2000 Mk5 Transit HiCube Minibus - First Conversion Project

[ake]

The thinners wire which goes to the taps should have a small (2 or 5 amp) fuse in it, as close to its connection to the thicker cable as possible.
Otherwise the thinner cable could be overloaded in the event of a fault, but now blow the larger fuse feeding the pump, leading to a fire situation

[Kedishen]

The thinners wire which goes to the taps should have a small (2 or 5 amp) fuse in it, as close to its connection to the thicker cable as possible.
Otherwise the thinner cable could be overloaded in the event of a fault, but now blow the larger fuse feeding the pump, leading to a fire situation

Safety first so extra fuses are always good.

But as the tap wires are only activating the relay, is it completely necessary?

[ake]

The thinners wire which goes to the taps should have a small (2 or 5 amp) fuse in it, as close to its connection to the thicker cable as possible.
Otherwise the thinner cable could be overloaded in the event of a fault, but now blow the larger fuse feeding the pump, leading to a fire situation

Safety first so extra fuses are always good.

But as the tap wires are only activating the relay, is it completely necessary?

Yes, there will be quite a few metres of cable by the time it's all wired, any cable should be fused slightly lower than its nominal capacity to prevent the possibly of Fire.

[paultrademark]

The thinners wire which goes to the taps should have a small (2 or 5 amp) fuse in it, as close to its connection to the thicker cable as possible.
Otherwise the thinner cable could be overloaded in the event of a fault, but now blow the larger fuse feeding the pump, leading to a fire situation

Thanks for info, I will chop it and shove a couple in

[paultrademark]

Still not been doing anything on the van, weather still crap and am skint after Christmas etc plus working alot.

Got 3 months yet before it's first planned outing anyway....

On the other hand, got the insurance changed over to a Ford Transit Based DIY Motorhome.

Also got the V5 changed by the DVLA to Motor Caravan, only took 9 days from sending it away too

Hopefully get on with it next month...

[paultrademark]

It's getting there, probably over 90% done now, just need the better weather for a week or 2 so I can get other bits finished.. main one being fixing 2 solar panels to the roof!

http://trademarkmobile.blogspot.co.uk/

First outing in 30 days time... no pressure

[paultrademark]

Panels on. Hopefully they stay on

[Kedishen]

Over time, the paint on fibreglass roof tends to flake off.. Did you rub the paint down to the point where u could see fibreglass? I scraped the paint on mine off with a stanley blade as the whole roof was flaking (and since being in Portugal, most of paint has fallen off fibreglass!!!) and then crisscrossed the area with the blade. I also bonded all the skylights directly to fibreglass as all the leaks I had were caused by the paint coming away from roof... Just food for thought.

Also the sikaflex whilst still wet can be shaped and cleaned using the white spirits.

I let the sikaflex set for 2 weeks before i moved my van but it was quite cold when I put it on and I also used sikaflex 512, slightly different but no more or less capable.

[paultrademark]

I rubbed down a fair bit and scored both surfaces too, hopefully they will stay on

Nearly finished now, just few finishing touches then first trip away next weekend.

Having a problem wiring up the 12V fridge to an ignition live, I don't need a split charge system as the solar panels will do me (for now anyway).

Someone said I could take it from a box under the glove box, I've got easy access to this bit on the van due to the now defunct reversing camera (which has all its wiring there), so perhaps I could take it from that?

How can I easily test what wire is best to connect it to, so that it only comes on and powers the fridge when the van is running?

[Kedishen]

Stick a multimeter or a 12v bulb on the end of it and turn on ignition.

I forget what type fridge you have, but one of those old style electrolux/dometic fridges pull about 6.5 amps, a newer compressor fridge about 2-3amps. Make sure you wires are capable of this. Standard wiring for most fridge runs is 4mm, maybe even 6mm depending on length of run.

[paultrademark]

Stick a multimeter or a 12v bulb on the end of it and turn on ignition.

I forget what type fridge you have, but one of those old style electrolux/dometic fridges pull about 6.5 amps, a newer compressor fridge about 2-3amps. Make sure you wires are capable of this. Standard wiring for most fridge runs is 4mm, maybe even 6mm depending on length of run.

Cheers, all done today

http://trademarkmobile.blogspot.co.uk/

[Kedishen]

Jobs a goodun.

I do like your shower room. Its such a pain in the arse not having a plastic wetroom in my van. Even though everything is sealed laminated wood , I hate having to wipe it all round afterwards, inc movin toitlet etc so I have shower curtains all the way round which stick to me when they are wet... rather annoying :/

Now, go forth and wild camp Don't forget those 4.99 collapsable BBQ from Lidl..

[paultrademark]

Jobs a goodun.

I do like your shower room. Its such a pain in the arse not having a plastic wetroom in my van. Even though everything is sealed laminated wood , I hate having to wipe it all round afterwards, inc movin toitlet etc so I have shower curtains all the way round which stick to me when they are wet... rather annoying :/

Now, go forth and wild camp Don't forget those 4.99 collapsable BBQ from Lidl..

Thanks, will be away on Thursday off up to Inverness via Glencoe to a festival for the weekend, can't wait

And thanks again for all your help and advise during the build

[paultrademark]

Just a little update, van is being going well and was away weeks at a time in it last summer and already had it's first trip out in it this year...

http://trademarkmobile.blogspot.co.uk/

Anyone have an idea where I can find out the actual height of the van?

[transitandy]

A good thread m8y