CSS inside lithium battery install?

Sharon_is_SAM
Sharon_is_SAM Member Posts: 10,061
in Battery/Electrical & Solar
This spring we are having nuCamp install a lithium battery, cut off switch, and Victron MPPT under the driver bench in our 2017 CSS.  I can't imagine where they will find room and I can't find any forum photos of this type of install.  

Any photos anybody?

TIA
Sharon / 2017 T@B CSS / 2015 Toyota Sienna Minivan / Westlake, Ohio
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  • ckjs
    ckjs Member Posts: 135
    I made a small platform on "stilts", above the water pipes and wires.  There was space for a lithium battery, if laid on its side.  I don't have a picture of it in that state.
    Since then I've cluttered it up by moving the batteries elsewhere and stuffing too much hardware on the original platform - a hardwired Progressive surge protector, inverter and a sub-panel of sorts. It's too cluttered now.

    You can see part of the platform board in this:

    Charles & Judy, Santa Cruz, CA
    2018 T@B 320 CS-S; Alde 3020; 4 cyl 2020 Subaru Outback Onyx XT
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  • Sharon_is_SAM
    Sharon_is_SAM Member Posts: 10,061
    @ckjs - basically you created a shelf over the plumbing.  Where did you connect the distal end of the shunt?  Our shunt is currently up front and connects in the front junction box.
    Sharon / 2017 T@B CSS / 2015 Toyota Sienna Minivan / Westlake, Ohio
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  • ckjs
    ckjs Member Posts: 135
    @Sharon_is_SAM: I didn’t have a shunt originally, and added it here.  I’m still using the original battery shutoff switch in the front box, and believe that the junction box is still measured by the shunt.
    The inverter is routed to a new shutoff near the batteries (which are not shown), to avoid running 15’ of expensive 2/0 cable through spaces too small for them.
    I wonder whether  NuCamp will move the shunt inside, or run a new cable from the battery up front. 
    Charles & Judy, Santa Cruz, CA
    2018 T@B 320 CS-S; Alde 3020; 4 cyl 2020 Subaru Outback Onyx XT
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  • Sharon_is_SAM
    Sharon_is_SAM Member Posts: 10,061
    edited February 2025
    I think they will place the shunt along with the battery.  
    Sharon / 2017 T@B CSS / 2015 Toyota Sienna Minivan / Westlake, Ohio
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