Thank you, pleased its been useful - good luck with your alterations / mods, hope all goes well and to plan, always seems to take longer than you would expect doesn’t it 😀 all the best, David 👍
Excellent upgrade David. We're in the middle of a full house rewire so fully appreciate the need to ensure wiring meets the specs. Keep up the good work. Sid and Nicola.
Thank you, appreciated. It’s well worth making sure it’s done right and correct isn’t it as saves worrying if you cut corners. Not a problem if you go larger capacity just under rated isn’t it which you need to be very careful to avoid. Thanks again, All the best, David 👍
Hi David, can’t beat CSA with large DC currents, well done having a feel around the cabling and observing the temperature increase. Just shows you the cables supplied with the inverter were not up to the job, and your micro would not have been drawing anything like 3kW. You can see how things can catch fire, god forbid!! Also if one of you breakers had tripped all the current would have passed down the other leg, it would have tripped if in an overload situation but if not, oops ech!!💥💥 I remember on our old 220VDC marine switchboards the copper busbars were enormous solid copper bars, very large CSA. Keep them coming, well done. PS just been down in Widemouth Bay off grid with the family, Geraldine still missed the electric kettle but my inverter kept her hot brush working👍👍 hoho! Cheers Mike😊🥃
Hi Mike, you’re right, I wasn’t happy when I installed it as I used what I had and assumed the supplied cables would be ok and knew I wasn’t fully loading all be it wasn’t happy and wanted to upgrade it, just took a few months.. Whilst fortunately with the microwave and laws of physics meant nothing of concern happened I’m pleased I addressed it. You certainly wouldn’t have wanted it to be left unattended where high currents are involved until absolutely certain everything is fine. Anyway happier now 😀 those higher current breakers might have eventually tripped but thought it best to change he design based on others channels flagging as concern. The lower power ones I tested and they seem to be ok (all be it a 30A breaker for example Will trip fast at around. 50-60A) but with the double protection, I’m happy with those as it gives ability to shut off each circuit and an additional protection point. Hope you had a lovely time at Widemouth Bay, pleased the hot brush worked for Geraldine. All the best, David 👍
another great video David, could you do an updated diagram of everything which includes where the (Finder Plug In Power Relay) fits in, that switches between shore power and inverter power to the plugs
Hi Gary, great shout - will cover that one, I was also going to add to it things such as running certain things from the inverter (or shore) and what does and doesn’t make sense - would that work? All the best, David 👍
That’s so interesting David. I did initially feel my cables which are the same. They were not warming up but I think now maybe I need to test that again when the inverter is pushed towards it’s limits. I am reviewing my entire battery wiring primarily as it’s difficult to get to. Also hoping to solve my issue of the two batteries going out of sync. So will be doing a complete rethink with an accessible board and busbars. So thanks for pointing this out. No doubt I will video my changes. I may need to ask for your advise on it at some stage. Nicely explained video. Thanks for sharing 🙏
Hi Graham, I was reflecting on it today ironically and think I tried to save a few quid and whilst running the microwave wouldn’t have caused any significant issue (as it reset when it browned out) it did make me think if you were running a heater or something which wouldn’t reset itself and stop the current flowing. Biggest lesson I learned also wider than this one is buy cables from a reputable source, I got caught out with some cable clearly not rated as advertised / sold from an auction site. Also it’s not just the mm2 it’s the quality of the cables - all the stuff I learned years ago came flooding back. You don’t really notice sub 100A load and at 150A took around 10mins to notice an impact but pleased I investigated and put it right, all seems good now with the new cabling. I was a little disappointed the couple of cables per terminal it came with didn’t support the full load and it was just a sentence In the instructions which mentioned that, but many things these days seem to state non continuous ratings on electrical cabling. Good luck with the update and reconfigure, give me a shout if you want a natter. Thank you, All the best, David 👍
Hey David! Firstly, I just love your videos! I’ve learnt so much more than my local Victron supplier & I’ve spent over 1k on equipment. 🙏🏻 I have a question though. I have a caravan with solar panels and wondered what you thought the safest way to use the caravan’s ac supply with my inverter, bmv, cerbo and smart mppt off-grid? I was advised to take the old caravan charger cables and connect them to the - + of the battery and smart shunt. But I don’t know how that would work logically? I have a 2000w inverter and the main thing I want to power off-grid is my 3 way fridge. What would you or your viewers suggest? 👍🏻
Thank you - really appreciated. When you mention the mains supply do you mean so you can essentially switch between hookup and off grid? Just wanted to clarify what you wanted to get to and will certainly give my view and sure others will have a comment too 👍 Assume you want to power fridge on 230v via either mains or inverter depending on situation. All the best, David
Smart Job David, expect Rachel will be less than pleased with the mess behind you towards the end of the video😂😂I presume you still have the standard 100w solar panel, how do you find it for charging the batteries as I was reading some mixed reviews the other day on the CV forum. Cheers K.
