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We’re not long back from a month doing NZ in a motor home. Same as @GMJ, if you are in Queenstown, you have to do a bungy jump!!!! Sounds like we got a bit better weather than @UFU, we had 60% dry, 40% wet.

on my trip home from work today I tried out the short term cheat that @mark61 suggested. By turning on the headlights , it looks like it disables the smart alternator functions and the voltage stayed constant at 13.7V for the whole journey and the Leisure battery is being charged all the time...

thanks for all the inputs, I will make sure they remove the VSR when they install. out of interest i did a test today with the leisure battery at 95Ah capacity showing on the display, habitation side switched off, cloudy skys so next to no solar. drove 30mins to work and rechecked the state...

an update from the van conversion company is that back then, they used a split charge relay, even with the smart alternator.... although they have now changed the build spec to a B2B..... grrr :( they are offering to retro fit a CTEK B2B (I pay parts and they do labour) , so that should...

The leisure battery (LB) on my 2 yr old Ford Transit based van has given up, as I unwittingly had been discharging it way below 50%, so based on some good advise on another thread, I have fitted a shunt type state of charge monitor so I can better manage the battery charge, and its the addition...

@wildebus Last question. What current rating for the shunt version? I was thinking 50A is plenty steady state, but is there a big inrush spike on the fridge that would cause a problem and justify the 100A?

thanks for fast answer (y) hall loop AiLi this is the one I spotted, my main concern would have been about the resolution at lower current flows. but sounds like you have some data that says Hall type can be ok even though the display will be under the seat, I can still see it when the seat...

@wildebus which AiLi monitor do you recommend? I see they do a shunt type and hall sensor loop type. I have a very basic Transit Van Day van set up with 100W solar and 110Ah leisure bat, all mounted under the passenger seat. I am mostly doing 1 or 2 days off grid with the biggest power user...

on my Ford Transit van, there is no space in the box under the passenger seat, so the night heater is mounted under the Van with just a splash guard to protect it. The new location is just below the passenger seat area, and the inlet comes from inside the van, in this case its in the step of...

and just to prove you right, I didn't know about the inlet silencer, any more info?. I have one on the exhaust side, but agree its a bit like a jet starting when it is on its power up cycle, and although its not too intrusive once it has the van up to temperature, any further improvement...

Checking the book for the fridge, the low voltage cut in threshold is 11.7V to try and prevent it cutting in then dropping out as soon as the current flows. wildebus, I will need to sample a lot faster than my multimeter to capture that type of inrush peak. watching the Current on the...

Thanks all, some good info in all posts. Van is 2 year old transit custom so might have the smart alternator, I will check with the company who did the conversion as to what is in there to charge the leisure bat. So I looked at the voltage drop in the wiring to the fridge. With the fridge...

Thanks for the suggestions everybody, looks like there is a good chance that the battery wasn't on a full charge to start with, as I was just relying on the alternator to do it all. And regarding the cable losses from Wildebus, I will look into that, I can only see the last section of cable...

Thanks fazerloz. Just to clarify, the fast cycling of the fridge happens even when the battery is at full charge, so defiantly not the pull in surge dropping the voltage below the min limit. The worry is that I could get double the life a year ago, so something is changed. Am I correct to...

First time away in the van for a while and the leisure battery only lasted 36hrs before dropping below the 10.4v low voltage limit for the fridge to trip out (some time on the 2nd night) the only load was the dometic fridge, not much solar as it was pretty overcast Through the day. but in the...

I am guessing it is the Levellers beautiful day out ... I'm thinking about going too. don't think I will take the Transit camper, its just a bit too urban in the city, but I guess there are options to get a train out to the suburbs. I will have a think and see if there are any good options

I love watching their stuff. I found Binky when they were up to episode 10 which was well over a year ago, so was able to watch the 1st 10 episodes in a couple of weeks......... But then you are hooked and when you realise it is sometimes a couple of months between new episodes it gets...

I have a tracker being fitted on Thursday and will opt for a for a "duration of ownership" package deal, so it will pay for its self in less than 2 years

I am with AF at the moment, they were good last year getting it sorted, but the extra claim this year has now made me [More] undesirable!

my van is now going to be excluded for both the fact it is a poptop and the fact it only has 1 window on each side behind the cab [despite the fact they are full size, as is the rear window and there is a further window in the poptop]............ plus side is it has graphics which say...