BEST VAN UPGRADE! Now Even Better!!!
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- Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2023
- Upgrade your campervan and motorhome experience with the ultimate Vanlife essential! Dive into my world of Nordic Snow Camping as I share my upgrades to help my two Arctic winters' journeys, powered by the advanced @Auxbeam AUXBEAM control system. This versatile system has been my go-to for managing LED light bars, Aux Light pods, Rock lights, Maxxfan, and even heating my engine with a diesel-powered preheater/water heater. The intuitive control panel has simplified my life, making day-to-day activities effortless.
In this video, I look at the all-new double AUXBEAM control panel, RA80 X2 Switch Panel, and demonstrate the simple wiring process for upgrading your setup. Join me as I showcase the power of this innovative system and explore custom mounts created through 3D printing.
Collaborating once again with AUXBEAM, I'm thrilled to present this upgraded model, designed to elevate your Vanlife adventures. Don't miss out on the enhanced functionalities and improved user experience. If you're curious about the initial wiring process, check out the original video for a detailed walkthrough.
Gear up for the ultimate Vanlife upgrade - hit that play button and transform your journey today!
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What would you set up to be controlled by a Auxbeam Switch panel?
Train horn. Yep, definitely a Train horn.
Starlink satellite system but costs would probably be prohibitively expensive in the Norwegian arctic.
@angloedu5499 great systems, one of the vans I was travelling with in the Arctic last winter has Starlink. The Starlink satellite network doesn’t really extend that far north into Norway. But We still got decent coverage for remotely at high speeds.
But you are right, it is definitely an expensive option
I would use it to switch on my rood mounted Starlink.
Your electrical work is outstanding, I used to be an electrician on new build trains and I would struggle with doing an installation like that.
Really looking forward to the third season of the Arctic travels.
Thank you very much for the kind words. I really do enjoy doing the electrical work and I feel the cable management is an important part of that. Definitely makes your life easier if you’ve got to redo anything or fault find that’s for sure!
I look forward to Arctic round three as well!
Summer is over and the days are getting shorter but on the plus side we are also nearing the annual Arctic trip. One of the highlights of winter.
It’s my highlight of summer being over as well!
I saw your previous installation with the Auxbeam control panel. But nice with a duo control to avoid running around. I'll have to check out Auxbeam more. I need to replace my Philips LED ramp on the roof that stopped working way too quickly. Then I'm curious about LED lighting around the van outdoors. Thanks for a nice video.
My first version was great, this double version is even better.
I’ve got in really well with the auxbeam lights. They have not given me issues and get a lot of use
Iv got the 12 gang switch and 3x led light bats 1x 20’ white only and 2x RGBW light bars so far very happy with the quality and service of Auxbeam 🤩👍🏻
The panels are excellent. I really enjoy mine, very useful asset in the van.
I'm starting to want it to be Arctic time right now...Forget New Year's and Christmas...let's go!🧊🥶
I feel that same! I’m counting down the days!
I think keeping it as it was with one bluetooth controller would be much better for me
I guess it depends on the persons use case for me I’ve really had no reason to use it outside of the vehicle and hardly use the Bluetooth on the old version, but some of my friends use the Bluetooth aspect quite a lot
Cool video and interesting Alex. Can’t believe it’s almost Arctic trip time again. Happy days. Love watching these videos through the winter months. All the best
I also can’t believe it’s almost Arctic time again! Can’t wait to get up there!
Auxbeam bluetooth 👍
Great feature, but I didn’t use it so much. I wasn’t too bothered about getting rid of it for two controllers instead
@@MispronouncedAdventures Actually think the Bluetooth app only controls the colour of the buttons anyway currently.
@Stainless316L you can turn on and off any circuit in the fuse board / controller with the Bluetooth
I see winter coming…
Nice update, good idea with the improved functionality. So no need to get into the cold cab when you can switch it from the bed.
Looking forward to your upcoming arctic adventues!
Definitely whilst I can now do the preheating from the bed as you’ve pointed out! My main intention was the axillary lighting.
Be even better with bluetooth and an app. Switch the lights on from your phone when already outside etc!!
