Upgrade Battle Born battery/alternator/bim

[TNTRVING]

need some confirmation I have research for this upgrade and I think I need a li-bim 225 for the alternator to charge my 4ea lifepo4.i am no expert and still kind new to solar and lithium
I do have solar panels and Victron 100/50 charge controller/Victron 3000w inverter/ charger/bmv712/color monitor for the upgrade
my coach is a 08 Fleetwood bounder
I need to know if the new bim need to be installed in the bcc(battery control center) and if this is the wiring diagram that I need to figure out how to wire up this new bim or can I do without the battery isolation manger(bim)

thanks for your help
tony

[twinboat]

To install without tearing up the original system, run battery size cables, as marked with red lines, to the BIM.

Remove, and separately tape up, the small wires in the green circle.

The only other thing needed is the aux start switch wire moved to the BIM.

You don't need the BIM for charging the lithiums with shore or generator power. You need it to protect the chassis battery from overcharging while charging the lithiums or discharging while using them.

While on the road, the BIM protects the alternator from overheating because lithium batteries take all the amps you can send them. Alternators can't handle full output full time.

[TNTRVING]

thanks twinboat for responding and I found the bcc in the first compartment on the passenger side that houses the bcc and my propane tank and I am assume the automatic charging and aux start relay is being replace with the new bim and I assuming this old relay is underneath the circuit board and I need to disconnect the chassis battery ca and the house battery ca and connect to the new bim and ground the new bim not sure if the y on the old relay is the aux start wire switch

hopefully I am on the right track and not confusing myself
here the diagram I found on the cover of the bcc

[twinboat]

It looks like your system uses copper links between the relays. Removing the solenoid leaves some connections in the air.

If you disable the automatic relay, ( remove the control wires ) while leaving it in place, you can add cables from any of the points I marked, to your BIM terminals once you find a place to mount it nearby.

The yellow marks go to the chassis batteries and the red marks go to the house ( coach ) batteries.

[TNTRVING]

Originally Posted by twinboat

To install without tearing up the original system, run battery size cables, as marked with red lines, to the BIM.

Remove, and separately tape up, the small wires in the green circle.

The only other thing needed is the aux start switch wire moved to the BIM.

You don't need the BIM for charging the lithiums with shore or generator power. You need it to protect the chassis battery from overcharging while charging the lithiums or discharging while using them.

While on the road, the BIM protects the alternator from overheating because lithium batteries take all the amps you can send them. Alternators can't handle full output full time.Attachment 264389

twinboat I should be getting my new bim and think I know what you are saying about the battery cable to the new bim and the ign on the new bim goes to a on/off switch on the coach and ground goes to a ground on the coach.….but the only thing is the aux start switch is that the switch for the coach to assist when the chassis battery is low to help start the coach?
sorry to sound such newbie cause I am...

thanks again

[TNTRVING]

Originally Posted by TNTRVING

twinboat I should be getting my new bim and think I know what you are saying about the battery cable to the new bim and the ign on the new bim goes to a on/off switch on the coach and ground goes to a ground on the coach.….but the only thing is the aux start switch is that the switch for the coach to assist when the chassis battery is low to help start the coach?
sorry to sound such newbie cause I am...

thanks again

and I am assuming the aux start switch hook up to the sig on the new bim

[TNTRVING]

figured out the wiring on the battery isolation manager(bim)and installed my battle born battery 100AH x 4 wired in parallel for 12v hope fully this will help someone else

ps do your research but this is what I came up with

[bobk3d]

Yes, this is very helpful to somebody in the future, as I'm about to do the exact same thing. But I have a couple of simple questions to make sure I'm seeing it right.

1. In the diagram in the above post, the red lines... I would leave the battery cables connected to the BCC, and run short cables to the BIM terminals?

2. Suppose I didn't connect the blue wire to the ignition. That should mean that the house batteries would charge the chassis battery when on shore power or solar, but the alternator would not charge the coach batteries when the engine is running. With solar power, I might not need that.

3. I thought we disconnect the control leads to make the solenoid permanently open. I don't understand why the yellow wire leads to the solenoid... it seems I should connect to the wire that was removed from the solenoid, which is controlled by the dash switch. Is that it?

Appreciate if somebody could confirm that I'm seeing this right. And thanks for the above drawings/notes. I was very confused at first, but if my assumptions in 1-2-3 above are correct, this will be pretty easy.