Overland Dual Battery and Charging 101

In this video we cover which battery to chose, how to charge, and cover the installation in my 4Runner.

[gusigb]

Lithium polymer four? Wtf is that?

Lithium (Li) Iron (Fe) Phosphate (PO4)....

[XzadforSpacefox]

I'm not sure what kind of prize would entice me to use Facebook.

[K_H-Channel]

Have a few questions. 1. How heavy is the all in one box? 2. How much is it? 3. What’s the warranty on it? 4. Can you make a video on how to use the all in one box? Pros and cons as well. Thank you.

[dperry]

FYI, LiFePO4 stands for "Lithium-Iron-Phosphate" NOT "Lithium-Polymer-4" (Phosphate molecules comprise one Phosphorous atom plus four Oxygen atoms, hence PO4)

[richaramino]

What do you do if want a similar system but your not a millionaire?

[ArkansasOffroad]

Such a great video Rob. If I'm being honest, I've been intimidated with 12v systems in general and have gotten by with using power banks. I would love one of those all in one kits. Seems brilliant. Anyway, appreciate you taking the time to make this a bit more digestible and help people understand how all of this works! Loving your 4Runner setup.

[scottschaefer]

The msrp on these items makes my stomach hurt

[Ichikura]

Does the solar panel have to be hooked up to the back battery or can I have one hooked up to both like could I use a maintainer panel/charger for the front separately and at the same time as the solar panel/ plug-in in the back or would this cost problems trying to get my list set out before I start my build kind of have a setup going just to kind of touch some things as I know nothing with what I'm doing thank you for the time seems like I'm also a little late to this game

[bradenb]

I love this. To me this is one of the downsides of having a truck instead of an SUV. With a bed cap I can mostly keep things dry, but it'll never be 100% waterproof. Their system-in-a-box could be a good option for me though.

[stevegrimeszz]

listen, im 22, and even i think that using your phone to control your Power, its stupid. one more thing to go wrong. you can spend 10 mintues connecting your bluetooth, or you can open the door and flick a switch.

[overlandpowersolutions]

Nice setup Rob. Great Rig! Overland Power Solutions is happy to be "Powering Your Adventure!" with the Power of Redarc.

[JamesBlake]

Videos of you and Elizabeth are what has convinced my wife that Overlanding isn't as bad as she thought it would be. We look forward to you videos every week!

[vincentborrowdale]

I live in the San Fernando valley in s.ca. can you recommend people to do a respectable inst in a toyota sienna, xle,van..my room on wheels., please..

[larryjanson]

and all these decades i have been doing it wrong? just two reg car batt wired together using welding cables and a factory stock alt.
one set of welding cables going down to my winch. a welding cable to chassis, frame, motor for grounds. and just better grade car wire to the starter. Huge resistance going through the starter relay so no reason to up grade that wire.
the winch under a full hard pull, pulled less than the starter.
no stereo, just a cb, thinking adding for a ham radio. some lighting. will be adding some this year. so will up grade to a higher out put alt.

[speshulktothek]

this seems like a multi-branded commercial from people that dont know what the hell they are talking about. lithium polymer 4? c'mon... hard to watch

[blackoutt_adv]

Excellent video 👏 Very informative on the latest and greatest tech. Well done clean install. Sounds like it meets and exceeds your needs easily so far!

I'm the cheap DIY guy but David nailed it with where to absolutely not cut corners like wire gauge, circuit protection, and the details like adhesive marine grade heat shrink.

[jammy]

Hate asking, but what are the two bracelets David has on this video?

[rockie]

I've got one northstar group 29 agm in my f150 for cranking battery running winch light bar charging tablets phones lights and a 55 qt dual zone fridge and freezer. 4 years now spending about 2 months a year with my truck as base camp. Got 1 fold out 200 watt panel I hook up at camp and it runs everything indefinitely as I stay at camp about 2 weeks at a time without cranking my truck. I've never had a problem at all. I'm sure all these products are good but it's not been complicated for me at all bought my renogy 200 watt panel with controller on black friday for like 200 and battery was 300. 500 total for simple non complicated energy source that's done everything I needed. Battery and panel still easily keeps up with my needs after 4 years and cranks my truck easily after 2 weeks.

[prox]

Excellent video. Really helpful and full of great information. Thanks for taking the time and putting this all together.

[Crumb_Trails]

How do these methods stack up against the Genesis dual battery setup? I ran Genesis on my '13 JKU and it was great. I did have problems with the Optima AGM batteries because it wasn't a daily driver and I didn't keep a charger on them but a battery replacement fixed that.