Greece!! Wonderful! I highly recommend a trip to Evia I lived there for 15 yeara, it is the most beautiful unspoilt region of Greece, but Sssshhh! Don't tell everyone xx
@@janekelly3831 oooh 😮 thanks for the hot tip Jane 👍 As not many people watch us, it’s not likely that the word will get out 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cheers for watching 👀 Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
@@barrywinter8770 it is, to coin a cliche, a game changer. It’s costly though and easy to over spec (better than under specification) so have a good look at how you use your van and how that is likely to develop. I like a modular approach too, spend then add to it over time. Cheers for taking the time out of your weekend to chat to us, really appreciate it Barry👍
@@juliehill5938 hah! Looks can be deceiving 🤣🤣🤣 she is clever, but I’m clevererer 😂 I’ve been impressed either way Rhino, and I’ll be there again soon! 💰 Cheers 🥂 Julie for watching 👀
@@pathfinder303 lol 😂 if you go back and watch every vlog it’ll put at least £4 in our pocket, as long as you don’t skip the adverts 🤣 Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 mate and taking time out of your weekend to chat to us 👍 Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐕
We have an Ibex 19MSB travel trailer ( caravan ) and we live in Canada. We prefer to camp off grid so we have a 2kW 110v inverter which run the outlets in the trailer, this runs off 200 ah of Lithium iron phosphate batteries and 400 watts of solar. We also have a 50 amp Dc to Dc charger connected to our truck. The system is great for making coffee when on a 1300 mile road trip to Florida and keeps the batteries charged.
@@chrisbarnes2823 sounds like a well kiff set up 👌 we’d love to see Canada, 🇨🇦 looks beautiful 😍 Cheers for taking time out of your weekend to chat to us, we really appreciate it 👍 Thanks for watching 👀 Chris Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
Happy new year, you TH-cam multi-gazillionaires. Great informative video. I guess with the solar upgrade, lithium, inverter,etc cost will be £2k plus? I get why you’ve done it, with all your travels it’s worth it to you. This is our alternative for mere peasants like us 😂😂. We have a Bluetti AC180, gives us about 1kwh power. Fits under the side seat and plugs directly into the internal ehu point on our Burstner 590. Use it for microwave, cofffee maker, toastie thingy (sucker for a ham and cheese toastie), etc. Also handy for putting juice into our 2 agm leisure batteries if needed. Cost £519 on a deal. We usually visit a site every 3rd or 4th night so take ehu and recharge it then. They also sell an alternator charger for £250. But I’m worried about the load on the alternator and belts, plus if you have to pay for ehu, how many would you get for £250. Thought this might help other subscribers. Looking forward to your Greek odyssey.
@@jimasquith9007 thanks Jim, that’s a really good alternative insight 👌 The more info people have the better, everyone does “Vanlife” in their own way, and different cost 💲 options may or may not be value for money 💰 to them, information is king 🤴 Cheers 🍻 for your contribution 😎👌
@@randlcars4582 lol 😂 simple enough even for me to understand! 😕 Cheers 🍻 for taking time out of your weekend to chat to us and for watching 👀 of course 👍 Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
@@davidmeakin584 😂 thanks David. Yes, just the flick of a switch, at my age too! Although flashing a photo of Kylie can sometimes do the trick 😉 Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
Another good vid from you two👍 Jane needs a medal but you are funny Andrew! Top batteries aren’t they mate? I did burger and chips for two the other day in the air fryer and only used 11% of the battery! Spot on!
@@stevenwilson5172 thanks Steven, very kind 😁 it’s me that needs the medal 🥇 viewers don’t see the “real” Jane! 😭 The battery has been the best buy ever, brilliant 🤩 I like the sound of the air fryer, we may try one 😃 Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
That was a fantastic vlog - extremely informative and explained in such a great manner that even a woman could understand it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 - top job guys - Greece beckons soon xx
@@leannearnold8326 thanks Leanne, even though only 20% of our viewers are girls 👧 I still dumb everything down to make sure it is fair and equitable, that’s how woke I am! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 the other 80% appreciate the need 👍
So many coincidences! I was in Gisburn today for my dog's hydrotherapy. I had Rhino Installs fit an inverter/lithium set up. However, I spent the night in the pub carpark round the corner and had a very nice meal. Unlike you, I had a nightmare with my B2B not working with the smart alternator in my van even though it was supposed to. The Victron Orion 50 watt unit seems to have finally sorted that though! I'm afraid I can't think off any electrical double entendres though.
