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by **Muttley** » Mon May 29, 2017 8:41 pm

I made up a little charging and 240V set up, bottom battery is fed by split charge and is connected to 2 inverters 1000w and 500w. the top battery is able to be charged and used for jump starts as well

I can run my angle grinder, compressor and drill now and a;so charge my cordless stuff

by **andz327** » Mon May 29, 2017 8:53 pm

Muttley wrote:I made up a little charging and 240V set up, bottom battery is fed by split charge and is connected to 2 inverters 1000w and 500w. the top battery is able to be charged and used for jump starts as well

I can run my angle grinder, compressor and drill now and a;so charge my cordless stuff

Think your inverters maybe need more cool air stuffed in like that , suppose it depends on how long there on for
Give yer side door contacts a wee clean mate

andZ3 Sony Z3

by **Muttley** » Mon May 29, 2017 9:22 pm

They have little fans in them and they only run with the door open, clean contacts? If it aint broke dont fix it :wink:

by **knobby1** » Mon May 29, 2017 11:51 pm

Fitted some idiot gauges last week...

Volts, oil pressure and turbo boost sorted.. :mrgreen:

I like to know what's going on so I can get things looked at before they become a major issue.

20170530_084132.jpg

As can be seen, cold idle oil pressure is 70psi...pretty good I believe....when warmed up it drops to ~30-35psi.

Max turbo boost at full throttle/load is just shy of 22 psi...she's making a nice amount of torque & neddies.. :mrgreen:

Lord Knobrot

by **andz327** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:06 am

At 322k I dont think I would want to know oil pressure, probably scare me

andZ3 Sony Z3

by **knobby1** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:43 am

andz327 wrote:At 322k I dont think I would want to know oil pressure, probably scare me

LOL...mines just gone past 111,000km so only ~68k miles or so....just run in..! Engine still feels, sounds and drives well...no complaints from me. :mrgreen:

Lord Knobrot

by **ned** » Tue May 30, 2017 8:24 am

knobby1 wrote:Fitted some idiot gauges last week...

Volts, oil pressure and turbo boost sorted.. I like to know what's going on so I can get things looked at before they become a major issue.

20170530_084132.jpg

As can be seen, cold idle oil pressure is 70psi...pretty good I believe....when warmed up it drops to ~30-35psi.

Max turbo boost at full throttle/load is just shy of 22 psi...she's making a nice amount of torque & neddies..

Lord Knobrot

Nice, how did you plumb in the boost gauge. N

by **Tango330** » Tue May 30, 2017 1:08 pm

nedforceone wrote:
knobby1 wrote:Fitted some idiot gauges last week...

Volts, oil pressure and turbo boost sorted.. I like to know what's going on so I can get things looked at before they become a major issue.

20170530_084132.jpg

As can be seen, cold idle oil pressure is 70psi...pretty good I believe....when warmed up it drops to ~30-35psi.

Max turbo boost at full throttle/load is just shy of 22 psi...she's making a nice amount of torque & neddies..

Lord Knobrot

Nice, how did you plumb in the boost gauge. N

Aye, my thoughts too N, it's all a black art to me, how'd ya do it Konbby :?:

by **loot** » Tue May 30, 2017 1:19 pm

Tango330 wrote:
nedforceone wrote:
knobby1 wrote:Fitted some idiot gauges last week...

Volts, oil pressure and turbo boost sorted.. I like to know what's going on so I can get things looked at before they become a major issue.

20170530_084132.jpg

As can be seen, cold idle oil pressure is 70psi...pretty good I believe....when warmed up it drops to ~30-35psi.

Max turbo boost at full throttle/load is just shy of 22 psi...she's making a nice amount of torque & neddies..

Lord Knobrot

Nice, how did you plumb in the boost gauge. N

Aye, my thoughts too N, it's all a black art to me, how'd ya do it Konbby

A question has popped into my head

Does the map sensor give out a similar signal to the gauge sensor?

I'll just leave that there for you. :mrgreen:

by **ned** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:01 pm

I know you can tap a boost gauge into the vacuum but I would prefer to know exactly what the boost pressure is, map sensor is that the one on the intercooler (mk6 and god knows where on mk7)

I had an idea t'other week, if I drill and fit red leds to my skull gear knob could I link it to light up when the van is on boost

Me thinks his lordship should do 'an idiots guide to fitting a boost gauge, oil pressure gauge' for people like me who don't quite understand the dark art of gauges :lol:

N

by **ned** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:08 pm

I hate my f*** van or should I say my van f*** hates me, 15 mile drive home it much have cut out 20 times or more

N

by **dirtydog** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:43 pm

nedforceone wrote:I hate my f*** van or should I say my van f*** hates me, 15 mile drive home it much have cut out 20 times or more N

Ha! Mine only went into limp mode once today!

by **loot** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:47 pm

My gentleman's van never missed a beat :lol:

by **ned** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:55 pm

Yeah Mr Loot not missed a beat yet, wait till you get some miles on it and it will be like BJT's limp biscuit :wink:

N

by **ned** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:56 pm

dirtydog wrote:
nedforceone wrote:I hate my f*** van or should I say my van f*** hates me, 15 mile drive home it much have cut out 20 times or more N

Ha! Mine only went into limp mode once today!

Only once oooh you lucky bugger :wink:

I threatened mine with fire at one point. N

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