Victron MultiPlus 12/3000 Inverter Charger Install - Citroen Relay Camper Van Conversion - Week 30

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

Комментарии • 27

  • @CasLaz
    @CasLaz  2 года назад

    We are Back! Sorry for no uploads for the past month or so but we've been super busy and haven't had a chance to work on the van!
    We should be back to regular uploads now and can't wait to finish the van ASAP! 😎💪

  • @Jordan_0121
    @Jordan_0121 18 дней назад

    I'm late to the party but I've been binge watching this series for the past 2 nights now. Great work so far, I love your attitude towards the build, great couple, fantastic videos!

  • @markymarks3805
    @markymarks3805 2 года назад

    Love how you chat to yourself, ‘tighten it up’, ‘come on’, ‘check it’s tight’, good video, thanks for sharing the journey.

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад +1

      😂 A lot of is bits that I'm remembering from learning electrics from RUclips videos - the other half is just my random thoughts 😅🤣 Thanks for watching!

  • @Alivefrom45
    @Alivefrom45 2 года назад

    Great video guys, nice to see you back. super progress on the electrics

  • @vivaldikmd
    @vivaldikmd 9 месяцев назад

    Great presentation mate.

  • @astral006
    @astral006 2 года назад

    Well done, this was a brilliant job. Wow I wouldn’t have a clue how to do any of these. Big well done to you!

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад +1

      Thanks ! Took a while to figure it all out but got there in the end 😃

  • @adamhayward7303
    @adamhayward7303 2 года назад

    Great video. Like how simple your setup is. 👍

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад

      Thanks Adam! Took a while to figure it all out 😅

  • @jackboyon2315
    @jackboyon2315 6 месяцев назад

    Good day! Great job, I have the same inverter what size of wire did you use?

  • @robtheplod
    @robtheplod 2 года назад

    Good video, love van setups... similar to boats!

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад

      Thanks! Yeah for sure, or off-grid house, great skills to learn - very transferrable. I looked at few boat vids myself, tempted to get a sail boat for adventure 2.0 sometime in the far future 😂

  • @DrRobNoble
    @DrRobNoble 2 года назад

    Well, thank goodness you're back because I couldn't hold my breath for much longer.
    Now, some questions:
    - Do you need an RCD _before_ the Multiplus as well as after, in case of a fault in the Multiplus?
    - Do you need a mains feed to the JP Heater that's _only_ live when connected to hook-up? Or do you want to run it from battery via the inverter? I guess you can still choose whether to run it from the inverter via the heater control panel...
    - Is it OK for the breakers to be single pole only?
    - How did you decide on Type AC for the RCD?
    - How did you decide on the B Curve for the MCBs?
    Good stuff, keep it up, but a bit sooner please or else our conversion might catch up* and then we won't be able to steal your details.
    * not a chance

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад +1

      Hey Rob! Sorry for the wait!!
      -I'm not a qualified electrician so it's best if you check with a qualified electrician about these but here is my opinion for entertainment sake
      1. If we use hookup at any site I'll make sure that it is RCD protected, if it isn't we wont use it. Most shore power hookups will / should be protected by an RCD. So adding an extra one before the MultiPlus wouldn't add any extra protection in our case. Our wiring diagram is from Roamer and didn't include one (it was also checked by an Electrician who didn't flag to add one either)
      2. In our case the setup is powerful enough to run it from battery only so I didn't feel the need to use live only on hookup output for anything. And yes we will just pick from the heater panel if we want to run it on 12v/diesel or 230v.
      3. Single Pole vs Double Pole is a big rabbit hole I spent a lot of time researching. In our case I'm aware of potential reverse polarity issues abroad and we will be checking polarity before we hook up anywhere so adding double pole MCBs would offer no extra safety but a lot of extra headache (extra cost, double size consumer unit etc etc) - Advised by Electrician
      4. Type AC is suitable for general residential uses - Advised by Electrician
      5. B Curve MCBs is suitable for general residential uses - Advised by Electrician
      I discussed points 1,3,4,5 with a qualified electrician who gave us the thumbs up on these but it's best that you do the same for your setup as it may vary based on your circumstances / build etc.
      Having said all of this we haven't yet had a proper electrical audit so things might change once the build is almost finished and we get a qualified person look over and sign off on all electrics, especially 230v stuff.
      Hope your build is going well!

    • @DrRobNoble
      @DrRobNoble 2 года назад

      @@CasLaz Thanks for the detailed answer, greatly appreciated. Our build progress has slowed considerably, partly due to the cold and dark, partly because we've hit a dependency log-jam - chains of things that can't progress until something else is sorted out. Need to crack on though because our Roamer battery arrived yesterday.

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад +1

      @@DrRobNoble Yes the cold and dark is defo not helping with progress for us too. I know the feeling, we have lots of parts sitting around that we can't do until other jobs are done. Slowly chipping away at it! That's very exciting hope your electrics install goes well!

  • @UKsystems
    @UKsystems 2 месяца назад

    some places restrict the connection of the non 2nd gen multiplus due to the fact that it only has one shore power relay

  • @denisecafferky2248
    @denisecafferky2248 2 года назад

    Great. Well done 👏

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад

      Thanks Denise ! 👍

  • @agoravan
    @agoravan 2 года назад

    Welcome back!

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад

      Thanks! Good to be back doing van stuff again finally !

  • @Outlander1963UK
    @Outlander1963UK Год назад

    Can I ask what cutters are you using for your 95mm2 cable.

  • @sallywilliams6272
    @sallywilliams6272 2 года назад

    Hey guys, loving the videos - informative, and properly fun too! Odd question for this particular video - but how wide (front to back) are your bench seats? Just to work out space for all the kit that goes inside. Would you size them any differently if you were doing this again? Thanks ever so! x

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  2 года назад

      Thanks for watching! If I remember correctly the benches are 60cm wide. The van is about 180cm wide, so we split the van into 3x60cm sections. It's 50cm high and 135 long. We wouldn't size them differently, it seems to work out well.
      The main reason its 135 long is because of the shower + front seating area. If we made it longer, the shower sit slightly over the front window and it would also make the front seating area smaller.
      Hope this helps.

  • @davidempson215
    @davidempson215 Год назад

    Did you have to buy anything else, or the inverter came with 12v/230v, because I've been looking, and I only find 24v/230V, wich is unfortunate, because I was planing on using this exact one and got told it wouldn't supply 230v

    • @CasLaz
      @CasLaz  Год назад

      Hi David, this inverter converts 12v to 230v, there are 24v/230v versions as-well. Ours is 12v to 230v.