Leisure electrics part 2.

[Velgreeno]

Hey folks.Well. I just had my charger system through the post and just got my leisure battery. (I'm getting solar panels to add later on too). I think this will be good for what I need. Just got to put it together now ha. Im on the right road folks even though the steering is wonky ha.

 

[Velgreeno]

Hey folks. In the middle of installing my leisure battery set up etc and just something i noticed and might be of interest to you folks is that if you buy a Halfords leisure battery and JKs split charger system, the battery terminals dont actually fit on a Halfords battery. Im going to have to get some other terminals to fit the battery now grr.

 

[ozziedog]

I think you may have inadvertently got the wrong battery or is that how leisure batteries are nowadays?

Ozziedog,,,,,.,,,, it’s a mysterious art this eleckertrickery

 

[ozziedog]

If you Google Halfords Leisure battery, there will be a long stream of images but not that one. There are loads with regular terminals, try and make sure to get the terminals on around the right way too, not quite so important on a leisure but it makes terminal access easier and earthing too. Leisure battery in conventional position under the spare wheel well, it’s neater to have the earth on the left as you view the front of the battery then easier to get at and away from the body, opposite to your regular battery.
I’d take it back and change it.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,Had a cold shiver come over me then,,,talking about lucktrix

 

[Velgreeno]

If you Google Halfords Leisure battery, there will be a long stream of images but not that one. There are loads with regular terminals, try and make sure to get the terminals on around the right way too, not quite so important on a leisure but it makes terminal access easier and earthing too. Leisure battery in conventional position under the spare wheel well, it’s neater to have the earth on the left as you view the front of the battery then easier to get at and away from the body, opposite to your regular battery.
I’d take it back and change it.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,Had a cold shiver come over me then,,,talking about lucktrix

Hey Ozzie. They are both the same thickness on a leisure battery weirdly. Its no biggy. Il just change them to ones that do fit. Actually its a good job i checked my main bus battery because the positive terminal is broken in half. Ohhh i love electrics ha.

 

[Velgreeno]

Hey folks. Well there we go. All in, connected up and I think it's working and didn't explode when I started her up. Just got to wait to see if it works now. There is a clicking when I turn the ignition so it's doing something. One thing I did different though is on the fuse box on the back wheel arch I used velcro with super glue. Dont laugh ha. Did not like to drill any holes anywhere because holes cause rust and that is a no no. Works well too and very easy when I want to add a wire . Quite chuffed with myself even though I I'm still not 100% with it all yet. I'm going to have to double check everything at least 3 times before I'm happy ha. only thing left to do now I'd to get a clamp to make sure that battery isn't moving.

 

[milfredo]

Make sure you remove the plastic breather plugs from the battery. I found the previous owner hadn’t done this on mine and it can lead to the battery exploding when charging as the gas can’t vent.

 

[Velgreeno]

Make sure you remove the plastic breather plugs from the battery. I found the previous owner hadn’t done this on mine and it can lead to the battery exploding when charging as the gas can’t vent.

Oh wow where are they on a Halfords leisure battery ? Cheers for this. @milfredo good job you mentioned it.

 

[Velgreeno]

Well I just took this out and can only find one so that's another thing sorted

 

[Ben72Bay]

Hey folks. Well there we go. All in, connected up and I think it's working and didn't explode when I started her up. Just got to wait to see if it works now. There is a clicking when I turn the ignition so it's doing something. One thing I did different though is on the fuse box on the back wheel arch I used velcro with super glue. Dont laugh ha. Did not like to drill any holes anywhere because holes cause rust and that is a no no. Works well too and very easy when I want to add a wire . Quite chuffed with myself even though I I'm still not 100% with it all yet. I'm going to have to double check everything at least 3 times before I'm happy ha. only thing left to do now I'd to get a clamp to make sure that battery isn't moving.

What are you planning to run off those 6 positive feeds?

 

[Velgreeno]

What are you planning to run off those 6 positive feeds?

Hey @Ben72Bay well im thinking well when i can find someone in person to help to set up properly, (ive banned myself from it all ha) im thinking a fridge, a phone, tablet, small vacuum cleaner, maybe a couple of extra lights oh and i got this device too that is a battery pack for if your battery goes dead, you pop it on and it starts. It acts as a charger for phones and tablets too. Thats probably it i think .

 

[Ben72Bay]

Hey @Ben72Bay well im thinking well when i can find someone in person to help to set up properly, (ive banned myself from it all ha) im thinking a fridge, a phone, tablet, small vacuum cleaner, maybe a couple of extra lights oh and i got this device too that is a battery pack for if your battery goes dead, you pop it on and it starts. It acts as a charger for phones and tablets too. Thats probably it i think .

Well that lot should keep you busy

 

[milfredo]

Vacuum cleaner they’re meant to be fun vehicles.

 

[Velgreeno]

Totally @Ben72Bay im the most fussiest bus owner ever . So if you see a male version of Dorien Green with a vacuum in one hand and a phone or tablet in the other then you know its me. Still, im going to have to live in the 70s untill that's all working ha.

This is very true @milfredo and they are totally but a clean bus is a happy bus ha. Imagine if you will we are all at a show together some day and i dont know you spill your coffee granules etc over your floor, seats etc. If you brush it will become powder and its a pain. You need a vacuum. Someone says Velgreeno has one, i bring my little vacuum over. Job done. A god send. All clean again. .

 

[ozziedog]

Totally @Ben72Bay im the most fussiest bus owner ever . So if you see a male version of Dorien Green with a vacuum in one hand and a phone or tablet in the other then you know its me. Still, im going to have to live in the 70s untill that's all working ha.

