Ok, a couple of steps further. It is now ready for rego! Tomorrow night it goes over the weighbridge, Thursday morning in for Registration...
Also got the 12 volt electrics sorted - a bit of a bodge at the moment, but it works like a treat. Basically, I've got a 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter connected to 200 amp hours of deep cycle batteries. Lead from the inverter runs out the window and plugs into the side of the van....
Yes, I know, but I won't have time to put a changeover switch in before we go away for the first time. With 2 lights on (that have 6 watt LED globes each), the pedestal fan running on low and the TV on, I'm drawing just under 5 amps on the 12 volt side - pretty happy with that. The fridge will have to wait until we get to site and the gas lit. I'll use the engel in the back of the 101 in the meantime. I will eventually get a decent 12 volt supply run from the 101 so I can run the fridge through the inverter while driving. All in good time.
The downside of running a cheap inverter is that it draws .6 amp while doing nothing! I'll turn it off when not using it at night, so all good. During the day, the 150 watt solar panel will keep thinks happy. Given that I don't need to run the engel while parked up, I doubt I'll run short of power. Will just have to keep an eye on the gas though, not sure how long a gas fridge will take to suck a 9kg bottle dry - any ideas on that?
cheers.