My previous one did have Bluetooth, and I probably only use the Bluetooth about four or five times. But other people, it will be a far more important feature.
I think Internet connectivity would be a better feature for really remote access via an app. Bluetooth is still pretty localised.
Yay, More cold upgrade fun.
Nice idea on the bike.
Round three is coming and I can’t wait!
I would to love these in my next build, I wish they would add dimming option!
Dimming as in the backlight of the unit?
No as in of any lights that are connected. We out scene lights on our van build an 99% of the time they are too bright for when at a site. We have the ability with our current “switch” to dim them via the app. And most times they are as dim as possible and provide great campsite lighting. But the unit we use now has no hardware switch which also isn’t great lol. I suppose you could add an inline dimmer to the sunbeam but we do enjoy the ability to use the app as well.
I've just been watching some of your old vids. Particularly the Borneo ones. You really are an amazing guy, and so much hair!
You need to come visit my home, New Zealand!
Thank you very much for watching. Yes, the channel was originally built on why expedition work but didn’t really take off! It would be a bit on the tempting side now to actually produce another expedition series. And yes, I definitely had a lot more hair. It was down to the bottom of my back before I originally cut it.
I would love to visit New Zealand one day!
Awesome, already looking forward to your winter adventures😊
Me as well! I can’t wait to get out there!
I know of an automation tech who always makes a 20cm diameter(8" for the metric deniers) loop of any wire where it enters a cabinet. With everything looped it looks tidy and should he have to modify the setup later, he's got a bit of wire to work with.
Got myself a Vevor Diesel-powered car heater recently, and are working on fitting it in my Citroen Berlingo Electric van.
(Old 2014 model, 22.5KWh battery, so range is kind of limited. And using the regular heater in the winter... limits it even more... )
I'm almost looking forwards to February when the herring starts appearing on the coast. Being able to have a WARM van to thaw out in periodically will be incredible. (I fish from one of bridges on the Atlantic Ocean Road)
I'm also fitting a 50Ah 12V battery to run it so that I don't kill the 12V 'starter' battery in the car.
(it's needed to connect the 300V battery pack to the motor management system. No 12V = no go)
Yes I can definitely agree with the extra cable you can see from the cupboard. I did purposely leave quite a few slack areas and more or less there was enough space to do the rewiring just a few of them were a bit short.
Diesel heaters are definitely brilliant and very interesting to hear about a Citroen bingo electric van. What sort of range do you get on a 22.5kW battery
I definitely bet being able to go back to a warm van after fishing there, which sounds spectacular by the way would be nice!
Really cool van rock on
Cheers!
Nice job, but I always wince when I see people using power tools on small terminal blocks... those threads are so easy to overdrive and strip... 👀👀
That’s entirely fair, I do put the setting way down low and then manually tighten
Love this channel 😊
Thank you for the support!
Nice job! Very neat…,👏
Thank you very much!
Love the auxbeam stuff. Have a little 6 panel going in my t6. Great stuff mate.
Love the 3d printed integration 👍🏻
There control panels are definitely great kit. Thanks for watching!
That is so awesome nice work Alex 😊👍
Thanks for watching!
Great content. Well done!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
On the shopping list of things i need for the van, one of the many jobs that needs sorting 😂
Vans are always a never-ending list of jobs which need to be done!
Nice work froody 👍
Cheers legends!
Looks good - for your power switches for the system, an easy fix so that you can change the state on/off regardless of the switch position at the other panel is to replace the rocker switches with momentary switches connected to a latching relay which in turn will deliver the power to the ACC signal input on the Auxbeam 🙂. This way you don't need to run any extra cables to the dash.
Hang on, is this Rival campers based in LB?
That is a excellent idea. I love working with relays, but I’ve never actually worked with a latching one before, makes perfect sense using that in conjunction with a momentary switches!
Any recommended models?
@@MispronouncedAdventures Hi Alex, sure is Rival from LB! You should drop in some time!! Latching relays are really handy for this kind of thing :-)
Good updated, evolution in making stuff is hard pulling stuff apart but learning is cool part of it for me anyway, Till you test stuff properly in really life never know.
