Electrical Installation - a bit of market research .....

[mistericeman]

Not broke dont fix it, well should I order myFord model T, well it did the job, but.

Go for it..... It'll be a step forward from the Skodas....

(as long as its not a S110r ;-).... I'd swap a kidney for the one I missed owning by a hairs breadth)

 

[SquirrellCook]

Just remember David, this is a very small pond. The bulk of people who look at it can’t type. Or we’re just a sad lonely bunch.

 

[Squiffy]

Not broke dont fix it, well should I order myFord model T, well it did the job, but.

You would have to have Bezos money to afford one Trev

 

[Sprinter 1 cup]

The radio block plug are 15 pin . not sure if you could put the amps on tbem pins
My van is 10 amp at most thats the glow plug from China. Fuse box all live with a earth bus bar.

what plug would you use that ranges from 5 amp to 30amp ? At the tablet consumer unit now. and this needs a fuse now to light up lol.

Everything's now is low energy, but there's so many more switches to more things ! Bambi had 8 and that included b2b relay
Mine has 14 fuses in hab area and no over lap. That's With out solar controller, b2b, inverter or tablet.
25 fuses! 20 x 2 core wire , holy sh#t
Copper wire is not cheap.!

 

[Deleted member 12559]

The thread title-' bit of market research',
Surely that's just what the motorhome industry has done, some with more success than others. The result is that
they build their vans to suit the 90 percentile section of the market.

I'm willing to bet that this 90% are mainly summer season users, with occasional winter sojourns, they generally
frequent campsites and are on EHU. Why would a manufacturer install state of the art technology that very few
customers would appreciate and probably never need, when with the money saved he could add eye appeal by
fitting alloy wheels and florid decals. And of course chuck in a cheap solar roof panel and a single L/A battery
as a token 'off grid' sales brochure gesture to qualify as a hi tech. product. Eye catching though LoL.

The other 10% of the market are catered for by the niche bespoke manufacturers, and us the self builders, with
our idiosyncrasies ranging from the gas mantle lighting approach to tomorrows tech. As already said just
depends on what the individual considers practical or important.

 

[Squiffy]

The thread title-' bit of market research',
Surely that's just what the motorhome industry has done, some with more success than others. The result is that
they build their vans to suit the 90 percentile section of the market.

I'm willing to bet that this 90% are mainly summer season users, with occasional winter sojourns, they generally
frequent campsites and are on EHU. Why would a manufacturer install state of the art technology that very few
customers would appreciate and probably never need, when with the money saved he could add eye appeal by
fitting alloy wheels and florid decals. And of course chuck in a cheap solar roof panel and a single L/A battery
as a token 'off grid' sales brochure gesture to qualify as a hi tech. product. Eye catching though LoL.

The other 10% of the market are catered for by the niche bespoke manufacturers, and us the self builders, with
our idiosyncrasies ranging from the gas mantle lighting approach to tomorrows tech. As already said just
depends on what the individual considers practical or important.

Well thought out

 

[wildebus]

Missing the point that self builds are a lot more than 10% of the market.

Also MH makers do not build to requirements, they build to price and profit. Always have done. Which is why most look pretty on the outside to make people ohh and any, but are often very poor inside.

Anyway it does not matter as you are not my target audience being so well up on building vans and know exactly what is needed . I will stick to the people who need a bit more guidence and avoid getting shafted by the "caravan with an engine" mentality.

 

[Squiffy]

Dave you are really in a niche market. Your idea of a conversion let's face it is all electric, that much is obvious with your really detailed and helpful posts on various electrical and electronic appliances. Agreed that if you want to be the market leader in all electric conversions/Coach builds then yes you have to start now and beat the rush, but in my view it would take ten to fifteen years to arrive as one of the leading companies in what is at this time a specialised field. You have already sown the seed in your mind, you have an itch so you must scratch it, or in fifteen years time when you see what you had envisaged on the market it will be fifteen years too late to do anything about it. Phil

 

[wildebus]

If in 15 years I am alive and well enough to be wielding a screwdriver or multimeter I would be more than happy let alone be a leading supplier of anything