Bertie Blue thread with some of the modifications I have made to our T6 van so far.
Started out as a typical conversation but wanted to boost the battery capacity and get to the point of being able to run off grid. We have camped a lot in the past and always enjoyed a few home comforts so made use of large battery banks etc such as a Bluetti AC200max.
I had my heart set on doing it once so settled on a Fogstar 560ah battery as a few friends had them already and been working well thus far. The challenge was trying to find room within the van with out making too much sacrifice on storage space. I'm the end I made use of the hidden and wasted space the existing leisure battery took up. Every other combination I tired just would not fit, often only being about 1cm out.
So with the original battery removed I just had the game of trying to get the master through the opening and down to there right hand side. Its pretty heavy at 50kg and not easy to move around managed it in the end. It just sites a little proud of the opening but has still allowed use of the storage area.
Still to come up with a better system to hold battery. Suspect I will need to bolt through floor at stomping to get anything close to strong enough to secure 50kgs.
Started out as a typical conversation but wanted to boost the battery capacity and get to the point of being able to run off grid. We have camped a lot in the past and always enjoyed a few home comforts so made use of large battery banks etc such as a Bluetti AC200max.
I had my heart set on doing it once so settled on a Fogstar 560ah battery as a few friends had them already and been working well thus far. The challenge was trying to find room within the van with out making too much sacrifice on storage space. I'm the end I made use of the hidden and wasted space the existing leisure battery took up. Every other combination I tired just would not fit, often only being about 1cm out.
So with the original battery removed I just had the game of trying to get the master through the opening and down to there right hand side. Its pretty heavy at 50kg and not easy to move around managed it in the end. It just sites a little proud of the opening but has still allowed use of the storage area.
Still to come up with a better system to hold battery. Suspect I will need to bolt through floor at stomping to get anything close to strong enough to secure 50kgs.
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