Switches system with the two panels good idea though, by no means a dig at Auxbeam & realise help pay for adventures and that which look mega trips. The Garmin power switch is excellent had just over a year in truck and car is brilliant really good, car play or phone controlled or there navigation units has trigger inputs I think a good product. Can link with physical switches but that’s going down the whole NMEA route which is amazing as you probably know.
Anyway nice one look forward too seeing you updates go steady.
Never heard of the Garmin power switch just had to Look it up. Looks like a really good bit of kit.
Auxbeam have been helpful for a supply of kit over the last few years, and generally I think aspects like there switch panels are pretty cost-effective and useful. I do know a few people who use the fuse boards to control their vans.
Collaborations like this are great for keeping costs down on trips, but also I generally believe in this a bit of equipment. And with two years experience which predecessor I am very happy.
Nice going, your van is super smart must be proud of it. Engine heater when up there bloody hell is a great idea ✊
@samhartfieldlewis5247 such an important feature is the engine preheater in those conditions! It was also a fun electrical project, getting them working from a scrapped Land Rover and retrofitting it
class video, thanks for sharing info on this new Auxbeam product. wish i was half as clever as you with electrical stuff. can i ask do do you power all your auxiliary lighting from your leisure batteries? i'm looking to run a similar lighting set up as yours, front lighting for off road driving and scene light for when i'm parked up. nice work Alex. looking forward to artic adventures part 3.👍👍👍👍👍
Yep, all of the auxiliary lighting is run-off the leisure circuit ( mainly as I wanted to be able to use the lights when driving or stationary and not worry about flattening the start of battery ) anything which is bound to vehicle lighting from button two such as hi Beam or fog lights is still powered off the leisure system just with a signal from the van side
@@MispronouncedAdventures awesome cheers Alex. That makes things easier for powering up extra lighting.👍👍👍
Nicely done as usual! Just an observation : 120k have you changed the cam-belt and wet belt yet?
Indeed I had it preemptively done at 111k
@@MispronouncedAdventures Awesome!
Thanks Alex another great vlog. Question, do you know if anyone has manufactured brackets for the auxbeam sidelights that can be used with uni strut roof bars preferably made out of aluminium?
Which type of sidelights? Many of the pods, I have come with a bracket which accepts a M8 bolt. I thought if you had the fixing which slots into the uni strut, you could bolt it directly through potentially.
Can’t wait til I’m this rich! 😭
I use the channel pay for trips like this and sponsors to help with equipment. I could never afford the Arctic trip without the income from RUclips based aspects. That’s only happened in the last year for the channel has got to that point.
@@MispronouncedAdventures wish I had it like you, good content
Really great video again your electrical knowledge is outstanding and great to see you share your knowledge. I’m looking at buying a new van to convert for a trip in Norway. Just wondered is your van front wheel drive or rear wheel ?
Thank you I have a real love playing with electric and plenty more electrical videos on the channel.
My van is a rear wheel drive transit which in winter conditions is an especially good for vans as the majority of their weight when loaded is over the rear axle. The opposite to cars where front wheel drive is often better in winter because the engine / weight is over the front wheels.
@@MispronouncedAdventures yeah I’ve been watching alot of your videos and your skill and passion for it shows throughout. Ah ok that’s good to know. That is what I thought but so many of the new vans now are fwd not sure why. Just struggling to find a rwd. The search will continue thanks for getting back to me i appreciate that
All the best on your search and yes a lot of vans are front wheel drive because it means you don’t need the driveshaft or rear differential so the rear load space can be increased. As an example on the Ford Transit you get an extra 10 cm of height in the rear of the van hold area if you have the front wheel drive model.
Just ordered an auxbeam controller 6 switch. Do you do auto electrical work as have a few projects i could do with a hand if you fancy a trip to Scotland😊
Hey, glad you have ordered one. Great bits of kit. I don’t really do auto electric installs for work at the moment. But I could make some recommendations if help needed
Did you say redoing the water? What part of the water system , is it the recirculating shower. I am just about to do mine based on your setup as you seemed to be happy. so am very interested in any improvements. No pressure but when do you think you will have a vid up..
Thanks Alex informative and enjoyable as always.
