What did you do to your van today?

Mr and Mrs Tupcox said:
All done, larger cables fitted 50mm and buzz bars and some new 150 mega fuses,
bit View attachment 77169View attachment 77170tight but it works.
Ordered 500mm cables could git away with 400mm ..
And sparky sorted switching for ehl and inverter. And kill switch for 240v charge so it's not charging when on inverter.

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sorry to maybe be over-critical, but the pictures suggests you have red cables on both +ve and -ve connections?
you really need to mark the red -ve cable clearly along it's length to show what it is. (maybe do the same as the old -ve cable which was a red cable wrapped in tape). Ok, you know right now, but if in the future you - or someone else - is doing some maintanance and an end is disconnected, it will be so easy to pick up an end and assume incorrectly where it needs to go!
Also the connector ends at the inverter ends needs to be wrapped to cover up the bare metal for safety reason, especially on the +ve one. Typically these would have heat-shrink on, same as the other ends and if bought ready-made rather surprising supplied bare like that.
 
wildebus said:
sorry to maybe be over-critical, but the pictures suggests you have red cables on both +ve and -ve connections?
you really need to mark the red -ve cable clearly along it's length to show what it is. (maybe do the same as the old -ve cable which was a red cable wrapped in tape). Ok, you know right now, but if in the future you - or someone else - is doing some maintanance and an end is disconnected, it will be so easy to pick up an end and assume incorrectly where it needs to go!
Also the connector ends at the inverter ends needs to be wrapped to cover up the bare metal for safety reason, especially on the +ve one. Typically these would have heat-shrink on, same as the other ends and if bought ready-made rather surprising supplied bare like that.
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I will tape up as suggested ran out of tape, so just did ends ,
And will cover terminal up to ,i shorted that cable not manufacturer finish .thanks wildebus allways great advice.
 
Mr and Mrs Tupcox said:
I will tape up as suggested ran out of tape, so just did ends ,
And will cover terminal up to ,i shorted that cable not manufacturer finish .thanks wildebus allways great advice.
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one last comment ... and something you probably did anyway, but maybe a comment to other readers following the thread ... those 'hand'-nuts on the inverter ... don't tighten them with just your fingers, but use a pair of grips - like water-pump pliers or molegrips - to give them a final oommphh :)
Finger-tight is never enough when used in a vehicle which is bouncing around the roads for thousands of miles!
 
wildebus said:
sorry to maybe be over-critical, but the pictures suggests you have red cables on both +ve and -ve connections?
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That reminds me of my A level Physics lesson where the teacher was showing us how a cathode ray tube works. After he finished he said 'what have you learned?" One pupil stuck his hand up and said "Electrons are green".
So, you have to be careful. Red electrons go down red wires and black electrons go down black wires. Don't let them meet each other or they will start a big argument.
When I installed my inverter I got my red cable for the red electrons from a local engineering supplier. They sell electric welders cable, really thick and flexible stuff and genuine copper (unlike the chinese stuff which is either copper plated steel, or aluminium). The surprising thing was that my genuine copper cable was a quarter of the stuff that was for sale on Ebay. And don't go to Temu for anything you want to actually work properly.
 
wildebus said:
one last comment ... and something you probably did anyway, but maybe a comment to other readers following the thread ... those 'hand'-nuts on the inverter ... don't tighten them with just your fingers, but use a pair of grips - like water-pump pliers or molegrips - to give them a final oommphh :)
Finger-tight is never enough when used in a vehicle which is bouncing around the roads for thousands of miles!
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The correct torque for anything on a vehicle is "As tight as you can, plus a grunt"
 
Pudsey Bear said:
Fart tight.
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Or, if you're Andrew M-W, 'heir tight' ... And, if you're Donald J Trump, 'hair tight' [hell toupé about that one ...] And if you watched Watership Down, 'Hare Tight' ... :ROFLMAO:. The Murdoch Empire have dropped their interest in starting a broadcast for mechanics - they had a working title of Torque Radio ...

Steve
 
Having emptied my camper and drained all the water and turned off the gas and opened all the cupboards and removed and washed all the bedding and clothes, I now find that there is a space for us at Goosnargh next weekend so the rest of today and tomorrow I will be filling the camper with food, fill the water tank, turn on the gas, close all the cupboards, and replace all the bedding and clothes and connect to EHU for the fridge to cool. Fun, innit? :ROFLMAO:
 
wildebus said:
one last comment ... and something you probably did anyway, but maybe a comment to other readers following the thread ... those 'hand'-nuts on the inverter ... don't tighten them with just your fingers, but use a pair of grips - like water-pump pliers or molegrips - to give them a final oommphh :)
Finger-tight is never enough when used in a vehicle which is bouncing around the roads for thousands of miles!
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Done that ...
 
I got my van back from Lanoguard treatment today, and some minor body repairs so all set for next weekend to show my daughter the lpg top up so she’s ready for a trip out in it over New Year. Looking at a video of the work done I’m very pleased with it.
 
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