Voltage drop and cable sizes

[Deleted member 4404]

I've just added a resource for working out cable sizes and voltage drop. There is also some good info on cable types etc,

Cable resource

 

[trevskoda]

Thanks and useful to.

 

[Millie Master]

Because I am not into techi stuff, when doing the wiring in 'Millie', apart from the thick cables I used for the fridge, solar panel and LB's, almost all the rest of the cables are done with 2.5mm EHU cable the reason being that I had a load of it lying about in my old cables boxes.

But never the less, this new facility is a real bonus which I hope new converters will take notice of.

Phil

 

[voyager]

Takes away a lot of the hassle trying to decide if a wire should be 1.0mm, or 1.5mm or 2.0mm etc.

 

[trevskoda]

I used mains flexy cable for 230v sections and proper auto cable for 12v side of van,every thing works as it should and i only made one mistake when i found one set of usb sockets did not work,ten mins tracing back to fuse box found i had connected pos and neg to pos feed spade,quick snip of neg and put to ground post and all was well.
Every one make mistakes just some make more than others.

 

[Deleted member 4404]

I don't think it matters how much planning I've done, there always seems to be something that needs adding; the latest is extra usb charging sockets. That's the benefit of self build, I know where all the cables are and having left pull-throughs tis easy to add extras.