What did you do to your van today?

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

Personally, I'd be concerned about keeping my driving licence.

It's not just that your bike isn't legal, it's visibly, blatantly illegal.

Visually it's I identical down to last nut and bolt.same stickers same everything.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

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

 

[Geek]

I'm sure if there's any trouble the OP can just say they are delivering fast food and the Police will soon loose interest.

There are lots of police clampdowns on them right now.

 

[wildebus]

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.

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?

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

 

[Pudsey Bear]

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?

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.

 

[wildebus]

Aye, but that means going to Ikea,

And .....

think you can order slats online, I need to measure them, I didn't have a tape measure with me at the time.

have to pay full price and shipping

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Not sure how much there are in Ikea, but if you have to add the cost of going, and the other crap you feel you need to buy it could get very expensive.

Amazon.co.uk

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

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 .

 

[rugbyken]

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

 

[wildebus]

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 .

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.

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

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

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 .

 

[wildebus]

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 .

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.

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

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.

25mm rated at 200amps but take on board your advice to up grade to 50mm,

 

[Pudsey Bear]

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.


I bought a 10' GRP ladder yesterday to hopefully be able to give the van the cleaning it needs at last.