@@timsands7288 thanks for that Tim, it’s the Orion 50amp I’m going for so hopefully Phil will make sure there’s no issues. He seems a dead straight shooter 👌 Hmmm, 🤔 struggling with the double entendres for electrics too…hmm…shocker ⚡️ 🤣close but no cigar! Cheers 🍻 mate 👍
@@JonWhitehouse-h4n Thanks Jon and thanks for taking the time to comment 😊 there’s so much stuff on FB and YT that’s difficult to understand we just hope our simple approach could help someone avoid a costly mistake or unnecessary spend. Happy New Year mate 🥳 and cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
1:53 yes! Even though I’m very handy and can do some basic electrical work, I still glaze over whenever this subject is raised 😂😂😂 I can’t help it! I’m so glad you were able to convince one half of the best TH-cam slebs to help you with this - just watch the gazillions roll in now 😂 Thank you for making the tech stuff funny and a bit more sexy 😁👍🏆
@@DeansGoTravelling Jane is always glazing over when I speak, but isn’t it good to know that someone is censoring me and making sure I am PC 🤣 I think it is pretty much a fact now, that I can put the sexy into anything! ❤️ 🤣🤣🤣 Cheers 🍻 Vanessa 🔥
@@fozzyfoster1652 he’s a very handsome man 👨 🤣 yes, a really challenging piece of kit, thank heavens for my 80’s education, CSE’s are underrated 😜🤣 Cheers 🍻 Fozzy 👍
Happy New Year to you both from Flappy and wife. Im glad to see you started the new year with a very informative vid of facts rather than pushing a product. Best TH-camrs on the web.
@@Jessdanvers1962 welcome to 2025 mr & mrs Flap! 🤣🤣 cheers for that positive vibe Carl 🍻👍 we can’t be bothered with all the product promotion etc, it seems too much like work to us! 🤣
Thanks for the information. I had thought about getting an inverter but my wife said a handheld vacuum cleaner would be more useful and I am lucky as she is always right !! Any chance of a review on a vacuum cleaner so my wife can also enjoy your channel obviously at a level she can understand ?
@@mikepreston6048 haha Mike, you’re as woke as I am! 🤣👌 I’ll maybe ask Jane about the vacuum thing, definitely her department 🤣🤣 Beers 🍻 for watching Mike 👀 Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
Another really informative but light video. Another vote for Phil at Rhino , he installed my kit too - I have also spent the night on that car park - hardly lonely tho’ with the road noise, spent some hours in the Sainsbury’s cafe!! Like you I vaguely understand what these bits of kit do but have little interest in how and wouldn’t go near tampering myself, with electronics. Looking forward to the Greek Epic with interest as it’s on our list. Happy NY.
@@petermccall6880 thanks Peter, much appreciated 👍 yes, Phil seems to be a good bloke, and doesn’t try to “upsell” anything. He’s not the cheapest, definitely not the dearest (I had a quote last year of £1600!!!!) but I’m confident he is quality. The Sainsbury’s cafe had a real smashing ☕️ 🥓 🍳 and I also got so bored I went spending 💰 in the baby 👶 department 🤣 Cheers for your support 🍻 👍
Thanks for another great video, we found it really informative and enjoy your humerous approach to TH-cam. We are just in the process of fitting a Sunshine Solar inverter to our Motorhome too. Unlike you, were not TH-cam multi-gazillionaires, so I will be installing it myself. I am installing it so that only the motorhomes 230V sockets will work off the inverter, so that there's no chance of flattening the battery with the heater. How is your installation configured to prevent the inveter being turned on while on EHU?
