Thanks for the great little tour of the Nova Terra Sportz 166-1C. Love that they offer so many USB ports all over the place -- so essential in this day in age.
Thanks Matt, took some convincing to get Karla in, but glad she did! As for the fishing, hopefully I'll wet a line soon, but I don't think even you would get Karla casting a line, she HATES seafood lol
Hey Chris. Didn’t see much of a tour of the outside of the van in this video (apart from your earlier video showcasing the disc brakes and airbag system). I assume that it also has external cooking facilities as well internal? Also, I thought the Nova sales manager mentioned that they were installing 400Ah lithiums and matching double the solar (i.e. at least 800W) in your van but unless I got it wrong, Jim mentioned it had 2 x 150Ah batteries which for a van with all those electrical connections & gear, to me seems a bit on the shy side of battery storage capacity.
Hi Rich, no external "built in" cooking facilities like a slide out kitchen, we have a gas bayonet near the BBQ slide at the front which we use with our Ziggy, and occasionally we use a portable induction cook top on the fold down table. Van has 300ah of batteries and 600w solar on the roof. Thus far no issues with power except for running the aircon too long off battery which we didn't see battery consumption correctly on the monitor... issue was the BMS wasn't configured quite right so didn't report the drop in % correctly. Easy fix, and now seems to regulate correctly, but haven't run the aircon on battery since (no need to) but have run the heater in the combo hot water/gas heater unit all day and night with no issues
Fair enough Chris. I’d suggest that whilst you’re touring in the cooler months/regions and may not need your aircon, chances you’ll be wanting to give it the odd run if/when you head up the more northern areas. I lived at Lyndhurst down your way for a few years so I’m familiar with the weather down there. Looks like you might have space for some additional batteries under your bed to connect up with your current lithiums. Is this something you’re considering in the future? If so, I guess you’d might also be looking at increasing your solar input but you can achieve that with portable solar panels rather than fixed … just additional stuff to carry on board
Hey Guys, what date did you end up picking up your van? I know back in ep1 you were hoping for just before xmas, so I am curious how long after that it actually was ready for pickup!
Ended up being just before Australia day... once we knew pre Xmas was not going to be possible, we had to hope aus day would be possible as the factory shuts for 4 weeks over Xmas and new years. Van was completed just a few days after the factory reopened
Thanks for the great little tour of the Nova Terra Sportz 166-1C.
Love that they offer so many USB ports all over the place -- so essential in this day in age.
We tried counting all the USB ports, and failed... too many
@@10tenadventuresnext challenge, connect one device to each USB -- and provide proof in a short. -- no cheating. devices you use.
Hmmm ideas!!!
Looks amazing
Thanks! We love it!
Awesome Chris.. most I've seen Carla in a vid... hope we see some fishing soon 😅
Thanks Matt, took some convincing to get Karla in, but glad she did! As for the fishing, hopefully I'll wet a line soon, but I don't think even you would get Karla casting a line, she HATES seafood lol
Hey Chris. Didn’t see much of a tour of the outside of the van in this video (apart from your earlier video showcasing the disc brakes and airbag system). I assume that it also has external cooking facilities as well internal?
Also, I thought the Nova sales manager mentioned that they were installing 400Ah lithiums and matching double the solar (i.e. at least 800W) in your van but unless I got it wrong, Jim mentioned it had 2 x 150Ah batteries which for a van with all those electrical connections & gear, to me seems a bit on the shy side of battery storage capacity.
Hi Rich, no external "built in" cooking facilities like a slide out kitchen, we have a gas bayonet near the BBQ slide at the front which we use with our Ziggy, and occasionally we use a portable induction cook top on the fold down table.
Van has 300ah of batteries and 600w solar on the roof. Thus far no issues with power except for running the aircon too long off battery which we didn't see battery consumption correctly on the monitor... issue was the BMS wasn't configured quite right so didn't report the drop in % correctly. Easy fix, and now seems to regulate correctly, but haven't run the aircon on battery since (no need to) but have run the heater in the combo hot water/gas heater unit all day and night with no issues
Fair enough Chris.
I’d suggest that whilst you’re touring in the cooler months/regions and may not need your aircon, chances you’ll be wanting to give it the odd run if/when you head up the more northern areas. I lived at Lyndhurst down your way for a few years so I’m familiar with the weather down there.
Looks like you might have space for some additional batteries under your bed to connect up with your current lithiums. Is this something you’re considering in the future? If so, I guess you’d might also be looking at increasing your solar input but you can achieve that with portable solar panels rather than fixed … just additional stuff to carry on board
Hey Guys, what date did you end up picking up your van? I know back in ep1 you were hoping for just before xmas, so I am curious how long after that it actually was ready for pickup!
Ended up being just before Australia day... once we knew pre Xmas was not going to be possible, we had to hope aus day would be possible as the factory shuts for 4 weeks over Xmas and new years. Van was completed just a few days after the factory reopened