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Fitted my 3 x 330w Canadian Solar panels today. Used unistrut for the whole project because it's what I had and hard to get hold of things right now. I had to raise them a little higher than the average install because I still wanted to be able to open my sunroof even thought it's covered, so I...

Buy a domestic one, probably half the price and they come with LPG jets since most rural locations use propane tanks. Google domino hobs.

I worked it out as this is a question in need of an answer. I've based it upon a 4 meter run which should be adequate for most vans since we're only talking about the hot water pipe. 15mm volume: 0.71L 10mm volume: 0.31L 8mm volume: 0.2L so you'd have to run through an extra 0.4L of water...

It is badly worded, but fortunately I have one in a box right next to me now and it doesn't have that ambiguous bit on it. I had one before in an old van and the manual said max 450w of solar and a sticker on the side said max 500w, also the manual says it won't overvoltage until 55v so it seems...

I used 15mm flexible pex from screwfix/toolstation. They carry a much bigger range of the 15mm push fit connectors, and almost nothing for 10mm. You'll find you'll need to run back and forth a few times for extra bits here and there so it's easier to just go for the most universal fittings. Also...

Get the ring, they're the best item out there. I think the 'voltage' input just means you can charge a 12v battery from a 24v alternator like in trucks.

People who buy the ambulances with air suspension rip it out and put leaf springs in. Massive problems with leaks, just not worth the hassle. Probably ok for a few years until things start to perish.

It's always the way with these things. My last van was coachbuilt but I still had lots of messing around to do at first.

I think it's the white box full of holes with the CE sticker, or maybe this thing:

That battery box makes me sad. Write up a to do list and do some decent wiring, it won't take long and it will help you understand it much better if problems arise in the future. Stick a small fusebox in, line the batteries up and secure them from moving with a bit of wood, run some nice thick...

Low angles are still a problem even there over winter, but the sun is often shining, all be it for shorter days.

They have a horrible efficiency, need to put 140ah back in to get 100ah, something like that. Heavy, old technology.

I think campervans would be half the price if built on a production line like the vans. You can see that's mostly labour costs involved in the build.

I've just bought solar panels at 36p a watt, but it was possible to get 33p on the 72 cell ones.

You're sorted, that's plenty of battery life for everything and if you're in a area where you can buy red diesel I'd just leave it.

Do you have gas though?

I could never enjoy something so valuable without being so rich money had no value to me. Having fun wildcamping takes you down crappy roads with trees whacking your van - I look at people with brand new 4x4 sprinters and thinking, how could you ever take it off road!!

My electric heater is 1500w which pulls 130amps odd, put on for 1/2 hour it would use 35% of my battery capacity.This takes around 1 hour of driving to replenish, which is kind of the same as having a calorifier, the only difference being that 1 hour of driving is purely to put the power back...

I looked into doing this but was put off plumbing it into the engine, didn't trust my level of competence. What I did question was people describing their use on youtube, you needed to drive for quite a long time for it to heat up, well over an hour, perhaps others here can confirm this? They're...

I used the oven in my van twice in 1.5 years for pizza (burnt, twice). Used the grill once. Hob and one pot recipes/ridgemonkeyt is the way to go. Outside BBQ if there's a few of you. Check out the Omina, oven on a hob...