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figure out what sort of
figure out what sort of budget you have to spend on your electrics and how you plan to use your van.do you need 240 volt supply or can you manage with just 12 volt. how are you going to light it, spot lamps, flourecent tubes, LED strips etc. will you have a fridge/tv/computer/heater etc.
if you’re never going to be pulling up on a serviced pitch then there is little point in shelling out for the hardware to do it properly if you can get away with just hooking up a charger when you need it.
will a simple split charge relay do for your needs or will your budget stretch to a propper dc-dc charger.my set up is very much budget. split charge relay, 110Ah batery and a 3 swith zig distribution panel with a battery meter. all my lighting is cheap RGB LED strip from ebay(pics in my gallery), but it does give colour options and dimming. TV is just an old 12v comuter monitor with a freview tuner (5v with a stepdown voltage reg) and a 3 way ciggy lighter adapter for running phone chargers and laptops. its cheap and simple. if the option to hook up to the mains is available then i run a 4 socket extesion reel with a breaker through the door, that can power the battery charger and i have an old pc power supply that can feed into the other side of the zig and power the lights an tv (and when its really cold a fan heater with a thermostat).
with more cash though you can have a much snazzyer setup that is much less clunky and much more integrated.
figure out what sort of
figure out what sort of budget you have to spend on your electrics and how you plan to use your van.do you need 240 volt supply or can you manage with just 12 volt. how are you going to light it, spot lamps, flourecent tubes, LED strips etc. will you have a fridge/tv/computer/heater etc.
if you’re never going to be pulling up on a serviced pitch then there is little point in shelling out for the hardware to do it properly if you can get away with just hooking up a charger when you need it.
will a simple split charge relay do for your needs or will your budget stretch to a propper dc-dc charger.my set up is very much budget. split charge relay, 110Ah batery and a 3 swith zig distribution panel with a battery meter. all my lighting is cheap RGB LED strip from ebay(pics in my gallery), but it does give colour options and dimming. TV is just an old 12v comuter monitor with a freview tuner (5v with a stepdown voltage reg) and a 3 way ciggy lighter adapter for running phone chargers and laptops. its cheap and simple. if the option to hook up to the mains is available then i run a 4 socket extesion reel with a breaker through the door, that can power the battery charger and i have an old pc power supply that can feed into the other side of the zig and power the lights an tv (and when its really cold a fan heater with a thermostat).
with more cash though you can have a much snazzyer setup that is much less clunky and much more integrated.
figure out what sort of
figure out what sort of budget you have to spend on your electrics and how you plan to use your van.do you need 240 volt supply or can you manage with just 12 volt. how are you going to light it, spot lamps, flourecent tubes, LED strips etc. will you have a fridge/tv/computer/heater etc.
if you’re never going to be pulling up on a serviced pitch then there is little point in shelling out for the hardware to do it properly if you can get away with just hooking up a charger when you need it.
will a simple split charge relay do for your needs or will your budget stretch to a propper dc-dc charger.my set up is very much budget. split charge relay, 110Ah batery and a 3 swith zig distribution panel with a battery meter. all my lighting is cheap RGB LED strip from ebay(pics in my gallery), but it does give colour options and dimming. TV is just an old 12v comuter monitor with a freview tuner (5v with a stepdown voltage reg) and a 3 way ciggy lighter adapter for running phone chargers and laptops. its cheap and simple. if the option to hook up to the mains is available then i run a 4 socket extesion reel with a breaker through the door, that can power the battery charger and i have an old pc power supply that can feed into the other side of the zig and power the lights an tv (and when its really cold a fan heater with a thermostat).
with more cash though you can have a much snazzyer setup that is much less clunky and much more integrated.
figure out what sort of
figure out what sort of budget you have to spend on your electrics and how you plan to use your van.do you need 240 volt supply or can you manage with just 12 volt. how are you going to light it, spot lamps, flourecent tubes, LED strips etc. will you have a fridge/tv/computer/heater etc.
if you’re never going to be pulling up on a serviced pitch then there is little point in shelling out for the hardware to do it properly if you can get away with just hooking up a charger when you need it.