@@kevinhartle4494 hi Kevin and thanks for taking time out of your weekend to chat to us, we really appreciate it. I am indeed in a privileged position, having gazillions 💰 to blow on a professional fitter 👌or, the actual truth, I am useless at that kind of stuff 🤣 The Sunshine unit is a good choice, apparently it’s well built and reliable, a bit more expensive than some, but not eye an watering price like many. I deliberately asked for the unit to not auto switch on (so not to turn on if EHU was disconnected) which gives me flexibility to decide. But I can use water heater and heating, for a very short time but only on the very low setting, sort of emergency use. So it relies on us turning it on to use when off grid and back off again. The way I leave my heating set up (on 3 kw) means that even if (probably Jane!🤣) accidentally turned the utilities from gas to electric ⚡️ the inverter would alarm as it would be overloaded at 3kw. Good luck 🤞 with your install, remember that blue is live and brown is earth and green is neutral 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐕
@@Eurosully thanks for your reply. Like you, we have taken early retirement too, so weekends are just a time for me to get annoyed at how busy everywhere is compared to a normal weekday 😂 I'm not quite sure I understood how your setup avoids you being plugged into a EHU and turning the inverter on at the same time, which would damage the inverter. Usually there will be a switch that you have select for EHU or Inverter, or you can get an auto changeover box that knows when your on EHU. I'm sure that as you had yours installed professionally that there's no chance of damaging the inverter, but was interested to see how they had done it. I think we may need to upgrade our DC-DC too, as we only have a 25A unit at the moment, so will keep following your videos with interest.
@@kevinhartle4494 my response shows how little I know! If the inverter is switched on while on EHU it is not damaged (must be some form of fail safe protection in there) as you can do this and use as an uninterruptible power supply. I too grumble (Jane would say extensively!🤣) about how busy weekends are! And try and avoid them. A sign of being a grumpy 😡 old man 👴 apparently 🤣🤣
@@johnlightfoot6176 thanks John, much appreciated 👍 You could do a whole lotta other stuff with the cash instead of an inverter 💭 Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 👍
Very local to me is Rhinoinstalls I’ve even been down there but unfortunately the was extremely busy. if you’re ever in the area again let me know. I could have been your other brother 😂
@@micksparrow8214 happy new year Mick! 🥳🎉 they are very busy which is a good sign, looking at a six week lead in time. My brother from another mother 🤣 Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
@@barryhall4319 Hiya Barry, we love the old fella too, he’s 12 now so can be a bit grumpy! 😡 🐶 🤣 The coat is branded “TRIXIE” but we got it from a French pet shop years ago, not much help. Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀, we really appreciate it 👀👍 Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
We have the same setup as we full-time. We have also an inverter/charger so if we do go on a site with less than 16amps we can boost it up to 16 amps with our batteries. We have 700watts of solar 2x 135 amps of lithium and a 1600watt victron inverter charger. We haven't used hookup so far. The downside perhaps is the install costs.
@@mpjkea2000 hiya Mike, sounds like a proper set up, nice one 👌 yes, the cost is a difficult one for some to justify but it depends on your use, full timers will reap the rewards, but probably not worth it for an odd weekend at a rally. Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 and your helpful contribution 👍 Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
great video - I wonder if Jane is traumatised from editing 2 of you into the video 😂If your central heating boiler mains supply doesn't bypass the inverter there could be a scenario where there's a problem. If someone (ahem) doesn't turn the inverter off at night and your heating is on mains but the mains feed tripped in the night you could wake up to a depleted battery. It's also worth making sure the battery cables aren't getting too warm under higher loads - 2KW at 240V is only 8.7A but at 12V that's close to 174A!
@@ChiefIdeasOfficer yes Simon, all noted! Something we will avoid at all cost, although the inverter would alarm when battery is at 20%, a the reality is that I may ban Jane (or any girl!) from touching it🤣🤣🤣 Not sure what cabling has been used but I trust the pro fitter 👍 Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
😂😂😂 now that’s not nice Jane😏laughing at a electric shock he could have blown the fuses then you would have had to get someone in with the insurance money to sort it 😂😂😂
Raspberry Pi running Home Automation is your next project. It'll turn off the inverter so you can't forget and a million other things. It'll work remotely for alarms, heating, lights etc - I happen to know an expert 😁
brilliant - loved this and as always, great humour. you made it entertaining and we understood what you were trying to tell us all - keep it up
@@derrywalton3479 aww 😊 thanks Derry, and thanks for taking the time to make such a positive comment 👌
Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
1:24 it's nice to see when 2 brothers hang out together... 👌
@@s73vey two very handsome brothers 👯🤣🤣
Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
Greece!! Wonderful! I highly recommend a trip to Evia I lived there for 15 yeara, it is the most beautiful unspoilt region of Greece, but Sssshhh! Don't tell everyone xx
@@janekelly3831 oooh 😮 thanks for the hot tip Jane 👍 As not many people watch us, it’s not likely that the word will get out 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cheers for watching 👀
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
Excellent vlog you two. Once our two healthy AGM batteries expire we will almost certainly go down the lithium route.
