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Easy RV Battery Box Modification

Welcome to Our Little Camper Adventures. In this video I will share with you 18 easy steps on how to change your flimsy RV battery box to a more robust lockable, insulated and eventually heated battery box. Tools and items used are below. Steps are below. Items purchased/used: Harbor Freight metal tongue box 35 inches M8 130 x 90mm U bolt square brackets (total of 6 needed) M8 stainless steel lock nuts and lock washers M8 stainless steel washers M8 stainless steel nuts Rubber washers Pink insulation Reflectix Reflectix tape Victron 712 Battery Monitor 1/0 gauge 12 inch red and black wires with 3/8 lugs 2 gauge 4 foot cable with 3/8 lugs 90 degree copper lug ¼ hole for 2 gauge wire Cable glands for 1/0 gauge wire Rustoleum primer and black color spray paint for metal Keep the original Camco battery box straps Tools: Drill Drill bit 21/64 size for metal Hole saw 1 ¼ inch size Wire cutter and crimper for large gauge wires Electrical tape Painters Tape Marker or Pen Razor or Jigsaw Wire brush Steps: 1. Move propane tank platform forward. 2. Remove your WDH hitch brackets if needed. 3. Turn off power, turn off solar & disconnect wires from batteries. 4. Remove the batteries and remove the old box. 5. Enlarge the 4 original holes using the 21/64 drill bit. 6. Mark and drill additional holes for all the U brackets. 7. Wire brush, prime & paint holes. 8. Painters tape bottom of box, mark where U bolts will go through & drill using the 21/64 metal drill bit. 9. Prime & paint battery box holes. 10. Mark holes for cable glands on back of battery box. 11. Cut 3 holes using the 1 ¼ inch bi-metal hole saw, prime & paint. 12. Push the U bolts up through the bottom of the holes , attach a nut (not the lock one), lock washer, washer and then rubber washer the each ends of the U bolts you pushed through under the frame. 13. Push the U bolts into the battery box holes, attach a rubber washer, the metal bracket included in the U bolt bag, metal washer, lock washer and then a lock nut. Tighten bolts. 14. Install the old battery box straps. 15. Insulate the box. 16. Strap in batteries, pull wires through the cable glands. 17. Cut off 3/8 lug from 4 foot cable, attach ¼ hole lug, reattach to 100 amp breaker. 18. Add shunt and reattach battery wires. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Our Little Camper Adventures: We started Our Little Camper Adventures channel to share our experiences while camping with our little travel trailer. Avid tent campers to start and wanted to experience more outdoor adventures but wanted to still be able to bring the comforts of home with us so bought a camper. We have loved it since and planning more adventures so please stick around. More to come… Channel: YouTube: Our Little Camper Adventures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media Links: Email: [email protected] Instagram:   / our_little_.  . Facebook:   / camperadven   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Camera Gear: Hohem iSteady Multi 3 Handheld Stabilizing Gimbal GoPro Hero 5 GoPro Hero 10 Canon SD1400is Iphone 12 Canon EOS 90D Canon EOS 5D DJI Mavic 2 pro Music provided to you by subscriptions to: Epidemic Sound ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Little Camper Adventures. All rights reserved.