After reading DABurleigh excellent post on fitting a Sterling B-B charger I decided to do the same.
Sterling are still selling the same charger on there clearance line at £169 and with a next day delivery so I very quickly got my grubby hands on it.
Installation is simple just connect positive and negative from the engine battery to the unit and one positive to the hab batteries, the hard part is working out the route and best way to connect to the engine battery.
I decided to run out of the rear passenger seats where the batteries are, under the raised floor where Swift have provided a little cubby hole, into the base of the drivers seat, out the front and under the carpet and into the battery compartment in the front of the passenger seat
Next connecting the batteries, the negative was simple just squeezed a lug on the end of the cable and bolted it to the chassis connection the engine battery uses. The positive had me scratching my head, I needed to fuse as close to the engine battery as possible so started with an inline fuse from Amazon but I didn't like the result. Swift have fitted a fuse holder directly ontop of the battery and after a bit of thought I used that by extending one of the metal strips and mounting another 70amp fuse inline with Swifts.
Fitted split wrap anywhere on the cable that looked vulnerable and clipped it all down.
I am going to have a chat to Sargent to see if its possible to disconnect their charger although it seems to work fine with it connected.
The cubby hole very handy for the cables but also for tins of beans etc.
Sterling are still selling the same charger on there clearance line at £169 and with a next day delivery so I very quickly got my grubby hands on it.
Installation is simple just connect positive and negative from the engine battery to the unit and one positive to the hab batteries, the hard part is working out the route and best way to connect to the engine battery.
I decided to run out of the rear passenger seats where the batteries are, under the raised floor where Swift have provided a little cubby hole, into the base of the drivers seat, out the front and under the carpet and into the battery compartment in the front of the passenger seat
Next connecting the batteries, the negative was simple just squeezed a lug on the end of the cable and bolted it to the chassis connection the engine battery uses. The positive had me scratching my head, I needed to fuse as close to the engine battery as possible so started with an inline fuse from Amazon but I didn't like the result. Swift have fitted a fuse holder directly ontop of the battery and after a bit of thought I used that by extending one of the metal strips and mounting another 70amp fuse inline with Swifts.
Fitted split wrap anywhere on the cable that looked vulnerable and clipped it all down.
I am going to have a chat to Sargent to see if its possible to disconnect their charger although it seems to work fine with it connected.
The cubby hole very handy for the cables but also for tins of beans etc.