Absolutely. They don't like cold either. The beauty of the heater in there with everything allows you to run a fan only and pull cabin air through the space to help keep everything cool if it is blazing hot. I'll only have the 100ah battery for the van and not really planning to work it hard with heater/hotplates ex. We'll see. I do have a temp monitor in there with a battery that will shut down automatically and the MPPT monitoring. I've not seen temp spike on the charging side yet at 40amps.Better monitor temps in there... Lithium and inverters don't like high heat.
seems pretty logical to me... nice that the heater warms up the LFP batts a bit when you’re running it, which happens to be when it’s cold. Wonder if it could potentially alleviate need for a battery warming circuit for LFP all together.?.?.? The real test would be when it’s south of -20f outside..Absolutely. They don't like cold either. The beauty of the heater in there with everything allows you to run a fan only and pull cabin air through the space to help keep everything cool if it is blazing hot. I'll only have the 100ah battery for the van and not really planning to work it hard with heater/hotplates ex. We'll see. I do have a temp monitor in there with a battery that will shut down automatically and the MPPT monitoring. I've not seen temp spike on the charging side yet at 40amps.
Worth noting, so far running the heater for over an hour did not seem to raise the box temp significanly. I added 2 more layers of exhaust insulation and then have the immediate exhaust area insulated with thinsulate suspended but not touching.
I wired up the s2 with a manual switch to the starter battery if it's really cold and the lithium is a no go. That way I can heat up the van and battery in sub zero.
I'll report back if I end up having issues or see high temps. I didn't initially plan to set it up this way but when everything fit I went with it.
How did you get the installer for the Smart Floor to add rails on either side of the wheel well? The installer I've been working with said we cannot add rails forward nor aft of the wheel wheels, only between them. The installer I've been working with is TourRig in Golden, CO.@atomicx6637 I don’t have the Lonseal down yet but the smartfloor is in. This post has some pictures of the floor with the rails: https://sprinter-source.com/forums/index.php?threads/89458/post-949947 . Seats haven’t arrived yet. I’ll post on that when they do.
I’m traveling in Costa Rica through EOY but will continue the build in Jan!
No air bags at those locations. Only for driver and passenger.Sorry, one more question for you:
I see that you have a crew van. Did you remove the airbags above the crew bench on both sides of the van?
Oh really? Is the Sprinter Crew van different than the Transit Crew in that way? I thought curtain airbags were required for all passenger areas for vehicles sold in the US?No air bags at those locations. Only for driver and passenger.
which product did you use to seal the wood?@sprint2freedom yep treated both sides!
I bought a polyurethane stain at Home Depot.which product did you use to seal the wood?
@TransitVansit probably depends on the installer. I’ve got a whole story to tell about that but I will save it for a separate post. The TLDR is that I tried to fit four seats across and it doesn’t work. Three is really the max number of seats that will fit across.How did you get the installer for the Smart Floor to add rails on either side of the wheel well? The installer I've been working with said we cannot add rails forward nor aft of the wheel wheels, only between them. The installer I've been working with is TourRig in Golden, CO.