This is very true @milfredo and they are totally but a clean bus is a happy bus ha. Imagine if you will we are all at a show together some day and i dont know you spill your coffee granules etc over your floor, seats etc. If you brush it will become powder and its a pain. You need a vacuum. Someone says ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Ozzie,,,,,,there was Stella spilled there as well,,,,,,, Job Done!!!

Ozzie licks it up,, A god send,, All clean again.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,,,,,everybody’s good at something

 

[fallingoffalot]

Something I noticed over the last few days when I was in Cornwall, is that a 12V 3-way fridge eats the leisure battery when parked up at the beach all day. Compounded by the fact that I was only driving 1-5 miles each day to the beach and back so not really replenishing it. I had hook-up at the campsite, so could have attached my battery charger if I'd remembered it. I guess solar panels would solve this (as long as it's sunny).

A vacuum cleaner sounds like a good idea, just to get all the sand out so I don't end up with it all in my sleeping bag!

 

[Velgreeno]

Ozzie,,,,,,there was Stella spilled there as well,,,,,,, Job Done!!!

Ozzie licks it up,, A god send,, All clean again.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,,,,,everybody’s good at something

But but theres coffee granules there too Ozzie. Coffee stella . Ooh thats wrong

 

[Velgreeno]

Something I noticed over the last few days when I was in Cornwall, is that a 12V 3-way fridge eats the leisure battery when parked up at the beach all day. Compounded by the fact that I was only driving 1-5 miles each day to the beach and back so not really replenishing it. I had hook-up at the campsite, so could have attached my battery charger if I'd remembered it. I guess solar panels would solve this (as long as it's sunny).

A vacuum cleaner sounds like a good idea, just to get all the sand out so I don't end up with it all in my sleeping bag!

Hmm. I have heard folks say fridges sap the battery apart from the Crx 50 . Im thinking of solar panels too. Ahh i got this all to come with mine but im not doing it on my own ha.; .

 

[ozziedog]

Hmm. I have heard folks say fridges sap the battery apart from the Crx 50 . Im thinking of solar panels too. Ahh i got this all to come with mine but im not doing it on my own ha.; .

Repeat after me,,,,,,
All fridges will sap your battery,,,,,, All fridges will sap your battery,,,repeat at will.
CRX50 will stilllllllll sap your battery, but not quite as much as others.
The older or cheaper the cooling device, usually the more it will sap your,,,,battery .
A leisure battery will help by providing a supply of juice, two batteries will help a bit more etc etc.
Driving around and charging them will help, but you’d have to drive a fair old way to re charge a battery but every drive puts in a bit.
Solar will re charge your battery every single day if you have enough of an array of solar panels but as above, every little bit helps. The sunnier it is, the more they give, but the sunnier it is the more the fridge is in competition with the warmer temperatures.
The ultimate set up at the moment ‘seems’ to be if there’s no other energy available (hook up) or three way. A leisure battery that will let you have about a half of its capacity or two or more regular leisure batteries then there’s the extra expensive super duper leisure battery lithium iron which will let you have a bit more at roughly ten times the price. So the more expensive battery is giving you more juice but taking up less space, or just take loads of batteries if space isn’t an issue.
Your solar array could start at 20 Watts but wouldn’t help much at all. Starting point should be in the one hundred watts area or more then you have the fixed / portable issue / question, mainly because a panel facing the sun will collect a fair bit more, if you can be bothered moving it about.
So three to four days is achievable with a new deep cycle battery fully charged, with a hundred watts plus solar panel, all powering a CRX50 on the proviso that you don’t keep chucking too much warm stuff in the fridge and making it work hard. Some peeps will buy frozen food while touring to help cool the fridge as the frozen food defrosts prior to cooking, not a bad idea for sure.

Feel free to add any snippets.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,all because,,,,, nobody likes a warm Stella

 

[Velgreeno]

Repeat after me,,,,,,
All fridges will sap your battery,,,,,, All fridges will sap your battery,,,repeat at will.
CRX50 will stilllllllll sap your battery, but not quite as much as others.
The older or cheaper the cooling device, usually the more it will sap your,,,,battery .
A leisure battery will help by providing a supply of juice, two batteries will help a bit more etc etc.
Driving around and charging them will help, but you’d have to drive a fair old way to re charge a battery but every drive puts in a bit.
Solar will re charge your battery every single day if you have enough of an array of solar panels but as above, every little bit helps. The sunnier it is, the more they give, but the sunnier it is the more the fridge is in competition with the warmer temperatures.
The ultimate set up at the moment ‘seems’ to be if there’s no other energy available (hook up) or three way. A leisure battery that will let you have about a half of its capacity or two or more regular leisure batteries then there’s the extra expensive super duper leisure battery lithium iron which will let you have a bit more at roughly ten times the price. So the more expensive battery is giving you more juice but taking up less space, or just take loads of batteries if space isn’t an issue.
Your solar array could start at 20 Watts but wouldn’t help much at all. Starting point should be in the one hundred watts area or more then you have the fixed / portable issue / question, mainly because a panel facing the sun will collect a fair bit more, if you can be bothered moving it about.
So three to four days is achievable with a new deep cycle battery fully charged, with a hundred watts plus solar panel, all powering a CRX50 on the proviso that you don’t keep chucking too much warm stuff in the fridge and making it work hard. Some peeps will buy frozen food while touring to help cool the fridge as the frozen food defrosts prior to cooking, not a bad idea for sure.

Feel free to add any snippets.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,all because,,,,, nobody likes a warm Stella

All fridges will sap your battery . Trusty cool box on wheels it is then for me or just put under my bed in the cool ha. Ohh or get another cool box in the place a fridge will go in the same size and it will be out of the sun too. 2 cool boxes. Oooh i feel an idea coming on but its not formed yet. Hmmm .