will a simple split charge relay do for your needs or will your budget stretch to a propper dc-dc charger.my set up is very much budget. split charge relay, 110Ah batery and a 3 swith zig distribution panel with a battery meter. all my lighting is cheap RGB LED strip from ebay(pics in my gallery), but it does give colour options and dimming. TV is just an old 12v comuter monitor with a freview tuner (5v with a stepdown voltage reg) and a 3 way ciggy lighter adapter for running phone chargers and laptops. its cheap and simple. if the option to hook up to the mains is available then i run a 4 socket extesion reel with a breaker through the door, that can power the battery charger and i have an old pc power supply that can feed into the other side of the zig and power the lights an tv (and when its really cold a fan heater with a thermostat).
with more cash though you can have a much snazzyer setup that is much less clunky and much more integrated.
figure out what sort of
figure out what sort of budget you have to spend on your electrics and how you plan to use your van.do you need 240 volt supply or can you manage with just 12 volt. how are you going to light it, spot lamps, flourecent tubes, LED strips etc. will you have a fridge/tv/computer/heater etc.
if you’re never going to be pulling up on a serviced pitch then there is little point in shelling out for the hardware to do it properly if you can get away with just hooking up a charger when you need it.
will a simple split charge relay do for your needs or will your budget stretch to a propper dc-dc charger.my set up is very much budget. split charge relay, 110Ah batery and a 3 swith zig distribution panel with a battery meter. all my lighting is cheap RGB LED strip from ebay(pics in my gallery), but it does give colour options and dimming. TV is just an old 12v comuter monitor with a freview tuner (5v with a stepdown voltage reg) and a 3 way ciggy lighter adapter for running phone chargers and laptops. its cheap and simple. if the option to hook up to the mains is available then i run a 4 socket extesion reel with a breaker through the door, that can power the battery charger and i have an old pc power supply that can feed into the other side of the zig and power the lights an tv (and when its really cold a fan heater with a thermostat).
with more cash though you can have a much snazzyer setup that is much less clunky and much more integrated.
figure out what sort of
figure out what sort of budget you have to spend on your electrics and how you plan to use your van.do you need 240 volt supply or can you manage with just 12 volt. how are you going to light it, spot lamps, flourecent tubes, LED strips etc. will you have a fridge/tv/computer/heater etc.
if you’re never going to be pulling up on a serviced pitch then there is little point in shelling out for the hardware to do it properly if you can get away with just hooking up a charger when you need it.
will a simple split charge relay do for your needs or will your budget stretch to a propper dc-dc charger.my set up is very much budget. split charge relay, 110Ah batery and a 3 swith zig distribution panel with a battery meter. all my lighting is cheap RGB LED strip from ebay(pics in my gallery), but it does give colour options and dimming. TV is just an old 12v comuter monitor with a freview tuner (5v with a stepdown voltage reg) and a 3 way ciggy lighter adapter for running phone chargers and laptops. its cheap and simple. if the option to hook up to the mains is available then i run a 4 socket extesion reel with a breaker through the door, that can power the battery charger and i have an old pc power supply that can feed into the other side of the zig and power the lights an tv (and when its really cold a fan heater with a thermostat).
with more cash though you can have a much snazzyer setup that is much less clunky and much more integrated.
figure out what sort of
figure out what sort of budget you have to spend on your electrics and how you plan to use your van.do you need 240 volt supply or can you manage with just 12 volt. how are you going to light it, spot lamps, flourecent tubes, LED strips etc. will you have a fridge/tv/computer/heater etc.
if you’re never going to be pulling up on a serviced pitch then there is little point in shelling out for the hardware to do it properly if you can get away with just hooking up a charger when you need it.
will a simple split charge relay do for your needs or will your budget stretch to a propper dc-dc charger.my set up is very much budget. split charge relay, 110Ah batery and a 3 swith zig distribution panel with a battery meter. all my lighting is cheap RGB LED strip from ebay(pics in my gallery), but it does give colour options and dimming. TV is just an old 12v comuter monitor with a freview tuner (5v with a stepdown voltage reg) and a 3 way ciggy lighter adapter for running phone chargers and laptops. its cheap and simple. if the option to hook up to the mains is available then i run a 4 socket extesion reel with a breaker through the door, that can power the battery charger and i have an old pc power supply that can feed into the other side of the zig and power the lights an tv (and when its really cold a fan heater with a thermostat).
with more cash though you can have a much snazzyer setup that is much less clunky and much more integrated.
figure out what sort of
figure out what sort of budget you have to spend on your electrics and how you plan to use your van.do you need 240 volt supply or can you manage with just 12 volt. how are you going to light it, spot lamps, flourecent tubes, LED strips etc. will you have a fridge/tv/computer/heater etc.
