What did you do to your van today?

Not today, but on Wednesday, I stripped down the beds' slats, they were bent the wrong way, what a cow to put them back in again, I'm hoping that I don't need to do it again if they are knackered.

I have a few more jobs to crack on with when I feel up to it, I love working in the van but me bod don't :D :D
 
Pudsey Bear said:
Not today, but on Wednesday, I stripped down the beds' slats, they were bent the wrong way, what a cow to put them back in again, I'm hoping that I don't need to do it again if they are knackered.
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A good place to get replacement springs is the IKEA Bargain Corner. Almost always sets there which you can adapt.

If they are bent over, they will be knackered - how do the middle ones compare to the ones are the foot and head of the bed which don't have much weight on them?

Pudsey Bear said:
I have a few more jobs to crack on with when I feel up to it, I love working in the van but me bod don't :D :D
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wildebus said:
A good place to get replacement springs is the IKEA Bargain Corner. Almost always sets there which you can adapt.

If they are bent over, they will be knackered - how do the middle ones compare to the ones are the foot and head of the bed which don't have much weight on them?
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Aye, but that means going to Ikea, I think you can order slats online, I need to measure them, I didn't have a tape measure with me at the time.
 
that’s a good fit room for another alongside lol managed to fit mine with scraped knuckles and struggled to get inverter on top but what a difference the battery makes, david ( wildebus) said the problem is it’s like a sports car the more power you have the more you use ! in two years since i fitted the 460 we have added electric kettle , microwave , airfryer oven , induction hob , george foreman grill , insectecuter etc
 
Mr and Mrs Tupcox said:
Spent the day putting lithium fogstar 460ah in and inverter and b2b cables loads still do .

been lucky most of the old cables of old van fit with a bit of modifications.

Sparky coming friday to fit 240v transfer switch .
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When he comes, I suggest you ask him to fit some suitable cables to the Inverter. The ones you have look way too small to me.
Are they 16mm2? I would say for that 2500W Inverter and the distance to the battery, I would go for 50mm2.

You can reuse them for the B2B I would say.
 
wildebus said:
When he comes, I suggest you ask him to fit some suitable cables to the Inverter. The ones you have look way too small to me.
Are they 16mm2? I would say for that 2500W Inverter and the distance to the battery, I would go for 50mm2.

You can reuse them
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The ones on inverter are bigger than they look rated at 200 amps,,the 2 on floor are for b2b which are rated at 85amps only fitting 30amp b2b .
All worked for 2 years in our old van
We only use small kettle air fryer both 1000w slow cooker. 80w .and Mrs cpac machine .
 
Mr and Mrs Tupcox said:
The ones on inverter are bigger than they look rated at 200 amps,,the 2 on floor are for b2b which are rated at 85amps only fitting 30amp b2b .
All worked for 2 years in our old van
We only use small kettle air fryer both 1000w slow cooker. 80w .and Mrs cpac machine .
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I would be interested in the actual size of the cable. Getting the right cable requires more than just the ampacity rating of the cable.
 
The other day, I removed the EHU cable to the CBE lounge socket and put in a removable link to the inverter so I can easily plug into it.

I fitted a better battery monitor that has more history memory 72 days.
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I bought a 10' GRP ladder yesterday to hopefully be able to give the van the cleaning it needs at last.
 
Mr and Mrs Tupcox said:
25mm rated at 200amps but take on board your advice to up grade to 50mm,
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And actually some would say I am too low on the 50mm2 cable!
Take this excert from the Victron Manual for their Inverters - and remember the 12/3000 Inverter is a 2400W output, so actually lower than yours ....
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If you follow their recommendation, you would use 90mm2 cable from battery to inverter!
As your inverter and battery are so close, I think you are safe with the 50mm2, but that 25mm2? A wise thing to change. If you were to run the inverter at a high load (which you may be much more tempted to do now you have so much more battery capability), that 25mm2 cable would literally be too hot to handle after a couple of minutes.
 
Exwindsurfer said:
I found when I first fitted the inverter I was using 35mm cable but it was getting to warm so I fitted 70mm and everthing if ok now.
PS my invert is less than a mtr away from the batteries.
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According to my Bosch Automotive Handbook a 70mm C.S.A. cable has a continuous current rating of 245 amps @ 30 degrees C PER METRE.. Rating goes down as ambient temperature rises.
 
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