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Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby popuptoaster » Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:44 pm

I bought my van from a member on here, price was fair, van is good with one or two minor problems and I am perfectly happy with her so far. :)

She has to be my daily driver and I have limited space to park so much as I would like a larger van the shorty will do the job.

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Stuck some panel vibration damper on it.

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Smart split charge relay

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I have started fitting up the electrics temporarily to see what I need exactly and where I want to mount it all, eventually it will all be hidden away.

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Fairly heavy duty cable on the split charge relay because you can use it in an emergency to jump start the engine from the leisure battery, there is a big fuse at the front as well but it's in the battery box under the seat.

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This is the solar controller, hopefully picking up my solar panel tomorrow or Tuesday, in the mean time it works as a battery monitor. You run your electrics though it and it automatically charges the battery (and directs power to your system if the battery is charged) and it can be set to shut everything down if the battery voltage gets to low to save damaging the battery, you can also set it on a timer in case you don't want things running overnight or whenever.

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This is going to be the lighting in the back, these are 300 RGB LEDs on a 5m roll, while they can do lots of pretty colours and flash/fade effects they will do white and are dimmable, pull hardly any power and have a remote control, I may add some slightly warmer coloured spots for reading these can be a bit cold looking late at night.

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Started stuff the van with insulation, have run out now but will get some more and carry on, can't get on with building any interior fixings until the panels are all done.

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More pics as stuff develops.:)
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby popuptoaster » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:38 pm

Got the panel on.

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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby chappersdw » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:26 pm

Top work mate. I'm interested in a solar setup but not sure yet
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby Luke » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:41 pm

looks a good base van for it 8)

i always worry about the fibres from that insulation getting into the van - i was thinking of sealing it in a bin liner type bag on mine :idea:
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby TIMO » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:46 pm

Luke wrote:looks a good base van for it 8)

i always worry about the fibres from that insulation getting into the van - i was thinking of sealing it in a bin liner type bag on mine :idea:

im not a fan of rockwool meself with these conversions as they hold moisture .
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby popuptoaster » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:50 pm

I would use Kingspan if I could afford it or find enough of it in a skip, seems harder to find for free these day.
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby TIMO » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:54 pm

popuptoaster wrote:I would use Kingspan if I could afford it or find enough of it in a skip, seems harder to find for free these day.

it aint cheap,,, jablite polystyrene however is 8)
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby popuptoaster » Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:17 pm

I'll look into that cheers. :)

Possibly went overboard on the solar panel....
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Not bad for 10am, bright sunshine but still quite angled on the panel.
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby TIMO » Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:21 pm

Lovin the solar panel mate,,, i want :D
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby popuptoaster » Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:50 pm

Got scuffed yesterday, think it was when I was parked in Hornchurch, parked down a road with parked cars down both sides so i can only assume as it sticks out a bit more than a car someone hit it while going past. :(

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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby kalkat » Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:59 pm

bugger! :(
.......... hitting things since I was old enough to hold a hammer
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby KING OF ENGLAND » Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:02 pm

Like the solar panel mate
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Re: Mk6 dayvan/weekender conversion

Postby popuptoaster » Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:50 pm

Ebay, I don't know if i got the best deals or there is better gear but these are the links if you want to check them out. :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261833143505? ... EBIDX%3AIT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321469482212? ... EBIDX%3AIT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251997434006? ... EBIDX%3AIT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291065527670? ... EBIDX%3AIT

I have a better fuse box now although it's not fitted yet.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281750277793? ... EBIDX%3AIT
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