We are Back! Sorry for no uploads for the past month or so but we've been super busy and haven't had a chance to work on the van! We should be back to regular uploads now and can't wait to finish the van ASAP! 😎💪
Well, thank goodness you're back because I couldn't hold my breath for much longer. Now, some questions: - Do you need an RCD _before_ the Multiplus as well as after, in case of a fault in the Multiplus? - Do you need a mains feed to the JP Heater that's _only_ live when connected to hook-up? Or do you want to run it from battery via the inverter? I guess you can still choose whether to run it from the inverter via the heater control panel... - Is it OK for the breakers to be single pole only? - How did you decide on Type AC for the RCD? - How did you decide on the B Curve for the MCBs? Good stuff, keep it up, but a bit sooner please or else our conversion might catch up* and then we won't be able to steal your details. * not a chance
Hey Rob! Sorry for the wait!! -I'm not a qualified electrician so it's best if you check with a qualified electrician about these but here is my opinion for entertainment sake 1. If we use hookup at any site I'll make sure that it is RCD protected, if it isn't we wont use it. Most shore power hookups will / should be protected by an RCD. So adding an extra one before the MultiPlus wouldn't add any extra protection in our case. Our wiring diagram is from Roamer and didn't include one (it was also checked by an Electrician who didn't flag to add one either) 2. In our case the setup is powerful enough to run it from battery only so I didn't feel the need to use live only on hookup output for anything. And yes we will just pick from the heater panel if we want to run it on 12v/diesel or 230v. 3. Single Pole vs Double Pole is a big rabbit hole I spent a lot of time researching. In our case I'm aware of potential reverse polarity issues abroad and we will be checking polarity before we hook up anywhere so adding double pole MCBs would offer no extra safety but a lot of extra headache (extra cost, double size consumer unit etc etc) - Advised by Electrician 4. Type AC is suitable for general residential uses - Advised by Electrician 5. B Curve MCBs is suitable for general residential uses - Advised by Electrician I discussed points 1,3,4,5 with a qualified electrician who gave us the thumbs up on these but it's best that you do the same for your setup as it may vary based on your circumstances / build etc. Having said all of this we haven't yet had a proper electrical audit so things might change once the build is almost finished and we get a qualified person look over and sign off on all electrics, especially 230v stuff. Hope your build is going well!
@@CasLaz Thanks for the detailed answer, greatly appreciated. Our build progress has slowed considerably, partly due to the cold and dark, partly because we've hit a dependency log-jam - chains of things that can't progress until something else is sorted out. Need to crack on though because our Roamer battery arrived yesterday.
@@DrRobNoble Yes the cold and dark is defo not helping with progress for us too. I know the feeling, we have lots of parts sitting around that we can't do until other jobs are done. Slowly chipping away at it! That's very exciting hope your electrics install goes well!
Thanks! Yeah for sure, or off-grid house, great skills to learn - very transferrable. I looked at few boat vids myself, tempted to get a sail boat for adventure 2.0 sometime in the far future 😂
Hey guys, loving the videos - informative, and properly fun too! Odd question for this particular video - but how wide (front to back) are your bench seats? Just to work out space for all the kit that goes inside. Would you size them any differently if you were doing this again? Thanks ever so! x
Thanks for watching! If I remember correctly the benches are 60cm wide. The van is about 180cm wide, so we split the van into 3x60cm sections. It's 50cm high and 135 long. We wouldn't size them differently, it seems to work out well. The main reason its 135 long is because of the shower + front seating area. If we made it longer, the shower sit slightly over the front window and it would also make the front seating area smaller. Hope this helps.
Did you have to buy anything else, or the inverter came with 12v/230v, because I've been looking, and I only find 24v/230V, wich is unfortunate, because I was planing on using this exact one and got told it wouldn't supply 230v
We are Back! Sorry for no uploads for the past month or so but we've been super busy and haven't had a chance to work on the van!
We should be back to regular uploads now and can't wait to finish the van ASAP! 😎💪
Love how you chat to yourself, ‘tighten it up’, ‘come on’, ‘check it’s tight’, good video, thanks for sharing the journey.
😂 A lot of is bits that I'm remembering from learning electrics from UA-cam videos - the other half is just my random thoughts 😅🤣 Thanks for watching!
