Crusader Excalibur Prince Caravan - Power UPgrade!

We install a complete Enerdrive suite of electrical components, including DCDC chargers, MPPT solar Chargers, Inverter around the existing lithium battery bank, plus more solar is added to optimise rapid charging.
Outech OFFGrid are qualified electricians; specialising in the design and installation of off-grid power; 12v, 24v and 240v systems in caravans, motorhomes, campers and 4WD’s.
Dan Blackford
✍️Qualified Electrician and Camping Enthusiast
📞0483 100 950
🌐 www.outech.com.au
✍️EC14408 | MRB9303
✅ Licensed Electrician | Qualified 12 volt and 240 Volt Electrician
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Off-grid 240v power setup to run all the household luxuries from comfort of your caravan!
Run Air-Conditioner, Microwave, HAIR DRYER, Air Fryer, Induction Cooker, Starlink and more!!!!

[@extremeacc101]

An outstanding rundown mate, very informative easy to understand.
Keep up the amazing work

[@outechoffgrid]

Cheers mate! We might need you to do our youtube production! 🤣🤣

[@gregdwight60]

Great video but would really like to see the install rather than a very quick glimpse of what appeared to be a professional master peace. Also, what about describing how the additional solar array was wired back to the bed as being composite walls may have been a challenge to? Thanks

[@outechoffgrid]

Cheers Greg, each build is different depending on the van etc. We'll look at covering these points in future vids. Stay tuned 👍

[@gjeess1]

I have a Crusader Excalibur Prince caravan with the factory Redarc Redvision 80A Total Management Upgrade Bundle which includes the following:

RC TVMSKIT05-10M Charger RedArc 12V 80A Manager 30 1
CES B-71-CC04-003 Charger Board REDARC PFC 600x360 1
BS CIRVSENDER- Sensor Water Tank 7.5M RV Sender 3
RC LBAT12200 Battery Lithium 12v 200ah LiFeP04 2
RC R-12-3000RS3 Inverter Redarc 12v 3000W Pure Sine Wave 1
RC BCDC1250D Charger 12v 50amp Smart Start DC/DC 4 Stage 1
I've watched a couple of your videos and in both instances, you have stated your dislike of the Redarc Manager 30. Can you please clearly articulate your issues with the Redarc Manager 30, and better still, what you consider are the shortfalls of the system outlined above - this will help me in with future planning. Please note that the factory Enerdrive system was an additional $4,000 over the Redarc system.

[@outechoffgrid]

@gjeess1 manager30 is a high quality system with a lot of great functionality and reporting when used in the right application.
Its limitation in larger systems is that is a 30a charger max. To enable it to become a larger system charger you are required to add another charger (in your case a BCDC) which then takes information away from the reporting functionality that makes manager 30 so good.
For example in your system I would assume that the BCDC is doing the solar regulation. Which removes solar reporting from manager 30 and it is simply seen on the system as current inflowing from load. Essentially just a glorified battery monitor with a single shunt.
Redarc have some new products on their way which fingers crossed have some larger capacity and functionality.