I've been having some issues with my 12v system recently and discovered its down to my battery being knackered, we always said when we bought the van new 2 years ago we would change to lithium once this battery was dead, thought it would last longer than this.
I will be getting a local guy/family friend to do the work for me as I've no idea what I need and what to do, this guy was with the AA for 30 odd years and has built several quality vans for himself and others as a side business, he's took early retirement but still does a couple of days on projects. I've seen his vans and I have to say they are decent quality so quite happy to go with him.
I would like to have some info though so I have an idea what I'm looking for, our plan is to buy a KS Energy 125ah Lithium and have an inverter fitted. What and how would you guys recommend fitting, I currently have a 160w solar, battery master and 75/15 controller all fitted by vanbitz. The base vehicle is a 2020 fiat Ducato which I believe has a smart alternator but need to confirm this, we are very light users of electric and can currently survive a week or so in Scotland without EHU, however Lorraine would possibly like to use a hairdryer for a couple of minutes maybe every second day and now we have ebikes we might need to give them a small top up.
Would you recommend a second battery?
More solar?
B2B?
Size of invertor?
and anything else you can think of, just so I know what the guys talking about when we discuss it.
I will be getting a local guy/family friend to do the work for me as I've no idea what I need and what to do, this guy was with the AA for 30 odd years and has built several quality vans for himself and others as a side business, he's took early retirement but still does a couple of days on projects. I've seen his vans and I have to say they are decent quality so quite happy to go with him.
I would like to have some info though so I have an idea what I'm looking for, our plan is to buy a KS Energy 125ah Lithium and have an inverter fitted. What and how would you guys recommend fitting, I currently have a 160w solar, battery master and 75/15 controller all fitted by vanbitz. The base vehicle is a 2020 fiat Ducato which I believe has a smart alternator but need to confirm this, we are very light users of electric and can currently survive a week or so in Scotland without EHU, however Lorraine would possibly like to use a hairdryer for a couple of minutes maybe every second day and now we have ebikes we might need to give them a small top up.
Would you recommend a second battery?
More solar?
B2B?
Size of invertor?
and anything else you can think of, just so I know what the guys talking about when we discuss it.