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What Have You Done To Your Van Today?
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Honestly I don't know enough about it, it does what I want it to, ie tell me what's left in the battery and alarm at a given minimum.
Renogy, why make life more complicated than it needs to be, arrows up and you're filling the battery, arrows down you're emptying it, the volts,watts and current numbers tell you by how much...
That's filling it up for free from two Renogy 175w Flexi panels...
That's the current draw from the Renogy 2kw inverter powering a 230v 1kw travel kettle.
Did I mention Renogy?
Edit, the time to filling or emptying the battery is shown below the capacity % number so the travel kettle would run supposedly for 2 hrs 50 mins before the battery coughing it's lungs up.
That's filling it up for free from two Renogy 175w Flexi panels...
That's the current draw from the Renogy 2kw inverter powering a 230v 1kw travel kettle.
Did I mention Renogy?
Edit, the time to filling or emptying the battery is shown below the capacity % number so the travel kettle would run supposedly for 2 hrs 50 mins before the battery coughing it's lungs up.
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I finally got around to fitting a battery cover to my T6.1 campervan today. Another box ticked…
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Which one did you get Cap'n? Looks great!
A Takpart one from Amazon £28. Just a little bit of fettling required.
Re-attached my poptop bedboard after my mechanically non sympathetic girls managed to break it on holiday! I'm dreading August when Wifey , older daughter and grand Daughter steal the van to go to Bestival in Dorset....
Moved 12v socket from behind the drivers seat (floor level and perfect for kicking!). Now up on B Pillar behind the driver seat, took the oppertunity to add USB outlet with the unplanned benefit of voltage display for leisure battery it's fed from. Also added storage net to side panel.
@Drive Wayne Did she let go with both barrels on her 12 bore or is that one of them there starry sky effects of which I like?
We do be liking the starry underside of the bedboard, a pleasant night time effect, some may say romantic when your not camping with your 18 year old daughter! It was her lip balm that was wedged in the hinge gap and wifey wondering why the bed board wouldn't come down properly, so naturally she forced it against its will. 4 hours this afternoon I'll never get back!
As you explained that I had this vision of Vinnie Jones stopping slamming the car door repeatedly to announce "Bon Jour" as he answered his mobile. 
Loved that film!As you explained that I had this vision of Vinnie Jones stopping slamming the car door repeatedly to announce "Bon Jour" as he answered his mobile.
Having bought the Alpine speakers I made a start sound deadening the front doors.
Fitted the 8inch to the doors, great job. They sound good, much better bass. Got the tweeters still to do
Because I'm lazy I keep the mounting panel on and did what I could through the speaker hole. Actually did most of the door, just lost some skin.
Didn't take any after photos as typically I was rushed. But the doors sound great, no more awful twang when you shut them!
Fitted the 8inch to the doors, great job. They sound good, much better bass. Got the tweeters still to do
Because I'm lazy I keep the mounting panel on and did what I could through the speaker hole. Actually did most of the door, just lost some skin.
Didn't take any after photos as typically I was rushed. But the doors sound great, no more awful twang when you shut them!
While the door cards are off I’d advise sticking 10mm self adhesive closed cell foam on the back of them, it makes a big difference.
Yesterday, but spent the day at @CRS Performance for a cheeky upgrade. Review of the day here if you want to read more
Because I'm a fool, I've got bugger all photos of the work in progress, nor even a proper before and after, but I also spent the morning at @CRS Performance along with @Sladie07 who was getting the same definition kit installed as me. Didn't want it stupid low, scraping along the floor, grounding out over speedhumps etc. But wanted to improve the awful ride quality with the OEM kit that was still on it. Oh and the fact that it looked like it was on stilts.
Simply went with CRS's recommendation as they clearly know their stuff and are name dropped all over this forum, and was not disappointed in the slightest. It was obvious immediately on the test drive that my teeth weren't rattling and the van just felt much nicer to drive and massively improved over the all the potholes. Even some of the existing rattles in the back had smoothed out a bit... apart from an annoying squeak from my smartbed shelf boards.. but I know what that is.... anyone else driven mad by squeaks and rattles? Anyway tangent. One of the original back springs was already broken too
Here's an older photo of it up on stilts, with a couple of after pics of it looking much nicer, and about as much of the new suspension I can see from the back. Now just need to develop some new muscle memory and not jump up quite so much when climbing in so as to not t"%t my head on the door frame :-/
and obviously another recommendation to go to CRS. Think it deserves a wash now...
Next (and last, honest) job, upgrade those crappy headlights.
...maybe get small splitter for the front
...oh and need that solar panel sorting.
...seriously last job, I mean it ;-)
Simply went with CRS's recommendation as they clearly know their stuff and are name dropped all over this forum, and was not disappointed in the slightest. It was obvious immediately on the test drive that my teeth weren't rattling and the van just felt much nicer to drive and massively improved over the all the potholes. Even some of the existing rattles in the back had smoothed out a bit... apart from an annoying squeak from my smartbed shelf boards.. but I know what that is.... anyone else driven mad by squeaks and rattles? Anyway tangent. One of the original back springs was already broken too
Here's an older photo of it up on stilts, with a couple of after pics of it looking much nicer, and about as much of the new suspension I can see from the back. Now just need to develop some new muscle memory and not jump up quite so much when climbing in so as to not t"%t my head on the door frame :-/
and obviously another recommendation to go to CRS. Think it deserves a wash now...
Next (and last, honest) job, upgrade those crappy headlights.
...maybe get small splitter for the front
...oh and need that solar panel sorting.
...seriously last job, I mean it ;-)