@@barrywinter8770 it is, to coin a cliche, a game changer. It’s costly though and easy to over spec (better than under specification) so have a good look at how you use your van and how that is likely to develop. I like a modular approach too, spend then add to it over time.
Cheers for taking the time out of your weekend to chat to us, really appreciate it Barry👍
Thank you, finally an inverter explanation I can understand, and delivered in your usual humorous style.
@@debbierobinson9900 no problem Debbie, glad my dumbing it down worked for you! 🤣🤣🤣
(Debbie - I have slapped him hard-Jane)
Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 🤣👌
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We’ve had great service from Rhino installs too 👍.
I wasn’t surprised Jane has a phd, she looks very clever !
@@juliehill5938 hah! Looks can be deceiving 🤣🤣🤣 she is clever, but I’m clevererer 😂
I’ve been impressed either way Rhino, and I’ll be there again soon! 💰
Cheers 🥂 Julie for watching 👀
It's a long slog but eventually yer earnings will double cos I've just subscribed !
@@pathfinder303 lol 😂 if you go back and watch every vlog it’ll put at least £4 in our pocket, as long as you don’t skip the adverts 🤣
Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 mate and taking time out of your weekend to chat to us 👍
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐕
@@pathfinder303 oops! 😬 edit! ✍️ my maths is wrong again! 🤣
It would be 40 pence!!!
We have an Ibex 19MSB travel trailer ( caravan ) and we live in Canada. We prefer to camp off grid so we have a 2kW 110v inverter which run the outlets in the trailer, this runs off 200 ah of Lithium iron phosphate batteries and 400 watts of solar. We also have a 50 amp Dc to Dc charger connected to our truck.
The system is great for making coffee when on a 1300 mile road trip to Florida and keeps the batteries charged.
@@chrisbarnes2823 sounds like a well kiff set up 👌 we’d love to see Canada, 🇨🇦 looks beautiful 😍
Cheers for taking time out of your weekend to chat to us, we really appreciate it 👍
Thanks for watching 👀 Chris
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
Happy new year, you TH-cam multi-gazillionaires. Great informative video. I guess with the solar upgrade, lithium, inverter,etc cost will be £2k plus? I get why you’ve done it, with all your travels it’s worth it to you.
This is our alternative for mere peasants like us 😂😂. We have a Bluetti AC180, gives us about 1kwh power. Fits under the side seat and plugs directly into the internal ehu point on our Burstner 590. Use it for microwave, cofffee maker, toastie thingy (sucker for a ham and cheese toastie), etc. Also handy for putting juice into our 2 agm leisure batteries if needed. Cost £519 on a deal. We usually visit a site every 3rd or 4th night so take ehu and recharge it then. They also sell an alternator charger for £250. But I’m worried about the load on the alternator and belts, plus if you have to pay for ehu, how many would you get for £250.
Thought this might help other subscribers. Looking forward to your Greek odyssey.
@@jimasquith9007 thanks Jim, that’s a really good alternative insight 👌 The more info people have the better, everyone does “Vanlife” in their own way, and different cost 💲 options may or may not be value for money 💰 to them, information is king 🤴
Cheers 🍻 for your contribution 😎👌
At last a simple explanation
@@randlcars4582 lol 😂 simple enough even for me to understand! 😕
Cheers 🍻 for taking time out of your weekend to chat to us and for watching 👀 of course 👍
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
Another great enjoyable informative video
It's great to see you can turn each other on at the flick of a switch by the bed😅 keep warm you 3 👍🏻🥂
@@davidmeakin584 😂 thanks David. Yes, just the flick of a switch, at my age too! Although flashing a photo of Kylie can sometimes do the trick 😉
Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
Great addition for off grid 👍
I love the framing around your Video it gives a moving picture image 👍👍👍
@@richiebainbridge2608 thanks Richie, although it was there to cover a glitch in the matrix due to our cut price special effects 💰💰
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Another good vid from you two👍 Jane needs a medal but you are funny Andrew!
Top batteries aren’t they mate? I did burger and chips for two the other day in the air fryer and only used 11% of the battery! Spot on!
