On a roll from yesterdays progress we headed out early to start day two of the bumper weekend. The Solution One of our big hopes this weekend was to install the shore power sockets on the van. Although we are not completing the rest of the electrical install just at the moment, we wanted to get the hole cut and fit the sockets ahead of time. I am mid-way through writing a fairly comprehensive guide to our electrics, which will…
Following on from a great couple of days progress with the van, we decided to tidy up the work we’d started on the solar cables. Day 3 In our post a few weeks ago, we had undertaken the massive job of re-wiring the larger solar panels. Unfortunately, at the time we’d not been able to post the cables back through the van due to the junction box that was in-situ being far too small and allowing only four cables to…
As non-stop rain and heavy showers batter the South East and with space at a premium in the van, we took the decision to move inside and work on getting some of the electrical parts of the build up and running. We’ve waited with anticipation to start the electrics and we’re hoping that our many hours of intense research will pay off. This post will mainly be a quick run through of Ben and I setting up stage one of…