Aye, I’m mostly moving the main fresh water tank and making it smaller into the same cabinet as the hot water tank. I’m reorganising. The whole cabinet layout of hot water tank, cold fresh water, hot water heat exchanger. Just fit everything a bit better.
Not really changing the shower system Layout at. Just physically re-organising bits.
Have you thought of using a Shower sump and submersible pump like they have on boats. Combines the pump in a small tank with multiple inputs eg. 2 shower drains. If it works on boats should be fine in a van and takes up less room. It's something I will try.
@wj2827 yeah I have seen a get model by sea flow which do that. I would look into options if I was doing it again
Hi I’m currently up by artic circle now and came through Norway E6 route. Snow getting worse. But wanted a straight route back through Sweden which is straight and quick and safe any advice.
Sweden is definitely a easier and safer way to get south quickly. The E4 along the coast is usually kept pretty clear and clean.
what is the bluetooth function of the original if not to control it from a phone?
the Bluetooth function from the original is to control it from your phone. It’s just not a feature I particularly used often or needed myself, which is why I wasn’t fussed about losing it
Why didn’t you do the Bluetooth version?
They don’t currently have a Bluetooth version with the double control panels. For me personally it’s not a bit issue and I hardly used Bluetooth app on the old single version unit I had
Hi could you tell me what wifi unit you have and is it good wifi please if you could drop a link thanks
It’s a Huawei E5577 4G router which I ordered off Amazon
Thank you is that all you ues for wifi
Since you come to my cold and northern country every winter, why not install floor heating and stay a bit more comfortable?
In floor heating with your Webasto, just use anti freeze and not just water!
It’s definitely been on my considerations! Retrofitting in my case would be an absolute pain for me to do. Been considering ideas like retrofitting a secondary layer floor, or maybe even just come for a 12 V heated rug
Next van I will definitely be using the engine pre heater for More like heating my water tank and so on
@@MispronouncedAdventureswill your next van have all wheel drive ? That would be a game changer for your arctic trips.
@@MispronouncedAdventures
Just add it to the areas that are exposed and make it simple. The second floor idea is easy and doable as long as you have the high in your van that you can sacrifice.
@@tcs7678 I very much intend the next van to be all wheel drive transit. And I have some big plans. It will most definitely do an Arctic winter but the plans go far larger than that! Just need to figure out the capital for it! I might have to do quite a few power bank videos 😂😂😂
why cant you just make a switch for the controller?
You can, you could probably put a switch on the negative wire in the communications 4 core wire between the controller and the fuse box.
But effectively they’d have an official on/off signal wire for that particular scenario which is one I use.
Personally, though I prefer using that switch, so I can turn off all the circuits running and not just the controller itself
I did a bit of googling but struck out - any chance you could share the dimensions of the control panel and the main control unit? Thanks Alex :)
Control panel 64mm x 114mm
Main fuse board 171mm ( 205mm which mounting tabs ) x 122mm ( 136mm with upper and lower cover clips
More or less correct give or take a few millimetres.
I hope that helps
@@MispronouncedAdventures Close enough is close enough, thank you so much!
Now one more thing I forgot to ask about before, heh heh... Can you share a link to that 3D model for the control panel mount that you used/purchased? Thank you!
@@wanderingzythophile9083 sure
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/auxbeam-switch-panel-universal-mount-emap
Excellent, thank you!
they look nice, but IMO WWAY overpriced for what they are. it truly SUCKS that you can't choose to put your choice of fuses where you want them. i think i will pass on this one.
Circuit 1-2 are 30A, 3-8 are 20A each but labelled up 5A, 10A and 20A to prevent the end user from going over the board max wattage. Which is 720W at 12v. I don’t really see the layout as too much of an issue. A few of my low Amp circuits act as just signals to higher power circuits via a relay.
As for price, I would says the US $ price is so much better than the UK £ we get. But there isn’t too much comparable systems around on the uk market. The single auxbeam panel version can be around £130 on some uk places . Alternatives like CBE brand are £350+
Crappiest commercial ever.
Thank you for your comment but the analytics for this video and the amount of messages I’ve received about the unit would imply an opposite viewpoint to yours.