@@stevenwilson5172 thanks Steven, very kind 😁 it’s me that needs the medal 🥇 viewers don’t see the “real” Jane! 😭
The battery has been the best buy ever, brilliant 🤩 I like the sound of the air fryer, we may try one 😃
Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
Brilliant guys, very informative, I understood everything! It’s Andy (my Andy) that forgets to turn ours off 🙄😁
@@vandahopwood1305 thanks Vanda…appreciate that 👍 Another Andy, cool 😎 name, can’t believe that Andy would be anything other than perfect 👌 🤣
That was a fantastic vlog - extremely informative and explained in such a great manner that even a woman could understand it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 - top job guys - Greece beckons soon xx
@@leannearnold8326 thanks Leanne, even though only 20% of our viewers are girls 👧 I still dumb everything down to make sure it is fair and equitable, that’s how woke I am! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 the other 80% appreciate the need 👍
@Eurosully lol - don't go changing Andrew 🤣👍
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I understood every word of that andrew(well the bit about you being electrocuted,that explains a lot ) 🤪🤪🤪
@@vivnutter2156 shocking ⚡️ comment Viv 😮 😂😂😂
Cheers 🍻 and Happy New Year 🥳
Good vlog guys .
@@KayeDavidson-oo4eg aww 😊 thanks Kate, what a lovely 🥰 comment for us to wake up to 😃
So many coincidences! I was in Gisburn today for my dog's hydrotherapy. I had Rhino Installs fit an inverter/lithium set up. However, I spent the night in the pub carpark round the corner and had a very nice meal. Unlike you, I had a nightmare with my B2B not working with the smart alternator in my van even though it was supposed to. The Victron Orion 50 watt unit seems to have finally sorted that though! I'm afraid I can't think off any electrical double entendres though.
@@timsands7288 thanks for that Tim, it’s the Orion 50amp I’m going for so hopefully Phil will make sure there’s no issues. He seems a dead straight shooter 👌
Hmmm, 🤔 struggling with the double entendres for electrics too…hmm…shocker ⚡️ 🤣close but no cigar!
Cheers 🍻 mate 👍
Morning both. Great vlog as always. ❤
@@Happyinmyautotrail thanks, a lovely ☺️ comment for us to wake up to 👍😀
Thank you for this vlog. Very Informative
@@JonWhitehouse-h4n Thanks Jon and thanks for taking the time to comment 😊 there’s so much stuff on FB and YT that’s difficult to understand we just hope our simple approach could help someone avoid a costly mistake or unnecessary spend. Happy New Year mate 🥳 and cheers 🍻 for watching 👀
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
1:53 yes! Even though I’m very handy and can do some basic electrical work, I still glaze over whenever this subject is raised 😂😂😂 I can’t help it!
I’m so glad you were able to convince one half of the best TH-cam slebs to help you with this - just watch the gazillions roll in now 😂
Thank you for making the tech stuff funny and a bit more sexy 😁👍🏆
@@DeansGoTravelling Jane is always glazing over when I speak, but isn’t it good to know that someone is censoring me and making sure I am PC 🤣
I think it is pretty much a fact now, that I can put the sexy into anything! ❤️ 🤣🤣🤣
Cheers 🍻 Vanessa 🔥
@ I think it’s pretty much fact that Jane is expert on special effects to make things sexy 😂 ok, you help a bit too 🙄😂
@ 🍒
0:02 Funny guest star, looking forward to your Greece trip.That switch looks complicated because I haven't got a PhD, only a cse.😂
@@fozzyfoster1652 he’s a very handsome man 👨 🤣 yes, a really challenging piece of kit, thank heavens for my 80’s education, CSE’s are underrated 😜🤣
Cheers 🍻 Fozzy 👍
Happy New Year to you both from Flappy and wife.
Im glad to see you started the new year with a very informative vid of facts rather than pushing a product.
Best TH-camrs on the web.
@@Jessdanvers1962 welcome to 2025 mr & mrs Flap! 🤣🤣 cheers for that positive vibe Carl 🍻👍 we can’t be bothered with all the product promotion etc, it seems too much like work to us! 🤣
Thanks for the information. I had thought about getting an inverter but my wife said a handheld vacuum cleaner would be more useful and I am lucky as she is always right !!
Any chance of a review on a vacuum cleaner so my wife can also enjoy your channel obviously at a level she can understand ?