Thank you - shhhh, don’t say anything - you will get me in trouble 😀 Rachel keeps out the way normally when I’m doing any tinkering to save getting cross with the mess, I was fortunate as I got a larger solar panel in the Cleveland deal, I can’t remember what wattage it is but it’s over 130 and under 160 and have had 144W reading from it. I think it’s doing a cracking job - if we have been away off grid over the weekend for a couple of nights, I will have used 100AH+ and it’s always fully charged well before the next weekend. So I’m pretty happy with it and it’s doing a great job, infact think it spends more time dumping power due to being fully charged, also have it to charge vehicle battery as required too, All the best, David 👍
David. I know you decided to stay with the standard DC:DC charger because it was already Lithium compatible and would simplify the wiring. However the Schaudt device only gives 25A while the Fiat alternator can deliver a big multiple of that. It would take more than 9 hours of driving to recharge from half full. Had you thought of upgrading the DC:DC charger?
Hi Simon, yes, I’m considering it, to be fair the Schaudt device is only passing 15-20A as the cabling could do with being upgraded to get to full load. I wanted to check out further with it being a smart alternator before upgrading but you have a valid point and a quicker top-up as you say would be great for longer holidays. Would certainly need to upgrade the cables too though. All the best, David 👍
@@LeisureBit the next one in the schaudt range, the WE121545 is switchable from 45A to 70A. You can read the manuals for both online and they’re similar, both intended for smart alternators.
Thank you - will have a look at that as a pre-winter job - currently the solar panel is doing wonders topping up but in the winter need a better solution for when driving - thanks again, David
Thank you - I fitted a battery maintainer to make sure any excess is channeled to the vehicle battery as needed and that seems to be doing a great job of keeping it topped up. The original solar controller had dual feed but the Victron MTTP one just single hence the battery maintainer - there’s a vlog in the lithium playlist if that helps? - all the best, David 👍
Hi Charlie, the cooking wattage of the microwave is 800w but the consumed power is around 1500-1800w I have found when running, the inverter is 3Kw continuous / 6kw surge. Hope that helps, all the best, David 👍
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good advice there David . i,m also doing a few alterations on the inverter this weekend. rerouting wires etc ..
Thank you, pleased its been useful - good luck with your alterations / mods, hope all goes well and to plan, always seems to take longer than you would expect doesn’t it 😀 all the best, David 👍
Excellent upgrade David. We're in the middle of a full house rewire so fully appreciate the need to ensure wiring meets the specs. Keep up the good work. Sid and Nicola.
Thank you, appreciated. It’s well worth making sure it’s done right and correct isn’t it as saves worrying if you cut corners. Not a problem if you go larger capacity just under rated isn’t it which you need to be very careful to avoid. Thanks again, All the best, David 👍
Hi David, can’t beat CSA with large DC currents, well done having a feel around the cabling and observing the temperature increase. Just shows you the cables supplied with the inverter were not up to the job, and your micro would not have been drawing anything like 3kW. You can see how things can catch fire, god forbid!! Also if one of you breakers had tripped all the current would have passed down the other leg, it would have tripped if in an overload situation but if not, oops ech!!💥💥 I remember on our old 220VDC marine switchboards the copper busbars were enormous solid copper bars, very large CSA. Keep them coming, well done. PS just been down in Widemouth Bay off grid with the family, Geraldine still missed the electric kettle but my inverter kept her hot brush working👍👍 hoho! Cheers Mike😊🥃
Hi Mike, you’re right, I wasn’t happy when I installed it as I used what I had and assumed the supplied cables would be ok and knew I wasn’t fully loading all be it wasn’t happy and wanted to upgrade it, just took a few months.. Whilst fortunately with the microwave and laws of physics meant nothing of concern happened I’m pleased I addressed it. You certainly wouldn’t have wanted it to be left unattended where high currents are involved until absolutely certain everything is fine. Anyway happier now 😀 those higher current breakers might have eventually tripped but thought it best to change he design based on others channels flagging as concern. The lower power ones I tested and they seem to be ok (all be it a 30A breaker for example Will trip fast at around. 50-60A) but with the double protection, I’m happy with those as it gives ability to shut off each circuit and an additional protection point.
Hope you had a lovely time at Widemouth Bay, pleased the hot brush worked for Geraldine.
All the best, David 👍
another great video David, could you do an updated diagram of everything which includes where the (Finder Plug In Power Relay) fits in, that switches between shore power and inverter power to the plugs
Hi Gary, great shout - will cover that one, I was also going to add to it things such as running certain things from the inverter (or shore) and what does and doesn’t make sense - would that work? All the best, David 👍
That’s so interesting David. I did initially feel my cables which are the same. They were not warming up but I think now maybe I need to test that again when the inverter is pushed towards it’s limits. I am reviewing my entire battery wiring primarily as it’s difficult to get to. Also hoping to solve my issue of the two batteries going out of sync. So will be doing a complete rethink with an accessible board and busbars. So thanks for pointing this out. No doubt I will video my changes. I may need to ask for your advise on it at some stage.