if you’re never going to be pulling up on a serviced pitch then there is little point in shelling out for the hardware to do it properly if you can get away with just hooking up a charger when you need it.
will a simple split charge relay do for your needs or will your budget stretch to a propper dc-dc charger.my set up is very much budget. split charge relay, 110Ah batery and a 3 swith zig distribution panel with a battery meter. all my lighting is cheap RGB LED strip from ebay(pics in my gallery), but it does give colour options and dimming. TV is just an old 12v comuter monitor with a freview tuner (5v with a stepdown voltage reg) and a 3 way ciggy lighter adapter for running phone chargers and laptops. its cheap and simple. if the option to hook up to the mains is available then i run a 4 socket extesion reel with a breaker through the door, that can power the battery charger and i have an old pc power supply that can feed into the other side of the zig and power the lights an tv (and when its really cold a fan heater with a thermostat).
with more cash though you can have a much snazzyer setup that is much less clunky and much more integrated.
should there not be a feed
should there not be a feed from the negative side of your leisure battry bank back to the chasis. is your voltage sensing relay ajustable? if the trip voltage is set too low it will leave the leasure batteries connected to the starter battery once the alternator stops spinning. the different brands/capacities/discharge rates could certainly cause noticable drain when there is no alternater feed comming in.
had some thing similar on a friends van with a voltage sensing relay, exept it was out in the other direction and wasn’t letting charge through when the engine was running so the leasure battery was loosing charge and not charging back up.should there not be a feed
should there not be a feed from the negative side of your leisure battry bank back to the chasis. is your voltage sensing relay ajustable? if the trip voltage is set too low it will leave the leasure batteries connected to the starter battery once the alternator stops spinning. the different brands/capacities/discharge rates could certainly cause noticable drain when there is no alternater feed comming in.
had some thing similar on a friends van with a voltage sensing relay, exept it was out in the other direction and wasn’t letting charge through when the engine was running so the leasure battery was loosing charge and not charging back up.should there not be a feed
should there not be a feed from the negative side of your leisure battry bank back to the chasis. is your voltage sensing relay ajustable? if the trip voltage is set too low it will leave the leasure batteries connected to the starter battery once the alternator stops spinning. the different brands/capacities/discharge rates could certainly cause noticable drain when there is no alternater feed comming in.
had some thing similar on a friends van with a voltage sensing relay, exept it was out in the other direction and wasn’t letting charge through when the engine was running so the leasure battery was loosing charge and not charging back up.should there not be a feed
should there not be a feed from the negative side of your leisure battry bank back to the chasis. is your voltage sensing relay ajustable? if the trip voltage is set too low it will leave the leasure batteries connected to the starter battery once the alternator stops spinning. the different brands/capacities/discharge rates could certainly cause noticable drain when there is no alternater feed comming in.
had some thing similar on a friends van with a voltage sensing relay, exept it was out in the other direction and wasn’t letting charge through when the engine was running so the leasure battery was loosing charge and not charging back up.should there not be a feed
should there not be a feed from the negative side of your leisure battry bank back to the chasis. is your voltage sensing relay ajustable? if the trip voltage is set too low it will leave the leasure batteries connected to the starter battery once the alternator stops spinning. the different brands/capacities/discharge rates could certainly cause noticable drain when there is no alternater feed comming in.
had some thing similar on a friends van with a voltage sensing relay, exept it was out in the other direction and wasn’t letting charge through when the engine was running so the leasure battery was loosing charge and not charging back up.should there not be a feed
should there not be a feed from the negative side of your leisure battry bank back to the chasis. is your voltage sensing relay ajustable? if the trip voltage is set too low it will leave the leasure batteries connected to the starter battery once the alternator stops spinning. the different brands/capacities/discharge rates could certainly cause noticable drain when there is no alternater feed comming in.
had some thing similar on a friends van with a voltage sensing relay, exept it was out in the other direction and wasn’t letting charge through when the engine was running so the leasure battery was loosing charge and not charging back up.should there not be a feed
should there not be a feed from the negative side of your leisure battry bank back to the chasis. is your voltage sensing relay ajustable? if the trip voltage is set too low it will leave the leasure batteries connected to the starter battery once the alternator stops spinning. the different brands/capacities/discharge rates could certainly cause noticable drain when there is no alternater feed comming in.
had some thing similar on a friends van with a voltage sensing relay, exept it was out in the other direction and wasn’t letting charge through when the engine was running so the leasure battery was loosing charge and not charging back up.
