Nick Rigg
Free Member
Hi there, we bought our first motorhome back in the Spring with the aim to give everything up in a year or so and travel Europe with our children.
Budget wise we decided to keep spending low and am now in the process of planning out a conversion/modernisation.
I'm ok with the mechanical and fixtures/fittings side of things, but need some electrical advice, as I don't want to end up running out of juice, but also want to use the solar panel that is already installed.
So some questions;
1. There are 2 leisure batteries, 1 under each cab seat. 1 is a 12v 86Ah Numax XV24MF. The other is similar spec. Does this sound like a reasonable set-up?
2. There is an inverter, but when should this be used?
3. There is a solar panel on the roof, but no details of the spec etc. How can I find/work this out, and if it is up to scratch?
4. Finally heating wise we may end up going off in the Autumn/Winter and I'd like to hear from anyone who has put a log burning stove in a motorhome and what they fitted and how?
Thanks in advance for your feedback. From my look around the site, it looks a busy forum with loads of great advice, so apologies of these 'stupud' questions are answered elsewhere.
Cheers, Nick
Budget wise we decided to keep spending low and am now in the process of planning out a conversion/modernisation.
I'm ok with the mechanical and fixtures/fittings side of things, but need some electrical advice, as I don't want to end up running out of juice, but also want to use the solar panel that is already installed.
So some questions;
1. There are 2 leisure batteries, 1 under each cab seat. 1 is a 12v 86Ah Numax XV24MF. The other is similar spec. Does this sound like a reasonable set-up?
2. There is an inverter, but when should this be used?
3. There is a solar panel on the roof, but no details of the spec etc. How can I find/work this out, and if it is up to scratch?
4. Finally heating wise we may end up going off in the Autumn/Winter and I'd like to hear from anyone who has put a log burning stove in a motorhome and what they fitted and how?
Thanks in advance for your feedback. From my look around the site, it looks a busy forum with loads of great advice, so apologies of these 'stupud' questions are answered elsewhere.
Cheers, Nick