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Thanks, yes I did read a lot of that, he did a great job with the solar in Germany too, but the vans since gone I think. I would have driven to Germany if he could have moved it all across lol. Are all these options still going to be 50% discharge? And which would you prefer if I can jam a...

Dellmassive Thank You I will seek out the headlight bracket bolt, and when the green light on NOCO goes unblinking green I will be able to use van again with confidence Thank you for all the articles and info, I will read them (I may need a new battery, it was 84% charged and 68% health when...

Its perfectly feasible, I power my entire van with just a small Bluetti AC70 which powers everything in the van, fridge, diesel heater, lights, water pump ect. the only difference is I use the AC70 to power a 30A 240v to 12v PSU which then sends power to a 12v fuse box then onto my appliance's...

I am going to Vanstyle in person on Monday(30 mins from me) to look at the cross bars that come with their rails. If the cross bars have a slot in them that will accept 'T' head bolts and if I can invert the cross bars so the slot is underneath rather than on top and they will still fit on the...

I did search but couldn’t find anything. This link talks about using the 250 to charge the starter but it only trick charges from solar which I don’t have. Are you suggesting either get solar or disconnecting my battery charger and connect directly to the starter leaving the 250 to pull from the...

How far back does the history in your Victron MPPT go and if so what's the charging history the week before that Sunday? If the van was unused for a couple of weeks how did you leave it? Did you turn off the leisure battery (if you have an isolator for it)? Did you leave any heavy consumers...

no, unless you get a gizmo that will trickle charge the starter, from the leisure battery. or you can use one charger to charge the starter battery, to the point that it turns on your dc-dc charger to charge the leisure setup - but you need a large charger and its a faily waistful way of doing...

Suppose I'm thinking that by sealing the leading edge, they're shouldn't be too much stuff gets in there that will stick around. Even with pop top up, anything that does get in should run out with gravity as it'll be slanted downwards. I ended up going with a similar route (I think) to @Deaky...

Look forward to seeing that, and pictures of your set up please. Many Thanks

The roof fitter, fitted it for me and run the cables back to the seat base...(£200 to fit the supplied panel and run new cable back) Yes they drilled the roof tub, and also the lower section to get the cables inside. And used Tiger seal to seal up. But I redone the cable loop but when I got...

if the dimensions are good, and the terminals are in the right place, then you are good to go. the other option is the LOACH i listed above.. ++++ as for drop-n voltages. - i would FULLY charge both battery's before putting them in the van, that will reduce the shock on the van when the...

Is there a handy hole behind the light to run the wires through?

..will a ratchet cable crimp tool do or is there a specific mc4 tool for the job?

That's great, so it can be done then. Will check out your post now. Many thanks

There’s a lot to comment on here. My view, in short… - Go lithium. Go as big as you can reasonably fit and afford. Get one with a BMS. One of the best upgrades I ever did. - Do some maths, and maybe even use AI to help. ChatGPT gave me some really useful insights. I provided: - what...

and heres my favourite kit. . . . the awsome 200w Renogy suitcase. ( i have two of them now for 400W mobile ) https://www.t6forum.com/threads/guide-mobile-solar-panels-how-i-did-it.13225/page-19#post-390930 fused here . . . ... and the second newer version...

here is the 120w kit: https://www.t6forum.com/threads/guide-mobile-solar-panels-how-i-did-it.13225/post-262330 again its fused. . . +++ https://ebay.us/NK8vVV +++

Just back from the New Forest for 3 nights from Friday. My Mrs insisted we parked under the trees, so no solar, and was relying on the 85ah leisure battery with the AC70 as backup. I plugged the AC70 into the EHU socket on Saturday afternoon for an hour to top up the battery and boil a couple of...

Due to the ever increasing number of flexible solar panels failing, mostly due to being installed incorrectly. I've added the install guide to the start of this thread... its not the panel (mostly) - its the poor fitting. that causes uneven thermal expansion, where the panel is not evenly...

All that I can say is I have spent most of my driving in much older vehicles and these T6 etc are quite complex creatures certainly electrically speaking and I am not the best source for advice. I would not have thought that leaving the cooler on at a service station for a short while would do...