Camper Update

[hunterbynature]

autodec carpets are crap there not moulded, just cut and shaped, i spent 6 hours fitting some into a mk4 zephyr just to get them half pie looking good, there cheap and nasty the only moulded carpets that are any good are the aussie moulded one's, believe it or not

[restoreid]

Got another job done today Mounted a battery charger under passenger seat out off the way & plenty off venterlation Will wire it up to start charging as soon as the van is pluged into mains at caravan parks Cheers Reid

[Warren]

Hey Reid

How have you got the battery system set up?

Are you running dual batteries?

Are you charging both from the altenator?

If the charger is an older type it may over charge your batteries.

Have a look at These

The charger should be at least 10% of the Ahr of your combined batteries

Warren


Warren

[restoreid]

Thank's for that Warren [Hey that bird allright I love blonds ] Im no leco so I leave that to my bro inlaw but I will have 3 batteries 1 for vehicle 2 for camper will all be charged from alternator then when motor is not running the vehicle one will be disconected automaticle so as not to flattin it when useing the camper appliances The charger is an older type so I will ask the bro inlaw about that today Thanks again for the info Cheers Reid

[Bedfordcrazy]

hey resto, i have a ctek charger connected for my landcruiser, and swear by them, they are light weight, fit in the palm of your hand, and never overcharge you batteries, about $130, for the one i got, but will be getting a second one for van, and one for the bobcat, when the cat one needs to be replaced. They are halve the price of other chargers, there is no weight in them, all circuit boards. I have mine mounted to the wall beside the cruiser, when i park it i just connect up and forget.
George.

[Warren]

Reid

I recently puchased a Haigh MCU Battery Charger - 12V (3600mA) and it works a treat, charged my Campers battery and it has been staring so much easier ever since.

So much so that I charged every battery I had

But wouldnt you know it I went back to Auto Barn where I bought it from and it was on sale $30 cheaper.

I'm currently putting together a camper trailer and I have 3x30 Ahr deep cycle batteries that I intend to run stuff off, led lights, water pump, sterio etc, I like the MCU Battery Charger - 12V (7000mA)
for this as it can also be used as a 5 amp power supply and it's $50 cheaper at the moment .

The only draw back I see at the moment is that when you turn them on the come up in a default (not doing anything) mode and you have to select what mode you want to use, but that is just a matter of pressing a button.

Also worth noting the lower Amperage rating of the charger, the slower it is to recharge the battery to a float condition, my Camper battery was pretty flat and took over 16 hours to fully charge.

Warren

[restoreid]

Well guys im slowly gettin those little jobs done got the O head consul wired up & finished off here are a few more picks Cheers Reid

[restoreid]

& a few more

[restoreid]

Well guys some more picks of my suspension & brake upgrade A armes cleaned & painted new bushes & balljoints

[restoreid]

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