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I think it’s a problem for any vehicle that has a smart alternator fitted. Someone will correct that statement if wrong but that’s how I saw it. Don’t think it is necessarily Euro number of engine

This is the unit I went for, if space is an issue check out the Votronic stuff as it is very compact 👍 https://www.votronic.de/index.php/en/products2/series-vcc/standard-version/vcc-1212-30-new

My factory fit split charge setup was never that good, never saw higher than mid 13’s on volts with engine running. I fitted a Votronic 30amp B2B and immediately saw plus 14v with engine running and same cabling. I think you first need to decide what battery technology you want to fit, split...

This insulation thing confuses me I must say. I understand about breathing and burning gas creates moisture and cold bridges letting it condensate. The more vans I see though the less I know, I have seen Antoine few now where people are living in the full time, bus or van, insulated or not and...

I am fairly sure my Sprinter has a fuse for each side, possibly shared with another device each side.

One word lol .... Generator

I have met a good number of folks on the drive this time who live in their vans year round. I have now stopped asking them about insulation as by far most of them don’t have anything. They just use diesel heater and/or wood burner and that’s it. What did surprise me about this though is they...

Eberspacher do make a controller that you can run remotely over the internet/gsm but it probably costs the earth

I have the 801 with diagnostics and didn’t think it was programmable, at least not seen anything about programming them. I gather the controllers that come with the Chinese heaters are very programmable, was told the Eber stuff is like going iPhone and the Chinese more like Android. I suspect...

Mine is a modern inverter generator, I mentioned the open frame one simply for its quietness. I don’t know it’s age or make but very quite and it’s been running all day

If you had followed Annie to the drove you could have heard my Hyundai running, I think it’s fairly quiet. Saying that there is a horse box parked behind me and he has been running an open frame genny this morning, don’t know what make but that is very quiet as well

Yes I try to get mine above 70% with generator before a run then let the b2b bang in the rest if I can. Need to try out my gas conversion theory and if that doesn’t work I need more petrol today or tomorrow lol

Will have to check the site again, I thought they didn’t have much on hydronic units last time I looked.

I can cook everything I have wanted on the hob Dave, have a ridgemonkey for pizza and other stuff. Use the grill for potato cakes, crumpets toast etc. Sometimes toast in ridgemonkey though. I do have the oven pan for the cadaver but not used it yet

Plus one on microwave. Don’t think I have used ours three times in over eighteen months and then it was to soften the butter. I don’t have an oven and don’t really miss it but it would be better to swap an oven for the grill I have I think for most folks.

You turn the key to the position where all the idiot lights come on. Not worried about starter battery as it wouldn’t be constant use and I have alternative methods of starting if needs be

When I bought the van I took son in law with me to drive my car back while I drove the van from London to Derbyshire. We stopped at first services on the M1 for some breakfast and I was showing him round the van. Driving back through the snow I was starting to get convinced I had an engine...

There are two (maybe more) ways they are done I think Dave. One is a pre-heat that can be switched on and used to warm the engine block and defrost/warm cab before you start the engine. This one has an electric water pump that runs when you turn the heater on. You can get fancy controllers with...

With the existing Hydronic I just need to get stuck in really and see what happens. I have it in the back of my mind if I substitute a permanent (or switched) live for the d+ it should work as is off the starter battery. Probably isn’t going to be that simple though lol 500w element is probably...

Or genuine article here https://www.butlertechnik.com/installation-accessories-c63/warm-air-ducting-outlets-accessories-c122