T6 Leisure battery....

@warren, this is for my accessories to run off of my leisure battery via my own powered fuse box, but it gives me perm leisure live, ign +, vehicle lighting + in my own fuse box that draws everything off of the leisure battery, with only two pulls from the vehicle loom to switch on two relays, but their load side is fed off of the leisure battery.
 
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Dave, have you bothered with a mains power charger, or do you think the ring dc30 will suffice charging off the main battery?
 
It depends on how long you are going to park up for without running the vehicle, I have a 1000watt inverter, d2 heater, lights, and 12v outlets running of 2 leisure batteries both charged by the dc 30 and have not had any issues but I have done 28k in 1 year so I haven't bothered with mains hook up as the van is used almost every day, oh and a 10oowatt amp for the sub and a 400watt amp for the stereo.
 
I suppose I could always add a mains charger at a later date if I find the leisure battery isn't getting back up to full. I don't do many miles between camping trips.
 
the dc30 also has a solar panel input, so you could do what my business partner has done and put a solar panel on a tripod with flying lead on a plug and lead and put it out during the day to top up the battery if you don't want to permanently fix it to the roof. Another avenue of thought.
 
@warren , think I'll go solar on dash via a plug socket that is linked to dc30. That way I can put a solar on dash or briefcase setup outside, as there are some good powerful compact ones about, and if you need solar then your normally camped so can put a setup outside if your about, and if not just put a good dash solar in. If your driving then you don't need the solar.

240 hookup I think I'll go for later, as not used to 240, more into 12volt. Thinking maybe small gen set as well. Glad you like my fuse box ideas, it's handy as canbus systems are sensitive to extra circuits and my way avoids this hassle.

Note though that your dc30 will not maintain your starter battery, so if parked up for some time you need to care for this battery separately. I have my own backup ideas for this as well.
 
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Just to confirm Warren, the inverter that I have suggested has a remote switching option so you can turn the 12 volt supply off when running from the mains hook up, so, no live output from the inverter at this time.
As you will be aware, volt drop is not an issue on 230 volt side of things so the "minimum connections" rule doesn't apply.
 
There seems to be a lot of stuff connecting to the leisure battery terminals.

On the battery there will be

connections from charger (Ring DC30)
connections from mains charger (Victron)
connections to power inverter
connections to 12v fuse board

Is this correct or do you usually use junction boxes.
 
You dont have to star everything, on mine i have taken cable from B2B charger to fusebox then onto battery, obviously big currents like invertor will need direct connection
Lots of leisure batteries also have more than one terminal you can use, mine has a post and a bolt for each side so you can easily get 2 or 3 lugged cables on the bolt, i dont use the post on mine
 
@warren I'm planning on using a plate off of the post like the ol SIerra Cosworth used to do, and bolt each heavy load to that, as well as my leisure battery fuse box take off. Will know more on how I'll finally do it when I eventually get my beast, as it's currently at the converters, then she's going back to dealership for some bits and PDI, then I will finally get hold of her.
 
@T6 Dave but only once you have paid the man ! :thumbsup::thumbsup::) The day gets closer and then you get to spend even more doing the bits that you don't trust others to do and in the way that you want the first time around. :whistle::whistle::whistle::D:D
 
If your going to charge whilst on hookup, why not go big like a Ctek m200 15A? I have one in my portable battery pack and it is a great piece of kit.
 
@warren , like the functions to test the battery as well, but I would go for the RSC612 12amp, instruction manual below. Note you would have to isolate it from battery when not in use by a switch on the live wire to battery, otherwise would become a parastatic draw from the battery.

https://cdn-reichelt.de/documents/datenblatt/D500/RING_RESC608_BDA.pdf

You could also via a switching circuit, define which battery you wanted it to maintain, starter or leisure.
 
Just be advised that Ring have discontinued all the RSC chargers except the 25 and 50 amp versions. No explanation as to why.
 
Do you have to use fuse protection from the main battery to the B2B charger?
The instructions for the ring dc30 don't specify protection anywhere. It also says 4mm2 wire as a minimum, so I was going to go 6mm2 from main battery to Ring DC30 and 6mm2 from there to Leisure battery.
 
I'm going to be boxing in this section to house Inverter and mains hook up unit. There are two tapped holes I thought might be suitable for ground points. One that looks like M8 at the top of the arch I thought might be good for my Inverter. The other looks like M6 I thought might be good for my low power circuits ie led lights and usb's.

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