Nicely explained video. Thanks for sharing 🙏
Hi Graham, I was reflecting on it today ironically and think I tried to save a few quid and whilst running the microwave wouldn’t have caused any significant issue (as it reset when it browned out) it did make me think if you were running a heater or something which wouldn’t reset itself and stop the current flowing. Biggest lesson I learned also wider than this one is buy cables from a reputable source, I got caught out with some cable clearly not rated as advertised / sold from an auction site. Also it’s not just the mm2 it’s the quality of the cables - all the stuff I learned years ago came flooding back. You don’t really notice sub 100A load and at 150A took around 10mins to notice an impact but pleased I investigated and put it right, all seems good now with the new cabling.
I was a little disappointed the couple of cables per terminal it came with didn’t support the full load and it was just a sentence In the instructions which mentioned that, but many things these days seem to state non continuous ratings on electrical cabling.
Good luck with the update and reconfigure, give me a shout if you want a natter.
Thank you, All the best, David 👍
Nice setup. Greetings from Jamaica.
Thank you - really appreciated - all the best, David 👍
Hey David! Firstly, I just love your videos! I’ve learnt so much more than my local Victron supplier & I’ve spent over 1k on equipment. 🙏🏻 I have a question though. I have a caravan with solar panels and wondered what you thought the safest way to use the caravan’s ac supply with my inverter, bmv, cerbo and smart mppt off-grid?
I was advised to take the old caravan charger cables and connect them to the - + of the battery and smart shunt. But I don’t know how that would work logically? I have a 2000w inverter and the main thing I want to power off-grid is my 3 way fridge.
What would you or your viewers suggest? 👍🏻
Thank you - really appreciated. When you mention the mains supply do you mean so you can essentially switch between hookup and off grid? Just wanted to clarify what you wanted to get to and will certainly give my view and sure others will have a comment too 👍
Assume you want to power fridge on 230v via either mains or inverter depending on situation.
All the best, David
Smart Job David, expect Rachel will be less than pleased with the mess behind you towards the end of the video😂😂I presume you still have the standard 100w solar panel, how do you find it for charging the batteries as I was reading some mixed reviews the other day on the CV forum. Cheers K.
Thank you - shhhh, don’t say anything - you will get me in trouble 😀 Rachel keeps out the way normally when I’m doing any tinkering to save getting cross with the mess,
I was fortunate as I got a larger solar panel in the Cleveland deal, I can’t remember what wattage it is but it’s over 130 and under 160 and have had 144W reading from it. I think it’s doing a cracking job - if we have been away off grid over the weekend for a couple of nights, I will have used 100AH+ and it’s always fully charged well before the next weekend. So I’m pretty happy with it and it’s doing a great job, infact think it spends more time dumping power due to being fully charged, also have it to charge vehicle battery as required too,
All the best, David 👍
Karlos as long as he tidies it up he might get away with it …. but I’m 👀🤣
@@LeisureBit I'm sure you are Rachel.😂😂
David. I know you decided to stay with the standard DC:DC charger because it was already Lithium compatible and would simplify the wiring. However the Schaudt device only gives 25A while the Fiat alternator can deliver a big multiple of that. It would take more than 9 hours of driving to recharge from half full. Had you thought of upgrading the DC:DC charger?
Hi Simon, yes, I’m considering it, to be fair the Schaudt device is only passing 15-20A as the cabling could do with being upgraded to get to full load. I wanted to check out further with it being a smart alternator before upgrading but you have a valid point and a quicker top-up as you say would be great for longer holidays. Would certainly need to upgrade the cables too though. All the best, David 👍
@@LeisureBit the next one in the schaudt range, the WE121545 is switchable from 45A to 70A. You can read the manuals for both online and they’re similar, both intended for smart alternators.
Thank you - will have a look at that as a pre-winter job - currently the solar panel is doing wonders topping up but in the winter need a better solution for when driving - thanks again, David
Dave great Vlog.on another note do you charge your leisure and van battery from your Solar panel
Thank you - I fitted a battery maintainer to make sure any excess is channeled to the vehicle battery as needed and that seems to be doing a great job of keeping it topped up. The original solar controller had dual feed but the Victron MTTP one just single hence the battery maintainer - there’s a vlog in the lithium playlist if that helps? - all the best, David 👍
@@LeisureBit Thanks David
Hi nice video, just come across your channel. I'm looking at getting a microwave what's the wattage on it ?
Hi Charlie, the cooking wattage of the microwave is 800w but the consumed power is around 1500-1800w I have found when running, the inverter is 3Kw continuous / 6kw surge. Hope that helps, all the best, David 👍
@@LeisureBit excellent thanks for your reply. 😊
☾💛👍🏻🔔The way you do the work gracefully - I am very proud of you. Thanks for going through the trouble and it's worth it. You have the absolute power to rise above any situation or struggle and transform yourself into the strongest and most beautiful version of yourself ever. Congratulations and best of luck for your promising future. Great job, you are amazing, you are important, you are special, you are unique, and you are valuable! Never give up, go ahead, fight for your dreams, everything will get better for you, I wish you good luck. You have my full supportt 🎁
Thank you - really appreciate the comment. Wishing you all the very best, David & Rachel 👍
Waouu amazing work skills
Wish you did professional install
I would use you without hesitation 👍
Thank you that’s a really nice thing to say, really appreciated. Have a lovely weekend and thanks again! All the best, David 👍