Electrics from all scratch

[Owlhouse]

Hi all,
My son has just got a bare large van to convert to a camper. He has asked for help with the electrics and whilst I am ok with most I have never done a ‘from scratch’ conversion.
Help from anyone with experience with this would be most appreciated. He has an auto electrician to supply cables etc. but has no experience with the camper bits.
Looking at a 300ah lithium and lots of solar, 2k inverter with B2B etc.
Over to you

 

[Obanboy666]

Recently spoke to a couple who had converted a Fiat van and I was well impressed, he was a joiner so the interior fittings and fixtures were top class.
He mentioned that as he was an electrical numpty he used a company he found online to design and make up the electrical wiring loom. He had to supply them with a list of what he was installing, fridge, cooker, sockets etc etc and the location of same.
He said it wasn’t cheap but in his view well worth the expense. Perhaps your son could have a look at this option.

 

[wildebus]

Hi all,
My son has just got a bare large van to convert to a camper. He has asked for help with the electrics and whilst I am ok with most I have never done a ‘from scratch’ conversion.
Help from anyone with experience with this would be most appreciated. He has an auto electrician to supply cables etc. but has no experience with the camper bits.
Looking at a 300ah lithium and lots of solar, 2k inverter with B2B etc.
Over to you

What he really wants to do is not decide what battery and inverter etc he wants, but what he is wanting to do. That will determine if say 300Ah is overkill, or maybe actually not enough even.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I am no sparky so I kept mine simple and didn't touch the vans electrics unless I really had to.

I Used a Garage consumer unit, that fed the fridge and the battery charger.

I used a Voltage sensing relay hooked up to the battery to run the fridge whilst driving, and a Ctek MXS 5.0 Charger to charge the leisure battery, 5a is more than enough as it arrives at home fulley charged and if you have solar it might not need EHU, but you can charge if it does..

Not a fan of Lithium unless you really need lots of power, most don't, I have 170w Solar, & 100ah battery.

My biggest issue was working out the correct cabling and the fuses to protect them.

This was my set up:-







A couple of others I found when I was searching for info.