Great video guys, nice to see you back. super progress on the electrics
Well done, this was a brilliant job. Wow I wouldn’t have a clue how to do any of these. Big well done to you!
Thanks ! Took a while to figure it all out but got there in the end 😃
Great video. Like how simple your setup is. 👍
Thanks Adam! Took a while to figure it all out 😅
Great presentation mate.
Well, thank goodness you're back because I couldn't hold my breath for much longer.
Now, some questions:
- Do you need an RCD _before_ the Multiplus as well as after, in case of a fault in the Multiplus?
- Do you need a mains feed to the JP Heater that's _only_ live when connected to hook-up? Or do you want to run it from battery via the inverter? I guess you can still choose whether to run it from the inverter via the heater control panel...
- Is it OK for the breakers to be single pole only?
- How did you decide on Type AC for the RCD?
- How did you decide on the B Curve for the MCBs?
Good stuff, keep it up, but a bit sooner please or else our conversion might catch up* and then we won't be able to steal your details.
* not a chance
Hey Rob! Sorry for the wait!!
-I'm not a qualified electrician so it's best if you check with a qualified electrician about these but here is my opinion for entertainment sake
1. If we use hookup at any site I'll make sure that it is RCD protected, if it isn't we wont use it. Most shore power hookups will / should be protected by an RCD. So adding an extra one before the MultiPlus wouldn't add any extra protection in our case. Our wiring diagram is from Roamer and didn't include one (it was also checked by an Electrician who didn't flag to add one either)
2. In our case the setup is powerful enough to run it from battery only so I didn't feel the need to use live only on hookup output for anything. And yes we will just pick from the heater panel if we want to run it on 12v/diesel or 230v.
3. Single Pole vs Double Pole is a big rabbit hole I spent a lot of time researching. In our case I'm aware of potential reverse polarity issues abroad and we will be checking polarity before we hook up anywhere so adding double pole MCBs would offer no extra safety but a lot of extra headache (extra cost, double size consumer unit etc etc) - Advised by Electrician
4. Type AC is suitable for general residential uses - Advised by Electrician
5. B Curve MCBs is suitable for general residential uses - Advised by Electrician
I discussed points 1,3,4,5 with a qualified electrician who gave us the thumbs up on these but it's best that you do the same for your setup as it may vary based on your circumstances / build etc.
Having said all of this we haven't yet had a proper electrical audit so things might change once the build is almost finished and we get a qualified person look over and sign off on all electrics, especially 230v stuff.
Hope your build is going well!
@@CasLaz Thanks for the detailed answer, greatly appreciated. Our build progress has slowed considerably, partly due to the cold and dark, partly because we've hit a dependency log-jam - chains of things that can't progress until something else is sorted out. Need to crack on though because our Roamer battery arrived yesterday.
@@DrRobNoble Yes the cold and dark is defo not helping with progress for us too. I know the feeling, we have lots of parts sitting around that we can't do until other jobs are done. Slowly chipping away at it! That's very exciting hope your electrics install goes well!
Good video, love van setups... similar to boats!
Thanks! Yeah for sure, or off-grid house, great skills to learn - very transferrable. I looked at few boat vids myself, tempted to get a sail boat for adventure 2.0 sometime in the far future 😂
Good day! Great job, I have the same inverter what size of wire did you use?
Welcome back!
Thanks! Good to be back doing van stuff again finally !
Great. Well done 👏
Thanks Denise ! 👍
Hey guys, loving the videos - informative, and properly fun too! Odd question for this particular video - but how wide (front to back) are your bench seats? Just to work out space for all the kit that goes inside. Would you size them any differently if you were doing this again? Thanks ever so! x
Thanks for watching! If I remember correctly the benches are 60cm wide. The van is about 180cm wide, so we split the van into 3x60cm sections. It's 50cm high and 135 long. We wouldn't size them differently, it seems to work out well.
The main reason its 135 long is because of the shower + front seating area. If we made it longer, the shower sit slightly over the front window and it would also make the front seating area smaller.
Hope this helps.
Can I ask what cutters are you using for your 95mm2 cable.
Did you have to buy anything else, or the inverter came with 12v/230v, because I've been looking, and I only find 24v/230V, wich is unfortunate, because I was planing on using this exact one and got told it wouldn't supply 230v
Hi David, this inverter converts 12v to 230v, there are 24v/230v versions as-well. Ours is 12v to 230v.