Search results for query: 240v off grid

I'm a great fan of my smaller Bluetti that I use for doing exactly what you describe and keeping the laptop and 4G router running in the van (mine's a Caravelle) and it's handy to have around in case of power cuts. You can also get laptop chargers that work from 12v - look for aircraft type...

Boil in the van, fry/grill outside. A microwave/oven/grill is a waste of space in a van imho, take up too much space, have higher energy requirements. There’s a very good reason that the gas burner/sink combo is the “trad” design….it works. We can happily live off grid in the Alps in -20C temps...

I have one of these Swivel bases from cheshiremotorcaravans.co.uk, it doesn't open at the top hence why its not an option. I read through your thread and saw your seat base, its a pretty tight squeeze but you got it all in there nicely! Yeah it is a pretty beefy setup, and to be brutally...

Intended use case is ability to be off grid max 3 days. Most of the time we'd be moving around Europe mainly through campsites but having the ability to pull up for a few nights somewhere off grid if adventure takes us that way. As there's going to be no fixed toilet/shower/waste water going in...

Evening I’m now 90% sure I’ll be doing the base van + conversion route so a couple of questions around that… 1. I’m in Nottingham and want to stay fairly local so I can be around to check samples/ interior etc in person as it progresses. Anyone with fairly recent experience of converters in...

Basically any type of 240v that involves heating is going to use a lot of power, and will dictate the level of equipment/spend/space used. It's only when you try and generate it yourself (or do the calculations) you realise just how much energy heating takes. It's all doable but all the other...

Even with Lithium, running heavy 240V loads is wishful thinking. People think that Lithium is a magic pill for all their off grid needs, but unless you have a LOT of lithium, it isn’t. Lithium is just another storage medium, it’s a reservoir of power & it’s only as good as the source(s) that...

I used a company near Huntingdon, might be too far for you?

Can't see what your current battery size is, but let me demonstrate - I had a factory fit 75Ah AGM with split charge, so 22.5Ah usable capacity (from 80% down to 50% state of charge). Parked up at a site, with no solar or hook up, from 4pm to 4pm the next day, my fridge and lights used 29Ah, so...

well, . . . . . my main usage is 240vac when camping . . . (from the LPS) kettle, coffee machine, hair dryer, twin fridges, disco lights and fairy lights twinkly lights so the clayton will be running 240v mains, that will drain the internal battery fairly quickly. . . . so i need the extra...

sounds like a good plan, and glad the threads have helped - Dellmassive’s "How I Done It" blogs. ++++++++++++ the Renogy 1kw inverter is a good solid unit, i use it myself in the work van, the UPS pass through is limited in its capacity, and you need to cautions when connecting up with...

Thing is for most of the things I look around our van (admittedly we are more day van than camper) and it has what we need; lights, USB sockets, 12v sockets, radio... The reason we don't use these is because of the risk of not being able to start the van. One way to solve that is to fit an...

:thumbsup: Got it. Possibly because whichever battery it’s connected to hasn’t got enough power. The light may come on but not enough power to produce 240v. Get both batteries fully charged and see if it works. Whatever the outcome the inverter needs to be powered by the leisure battery rather...

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I am Nottingham based and converted my 2020 plate t6.1 DM me for phone number if you want to talk stuff over. Hi, I'm in Nottingham(Cotgrave). I bought a panel van and converted it partly myself and partly by 2 converters based in Derby(Cosmic Campervans & Camperworx).Feel free to DM for my...

so whatelse for 2024 . . . . ? not ours, but it come in very handy . . . 2024 IN : AIR FRYER yep, that happened. Chunky Chip Shop Chips, cooked in the middle of a Field. and Onion rings i think - lol these are power hungry so best run off the EHU, but if you have enough battery...

Ok, the good news is that that's a very reasonable and very typical kind of requirement, you're likely not going to need anything crazy. In fact, it's extremely close to my own scenario. For what it's worth, I still have the 75Ah factory fit leisure AGM along with a 20A DC-DC (might be 30A?)...

Hi, I've recently had the electrics installed into my self build conversion and I'm trying to understand the electrical system. I've had a Victron MultiPlus inverter installed (see here), shore power connection, 200W solar panel & leisure battery, to enable me to have both hook-up and off-grid...

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