Definitely on my “I wish want this” list how easy was this to wire in?
Not too bad tbh, I removed the trim around the heater control panel and fed the wires up to the switches. To do this I popped off the passenger side vent, the end cover with the airbag switch on ( don't disconnect). Then the trim above the glovebox pulls out but is still clipped in on the rhs, no problem. The carefully prise out the trim which goes around the heater switches using a trim remover tool. Finally the heater control panel is held in with 4 push in clips which just need pulling out a bit ( you'll understand when you see them). Hope this makes sense!
Ha ha! Ebay, they do different finishes and shift patternsMany thanksNow off to source a knob
Cheers bud
Went out in the van and the Ecoflow wasn’t charging from ignition live.
Took the lid off the box where it lives (3x screws), fiddled about with the wires, checked I was getting 13ish volts at the socket and I was.
Plugged it back in and it started charging again, so put it all back together.
Drove the van again later in the day, not charging, so after tea I went back out to check wires again and before I touched anything started engine, looked at the app and it was charging again.
So none the wiser
A web search shows that some people have had issues with the car charger plug that plugs into the vehicle getting hot/melting and have hard wired an XT60 to bypass the cig lighter socket so might try that.
Hi, your rail looks great. Are you able to make another, if so how much.
I suspect what it means is that the eco flow sees a significant drop in voltage when starting particularly in the cold and the eco flow thinks there is insufficient charge in the vehicle battery and therefore stops the charge cycle. If you plug in once started it should be okayFollowing on from this - it has happened again where I start the van and the EcoFlow doesn’t start trickle charging. But on another occasion it did - I didn’t touch the unit or any wiring.
At this point I am not yet going to submit ticket to them suggesting it is a faulty unit, but I did discover this in the manual….
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Not sure how this reads as it could be interpreted either way but it *could* read that a 12v ignition live (but without the engine running) e.g. just turning on ignition but not starting the van may not be enough for the Ecoflow to detect a charge coming in.
Or it could mean having the Ecoflow connected to the ignition live before starting the van may mean the van battery voltage, due to the Ecoflow load, is not sufficient to crank the engine.
So, maybe I need to install a switch somewhere in the driver seat vicinity so that I can have the ignition live to the Ecoflow switched off until the van is running and then I can switch it on.
Isn’t this what a DC-DC charger does automatically by detecting the increased voltage from the alternator? Starting to think I should have just got a leisure battery install - these solar generator battery banks seem more geared up to solar charging (hence the name I suppose) than charging from the van battery
Interesting stripe, was that the original paint job or have you added it in paint or vinyl please?
Today I’ve fired the heater up but no where near finished yet, I put the fuel line into a gallon can of diesel to try the heater out and it fired up second attempt.