@@mikepreston6048 haha Mike, you’re as woke as I am! 🤣👌 I’ll maybe ask Jane about the vacuum thing, definitely her department 🤣🤣
Beers 🍻 for watching Mike 👀
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
Another really informative but light video. Another vote for Phil at Rhino , he installed my kit too - I have also spent the night on that car park - hardly lonely tho’ with the road noise, spent some hours in the Sainsbury’s cafe!! Like you I vaguely understand what these bits of kit do but have little interest in how and wouldn’t go near tampering myself, with electronics. Looking forward to the Greek Epic with interest as it’s on our list. Happy NY.
@@petermccall6880 thanks Peter, much appreciated 👍 yes, Phil seems to be a good bloke, and doesn’t try to “upsell” anything. He’s not the cheapest, definitely not the dearest (I had a quote last year of £1600!!!!) but I’m confident he is quality.
The Sainsbury’s cafe had a real smashing ☕️ 🥓 🍳 and I also got so bored I went spending 💰 in the baby 👶 department 🤣
Cheers for your support 🍻 👍
@ 😊
Thanks Guys.
@@alanbenham4139 you’re very welcome Alan 🍻👍
Great video hopefully your new famous TH-cam friend will give your profile the massive boost you so deserve
@@paulhumphrey3402 very kind of you Paul 😊 hopefully there’ll be twice the cash 💰 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for another great video, we found it really informative and enjoy your humerous approach to TH-cam. We are just in the process of fitting a Sunshine Solar inverter to our Motorhome too. Unlike you, were not TH-cam multi-gazillionaires, so I will be installing it myself. I am installing it so that only the motorhomes 230V sockets will work off the inverter, so that there's no chance of flattening the battery with the heater. How is your installation configured to prevent the inveter being turned on while on EHU?
@@kevinhartle4494 hi Kevin and thanks for taking time out of your weekend to chat to us, we really appreciate it.
I am indeed in a privileged position, having gazillions 💰 to blow on a professional fitter 👌or, the actual truth, I am useless at that kind of stuff 🤣
The Sunshine unit is a good choice, apparently it’s well built and reliable, a bit more expensive than some, but not eye an watering price like many.
I deliberately asked for the unit to not auto switch on (so not to turn on if EHU was disconnected) which gives me flexibility to decide. But I can use water heater and heating, for a very short time but only on the very low setting, sort of emergency use. So it relies on us turning it on to use when off grid and back off again. The way I leave my heating set up (on 3 kw) means that even if (probably Jane!🤣) accidentally turned the utilities from gas to electric ⚡️ the inverter would alarm as it would be overloaded at 3kw.
Good luck 🤞 with your install, remember that blue is live and brown is earth and green is neutral 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐕
@@Eurosully thanks for your reply. Like you, we have taken early retirement too, so weekends are just a time for me to get annoyed at how busy everywhere is compared to a normal weekday 😂 I'm not quite sure I understood how your setup avoids you being plugged into a EHU and turning the inverter on at the same time, which would damage the inverter. Usually there will be a switch that you have select for EHU or Inverter, or you can get an auto changeover box that knows when your on EHU. I'm sure that as you had yours installed professionally that there's no chance of damaging the inverter, but was interested to see how they had done it. I think we may need to upgrade our DC-DC too, as we only have a 25A unit at the moment, so will keep following your videos with interest.
@@kevinhartle4494 my response shows how little I know! If the inverter is switched on while on EHU it is not damaged (must be some form of fail safe protection in there) as you can do this and use as an uninterruptible power supply. I too grumble (Jane would say extensively!🤣) about how busy weekends are! And try and avoid them. A sign of being a grumpy 😡 old man 👴 apparently 🤣🤣
Brilliant video Andrew for anyone thinking about fitting a invertor. sorry not me.
@@johnlightfoot6176 thanks John, much appreciated 👍 You could do a whole lotta other stuff with the cash instead of an inverter 💭
Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 👍
Happy new year! Don't know who the other guy was but I wouldn't have him back on the channel. 😊
@@DougieAB hiya Numpty! Jane said the same thing! Even I thought he was a bit annoying 🤣🤣🤣
Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 Dougie 👀👍
Brill guys an I never fell asleep 😂
@@gazwolves9489 thanks Gaz, you’re a better man than me, even I fell asleep 😴 😂
Cheers 🍻 and happy new year 🥳
An you 2 atb
Very local to me is Rhinoinstalls I’ve even been down there but unfortunately the was extremely busy. if you’re ever in the area again let me know. I could have been your other brother 😂
@@micksparrow8214 happy new year Mick! 🥳🎉 they are very busy which is a good sign, looking at a six week lead in time. My brother from another mother 🤣
Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
Love your little dog. We have an 18 month Border Bitch. Could you share any details about your little one's winter coat?
