Any Surprises Here?

Folkranger

Folkranger

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Just checked my electrical usage.

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That's very low if that's over 24 hours only about 12ah, we use around 30ah a day.

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Nice display - how do you get it? Do you turn everything on and get a real-time display? That sounds incredibly expensive.

The mood lighting is way over the top, as the others say. The 'radio' is also OTT - what is it? I would have thought about 5W for a fancy DAB radio, but you're showing 40, which is enough to run two fridges.

Phone: I would budget about 15W while a mobile is turbo-charging, so your 11 looks Ok.

The no-load inverter seems a bit high - I would hope to get a couple of Watts but, if that's what you've got, then that's what you've got.

You've got nothing down for fridge or heating - are you all gas? A diesel heater draws a lot of power during start-up, and running a couple of fans to distribute hot air quickly could be another 15-20W.
 
EML said:
Nice display - how do you get it? Do you turn everything on and get a real-time display? That sounds incredibly expensive.

The mood lighting is way over the top, as the others say. The 'radio' is also OTT - what is it? I would have thought about 5W for a fancy DAB radio, but you're showing 40, which is enough to run two fridges.

Phone: I would budget about 15W while a mobile is turbo-charging, so your 11 looks Ok.

The no-load inverter seems a bit high - I would hope to get a couple of Watts but, if that's what you've got, then that's what you've got.

You've got nothing down for fridge or heating - are you all gas? A diesel heater draws a lot of power during start-up, and running a couple of fans to distribute hot air quickly could be another 15-20W.
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Fridge runs on gas or mains when stationary. You're correct I've forgotten the heating which has a fan.
 
SpeedyDux said:
"mood lighting" ???? :unsure:
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You know, when you open the wine and sit down to watch a movie or just listen to music with the live of your life you turn the lights down low.

Now you just switch on the mood lighting but find in ours it's the brightest lighting in the van. I've fitted mood lighting to previous Van's and always gott it right. How can the mighty Hymer get it so wrong?
 
jenny and mitch said:
Mooooooood
Use LED .
Low energy drive.
Mitch.
PS. Get an extra leisure battery.
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Why do anything different to what Hymer has spent over a hundred grand of people's money to build.

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EML said:
Nice display - how do you get it? Do you turn everything on and get a real-time display? That sounds incredibly expensive.

The mood lighting is way over the top, as the others say. The 'radio' is also OTT - what is it? I would have thought about 5W for a fancy DAB radio, but you're showing 40, which is enough to run two fridges.

Phone: I would budget about 15W while a mobile is turbo-charging, so your 11 looks Ok.

The no-load inverter seems a bit high - I would hope to get a couple of Watts but, if that's what you've got, then that's what you've got.

You've got nothing down for fridge or heating - are you all gas? A diesel heater draws a lot of power during start-up, and running a couple of fans to distribute hot air quickly could be another 15-20W.
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Not sure what you mean by display. I agree with everything else.
 
Now if you add a time to each one, we could work out your total consumption for the 24hr.
 
Lenny HB said:
So how many ah per 24 hours are you using?
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If he tells us the use time, on each, we could calculate it. Without knowing for how long those loads are on, it’s impossible to know how many ah per day is needed. All we know now, how much power they draw.
 
Folkranger said:
Not sure what you mean by display. I agree with everything else.
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I meant the list you showed with the power consumptions - does the Hymer have the kit to actually give you all this information, or did you work it out or estimate it for yourself, and just enter it on a spreadsheet/whatever? I'm presuming the latter.

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Checked each appliance using the battery monitor and put in word.
 
Lenny HB said:
So how many ah per 24 hours are you using?
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Hard to say we've been on a mix of mainly ehu and some not, since getting the van. When not on ehu the solar panel replenishes what we take out daily. But you can clearly see what we won't use much of. The radio is ridiculous as is the mood lighting. Also don't leave the bms to "on" unless using the inverter.
 
Raul said:
If he tells us the use time, on each, we could calculate it. Without knowing for how long those loads are on, it’s impossible to know how many ah per day is needed. All we know now, how much power they draw.
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I think use time will now be modified since getting these figures. Eg. I think I'll get a portable dab radio/mp3 player.
 
Folkranger said:
I think use time will now be modified since getting these figures. Eg. I think I'll get a portable dab radio/mp3 player.
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I have my TV sound wired through my Clarion head unit that's not too bad draws about 2 amps at the volume we run out. If spending a lot of time off grid (which is most of the time) I use an Ultimate Ears Boom Bluetooth speaker for playing music also use it with the TV but plug it in to avoid bluetooth lag.
 
Folkranger said:
You know, when you open the wine and sit down to watch a movie or just listen to music with the live of your life you turn the lights down low.

Now you just switch on the mood lighting but find in ours it's the brightest lighting in the van. I've fitted mood lighting to previous Van's and always gott it right. How can the mighty Hymer get it so wrong?
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Our Hymer mood lighting does a very good job.
 
Our Pioneer head unit eats electrons too. It’s wired to the starter battery via a switch, so we can use it with the ignition off. Without EHU, it’s better to switch off after the news. We use a Bose Bluetooth speaker if off grid.

I didn’t see a pump in the list of consumers.
 
Lenny HB said:
I have my TV sound wired through my Clarion head unit that's not too bad draws about 2 amps at the volume we run out. If spending a lot of time off grid (which is most of the time) I use an Ultimate Ears Boom Bluetooth speaker for playing music also use it with the TV but plug it in to avoid bluetooth lag.
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Did you change the head unit or did it come with Clarion?
 
G-RMPS said:
I didn’t see a pump in the list of consumers.
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Or step, or flush, or self levellers. Only interested in what runs fir a long time.

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