Lenny's Modding the new Mini Gin Palace 2

[Lenny HB]

You’re not breakdancing Lenny, you dance with your feet

You lead with the left hand, woman won't have a clue what move you going into without the right signals.

 

[bigtwin]

You lead with the left hand, woman won't have a clue what move you going into without the right signals.

Would a male partner have more of a clue?

Ian

 

[Barriesimpson]

Would a male partner have more of a clue?

Ian

I certainly wouldn't.

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

So what can we talk about to fill the time lags? ... Just fishing for suggestions!

At least no one said fridge fans. Ooops!

 

[Minxy]

3D design and pinting
That should keep you quiet.

Well I used to make 3D models as a kid so that's of interest but as I don't drink pinting doesn't interest me, feel free to get sozzled!

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[Minxy]

Fanning the flames again Mel??

Oh I don't know, he does like his fish and chips and we had this beauty on Monday night, it was a whale and only cost £8.90 including the peas. There was enough chips for a butty the following day.

 

[Lenny HB]

Oh I don't know, he does like his fish and chips and we had this beauty on Monday night, it was a whale and only cost £8.90 including the peas. There was enough chips for a butty the following day.

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That's enough girl.

 

[Bustup15]

I've found it Lenny HB

 

[Pugsy]

3D design and pinting
That should keep you quiet.

I don't think there is anything that can keep ,,Minxy quiet , sorry couldn't resist.
Having worked in Hull in the fire service I know how gobby the locals are ..

Cheers Cris .

 

[Lenny HB]

Dupuytrens and trigger finger aren’t the same at all, Lenny’s is much worse. It affects the tissues of the palm causing thickening and contractures. Progressive. Trigger finger is just the tendons and nodules form which catch which is why you can straighten your finger back out and steroid injections can work for a bit and surgery is minor.

In that case I think I had both, lumpy growths on the palm going up the finger and impossible to straighten.
Cast comes off sat morning so back to some normality hopefully just two fingers strapped together.
It was a pain starting the lawn mower yesterday.

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[Just smiffy]

It was a pain starting the lawn mower yesterday.

No need to get drastic Lenny… a sharp knife will cut them off just as good…

 

[Lenny HB]

You can now see the mods without having to read all the crap, I've done a journal.

Lenny's Modding the new Mini Gin Palace - Journal details

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[Wightman]

Hi Lenny Going lithium with our 2018 Fiat 150 based Pilote P740C Sensation and stumped on a couple of things. Got the Electroblock EBL 271 which when fitting the B2B you suggest bypassing, so is the battery leads (starter & leisure) connections at the back only charging outputs from the EBL or do I have to feed a 12volt back to either the starter/leisure batteries please?
Can I take out the present mains charger (LAS 1218) or do I need to keep that in place and just add the new lithium charger to the leisure batteries - my Votronic MPPT 350 "feeds" a small charge to the starter battery but would that be sufficient to keep starter battery charged?
I presume my D+ is fed to the Victron 12/12 50 B2B remote H connection to switch the B2B on and off with the ignition
Sorry if my questions seem daft but just need to get my head around it before blowing everything up!!
Very many thanks for any replies and hope you are feeling better and hand on the mend

 

[Lenny HB]

You only need the Negative and the Leisure battery positive connected to the back of the EBL, Brown & Black cable.

The LAS1218 is an auxiliary charger, yes I would remove that and pull the 20 amp fuse that disables the main charger, the starter battery will still charge from the EBL.

Had a Votronic in my last van it was fine at keeping the starter battery charged but I do live on the south coast. Keep an eye on the Votronic with Lithium, the 430 didn't always start charging in the morning.

Yes that is correct about the D+.

 

[Wightman]

You only need the Negative and the Leisure battery positive connected to the back of the EBL, Brown & Black cable.

So the starter battery + lead goes into the "in" of the B2B and the "out" of the B2B goes where please? sorry to be thick!!

The LAS1218 is an auxiliary charger, yes I would remove that and pull the 20 amp fuse that disables the main charger, the starter battery will still charge from the EBL.

We live on the good old Isle of Wight so probably even sunnier - sorry

Had a Votronic in my last van it was fine at keeping the starter battery charged but I do live on the south coast. Keep an eye on the Votronic with Lithium, the 430 didn't always start charging in the morning.

Never noticed any charging problems with the 350 but will monitor - thanks for tip

Yes that is correct about the D+.

Brilliant I've got something right

Many thanks for quick reply/advice very much appreciated

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[Wightman]

So the starter battery + lead goes into the "in" of the B2B and the "out" of the B2B goes where please? sorry to be thick!!

We live on the good old Isle of Wight so probably even sunnier - sorry

Never noticed any charging problems with the 350 but will monitor - thanks for tip

Brilliant I've got something right

Many thanks for quick reply/advice very much appreciated

Sorry I've just relooked at you diagram and see the B2B out goes to the battery +

What a dumba*se I am!!!