@@barryhall4319 Hiya Barry, we love the old fella too, he’s 12 now so can be a bit grumpy! 😡 🐶 🤣
The coat is branded “TRIXIE” but we got it from a French pet shop years ago, not much help.
Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀, we really appreciate it 👀👍
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
We have the same setup as we full-time. We have also an inverter/charger so if we do go on a site with less than 16amps we can boost it up to 16 amps with our batteries.
We have 700watts of solar 2x 135 amps of lithium and a 1600watt victron inverter charger. We haven't used hookup so far.
The downside perhaps is the install costs.
@@mpjkea2000 hiya Mike, sounds like a proper set up, nice one 👌 yes, the cost is a difficult one for some to justify but it depends on your use, full timers will reap the rewards, but probably not worth it for an odd weekend at a rally. Cheers 🍻 for watching 👀 and your helpful contribution 👍
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
great video - I wonder if Jane is traumatised from editing 2 of you into the video 😂If your central heating boiler mains supply doesn't bypass the inverter there could be a scenario where there's a problem. If someone (ahem) doesn't turn the inverter off at night and your heating is on mains but the mains feed tripped in the night you could wake up to a depleted battery. It's also worth making sure the battery cables aren't getting too warm under higher loads - 2KW at 240V is only 8.7A but at 12V that's close to 174A!
@@ChiefIdeasOfficer yes Simon, all noted! Something we will avoid at all cost, although the inverter would alarm when battery is at 20%, a the reality is that I may ban Jane (or any girl!) from touching it🤣🤣🤣
Not sure what cabling has been used but I trust the pro fitter 👍
Cheers 🍻 mate 👀👍
😂😂😂😂😂....your funny
Yes Chloe, I think I’m funny too 😜 although Jane says I’m funny looking 😁 👀😭
Thanks for watching 👀
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
@Eurosully your both beautiful.... I will be watching more and more ..xx
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"l sound like a mahogany"
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@@davidjames1817 lol, I’m trying!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cheers 🍻 David 👀👍
Very informative , but should we not have had a warning , I mean 2 Andrews 😮 😂, enjoy your new found power
@@davidweston8758 it’s the gift that keeps on giving! 😜🤣 all the TH-cam cash 💰now gone…spent on special effects 🤣🤣
What is the size of your battery?
@@janestrachan3638 hi Jane, we have a 230ah Fogstar Drift.
Cheers 🥂 for watching 👀
Andrew, Jane & Buddy 🐶
😂😂😂 now that’s not nice Jane😏laughing at a electric shock he could have blown the fuses then you would have had to get someone in with the insurance money to sort it 😂😂😂
@@stephenneville2282 indeed Stephen, or at least she would have had to get a “man” in to change a fuse 🤣🤣🤣
Cheers 🍻 mate 👍🤣
Morning to you you tube gazillionaires! Xx
@ClareClayton404 😀morning you two! Hope your somewhere alll snuggled up and warm, it’s been -12 here overnight brrr🥶 crank that diesel heater up 🔥 👍
We haven't been away since we saw you. Off to see a back specialist this morning.@@Eurosully
@ ooh 😦 good luck 🤞
Raspberry Pi running Home Automation is your next project. It'll turn off the inverter so you can't forget and a million other things. It'll work remotely for alarms, heating, lights etc - I happen to know an expert 😁
@@muckertee hah 😂 home automation in a 20x6 box 🚐 👌
@@Eurosully Security and comfort....imagine turning the heating on and coming home to a nice warm cupboard. You know it makes sense 😄
@ cupboard! 📦 😂
Me and Claudia joined and subscribed 😊 hopefully will bump into you both one day . Your both quite funny TH-cam gazilionares
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That’s it…. I’m never drinking again….. I’ll swear I saw two of him in the van…. Shocking… 🚍😂😂😂🏍👍
@@robertcameron3008 twice the value for money! 💰 🤣 think how Jane must feel, ❤️🤣 thanks Robert 🍻👀