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Thanks for replying. You say to turn the DC DC charger off, use a remote switch. Would I need to turn this off for any reason. You also say to run a main fuse next to the positive battery terminal, is this the leisure battery you are referring to. If a fuse did blow for any reason, is there a...

Hi all, complete newbie to campers and just purchase my first van (T30 2013). The van was professionally converted in 2021 but I'm considering updating & adding to the electrics as there seems to be a few things missing and I'm not sure of the quality/reliability of the existing components...

That’s a pretty beefy (and expensive) system for what is a pretty light load. How long are you parked off-grid for without driving? How often and how long will you drive for when you do? If you are driving every couple of days and have solar you can go for a smaller battery and even sacrifice...

Yeh I won’t be letting it go below 12v, , the battery is supposed to be ok off grid for at least a couple of days when fully charged and with the solar panel. The voltage meter was reading over 12, 12.4v but the light strip said low, that through me a bit. Anyway fully charged now I’ll keep...

The other option. Is leave all your chargers on the leisure battery, ie EHU and solar. Then use a small AMT12-2 mini trickle charger to keep your starter topped up from the LBs.... This is what I use and they are very effective, and cheaper than a dedicated charger, plus work all the time. On...

There is money to be had in helping balance the grid. It’s been going on quite a while with things like supermarket fridges and some large pumps - turning on if/when there is an excess in the grid whether they are needed or not and turning off when the grid is struggling to provide power...

Over the past year, I found that the capacity of the existing battery was inadequate for a couple of nights off-grid. Having seen a 160 on the Roamer stand at the NEC show fitted into a T6.1 seat base, I went for it as it looked like it would fit underneath my passenger seat (pictured below)...

I can manage just 3 days off grid comfortably, running fridge, lights, charging phones and using only electric for cooking all meals (all mains sub 1000w hob, remoska and kettle): that's with a 230Ah seat base battery and 200w of portable panel deployed thru a REDARC MPPT: That was during this...

Hi, I'm looking for advice on the ultimate off-grid electrical setup for my T6 campervan. If money is no object what full setup of components would you buy? In particular, what's the biggest and best LifePo4 to fit under seat? I'm wondering if a Victron 160Ah LifePo4 battery would fit under...

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Our leisure battery is 70 ah AGM and is struggling to power Dometic CR50 compressor fridge overnight when off grid. Apart from interior led lights and occasional use of diesel heater no other major load on LB. We have a choice to make and need some advice: do we install a 150w (say) flexible...

I'm not sure Roamer's argument makes sense as stated, I think it more makes sense that they're taken a perfectly reasonable business decision that it's not an area of the market they want to address right now and have the complexity of another product line. There are many situations where you...

I think given my time over, I'd certainly be thinking about simplifying things with a powerbank, but the van is also used occasionally for work so we went inverter route. Like you just offsetting the faff of EHU for very occasional use/maybe topping up the leisure battery if we've been on the...

We have 2x110Ah LiFePO4 batteries, 300W fixed solar, a 3kW inverter and a 30A DC-DC charger and we run a fridge, LED lights, mobile charges, a boiling water tap, an induction hob, a toaster and, occasionally, an air fryer. During summer, if it's sunny or we drive every couple of days, we could...

Well my setup is still pretty new and I have only been running it for about 11 months now and so far it works a treat and I am delighted with how it all works and how flexible it all is, the real game changer was putting a 200w solar panel on the roof, with it you are always getting "something"...

Not so much bought, but with the 3000w inverter, 560ah lithium battery and 5g Internet......I can now run the xbox while off grid, aswell as all the other stuff! Win!

Cool, if you're following the sun and moving around a fair bit then getting enough charge in should hopefully take care of itself. I'm sure if you put as much thought into the layout/water/etc as you have the electrics, you'll be fine on the other stuff. I'm serious when I say the electrics is...

Note taken about cheap shovel, I have brought an Amazon special… but think I’ve got a proper mountaineering shovel in the loft, so a his and hers..I’ll make sure I have the one that breaks.. We are planning on a campsite stay every 3 nights, but there are not many open this time of year. Van is...

Yes it’s amazing and saved our holiday. With our batteries being a year older and the lack of sun we would have really struggled without it this year. Being able to plug the vans EHU into it and getting our microwave working off grid is a game changer

I have mentioned this before but still, I'm not sure if I wanna route solar cable all the way to my seatbase to go in the MPPT on my renogy B2B/MPPT I'm thinkin of getting a cheap panel for the roof (not pop top) and routing a cable down to the cupboard to my ecoflow... whilst the rear is...