenever vehicle is running. How does it currently charge from alternator, is it a split charge relay, a DC-DC or...

Yes it's ok.... To run a seperate charger alongside the Sargent. Most lithium batterys need 14.2v for bulk charge.(at the battery) And 13.8v for float charge.(at the battery) So the Sargent wouldn't be able to charge a lithium battery.... As the voltage is too low. And from what I've seen...

So after a quick glance through things to think about: You don't show a DC-DC charger - if you are expecting the Sargent split charge relay to do the charging then think again, you'll likely wreck the Renogy batteries, your alternator, the Sargent or all three. LiFePo needs a dedicated charger...

Thanks guys for replies. Really appreciate it. I’ll have a look at the links sent. But if I get separate charger for the lithium battery I’m I correct in assuming the Sargent EC160 can still be used for the other functions ie lights / sockets etc. Thanks again

Cheers Lee - still in the planning and costing stage at the moment. I do know that: 1) I want to get rid of Sargent charger (I've been looking at the Fitting a battery charger with a Sargent EC155 thread with interest) 2) remove Durite split charge system and replace with DC to DC charger and...

If you do go for a lithium battery then you will need a new charger as the inbuilt Sargent charger is unsuitable.

Just get 1x 200Ah plus battery, save on space! Neater wiring! Less grief... considerably cheaper than they used to be!

Thanks for the reply. Battery hasn’t got low - we have been on EHU the entire time and have solar too etc. and it’s a lithium

That's I think they were all on, I will check some point this week. I'm not too fussed as the lithium battery runs everything and charges which is a bonus. But definitely want the EHU to work before out next long camp