 

[Lenny HB]

An update on the fridge running on 12v via the S+.

Its all working well, last week we're were away Sunday and Monday. Monday morning around 9am the batteries were at 93% with the fridge running from 8 am until 6pm on 12v one hour on ½ hour off, at 6pm batteries were at 93%. It was quite a good day for solar.

We have now been away since last Thursday. Thursday we used the air fryer & induction hob & Friday morning batteries were around 77%. Fridge carried on its 12v cycle. Sat battery gradually fell until below 70% so 12v signal was switched off by the shunt relay.

Solar not so good for next couple of days so batteries never achieved the 90% threshold for the relay to turn back on.
Monday after driving, batteries back at over 90% so fridge resumed it's 12v cycle.
Last couple days fridge has stayed on gas as batteries went below 70% and not a lot of solar.

So all working well depending on time of year and location I will probably vary the 70% cut off.

Had a little fopar today, away from the van and was checking on my remote portal and noticed the batteries at 53%, current draw - 11 amps, solar output at 4 amps, so fridge was running on 12v.

Went into shunt setting and my relay cut off was at 10%, changed it back to 70% and all good.

The reason, a couple of days ago I was checking my shunt settings for another Funster and notice my discharge floor was at 70% rather than 10% so I changed it.

Well I've now learnt the the discharge floor uses the alarm relay settings, so if you set the relay turn on to 70% the discharge floor changes to 70%.
The reason it is relay on rather than off is because you have invert the relay function to achieve the result I wanted.

That was a long ramble.

 

[Wanders from Glos]

An update on the fridge running on 12v via the S+.

Its all working well, last week we're were away Sunday and Monday. Monday morning around 9am the batteries were at 93% with the fridge running from 8 am until 6pm on 12v one hour on ½ hour off, at 6pm batteries were at 93%. It was quite a good day for solar.

We have now been away since last Thursday. Thursday we used the air fryer & induction hob & Friday morning batteries were around 77%. Fridge carried on its 12v cycle. Sat battery gradually fell until below 70% so 12v signal was switched off by the shunt relay.

Solar not so good for next couple of days so batteries never achieved the 90% threshold for the relay to turn back on.
Monday after driving, batteries back at over 90% so fridge resumed it's 12v cycle.
Last couple days fridge has stayed on gas as batteries went below 70% and not a lot of solar.

So all working well depending on time of year and location I will probably vary the 70% cut off.

Had a little fopar today, away from the van and was checking on my remote portal and noticed the batteries at 53%, current draw - 11 amps, solar output at 4 amps, so fridge was running on 12v.

Went into shunt setting and my relay cut off was at 10%, changed it back to 70% and all good.

The reason, a couple of days ago I was checking my shunt settings for another Funster and notice my discharge floor was at 70% rather than 10% so I changed it.

Well I've now learnt the the discharge floor uses the alarm relay settings, so if you set the relay turn on to 70% the discharge floor changes to 70%.
The reason it is relay on rather than off is because you have invert the relay function to achieve the result I wanted.

That was a long ramble.

Not sure I completely followed that. Is the summary that the relay cut off should be 70%?

 

[Lenny HB]

Not sure I completely followed that. Is the summary that the relay cut off should be 70%?

Yes, I have it set so the relay turns off when the batteries drop to 70% and turns back on when they reach 90%.
So if the batteries drop to 70 % the fridge won't operate on 12v until the batteries are back to at least 90%.

 

[Wanders from Glos]

Yes, I have it set so the relay turns off when the batteries drop to 70% and turn back on when they reach 90%.
So if the batteries drop to 70 % the fridge won't operate on 12v until the batteries are back to at least 90%.

That makes sense and sounds a very good idea.

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[Barriesimpson]

Yes, I have it set so the relay turns off when the batteries drop to 70% and turn back on when they reach 90%.
So if the batteries drop to 70 % the fridge won't operate on 12v until the batteries are back to at least 90%.

Are you going to create a kit to sell to the rest of us Lenny HB ?

 

[AdrianChen]

That was a long ramble.

Interesting though!

Mines currently set to default to on at 80, of at 60, unless solar is above 18amps then it will stay on and switch off when the solar drops. - The proper test will be next week when we get off for a bit so may alter the parameters a bit.... Still haven't put a 30min timer in though

If ever you go large on the PI I'll share my badly written code......

Dashboard currently like this:

 

[G-RMPS]

Seven dials, so 1960's. Why not just display an "airbag warning" sign

 

[AdrianChen]

Seven dials, so 1960's. Why not just display an "airbag warning" sign

I like dials - 9 in my car!

 

[AdrianChen]

Seven dials, so 1960's. Why not just display an "airbag warning" sign

New more compact version better on a small screen, but no dials.....

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