It was more or less a straight swap, the old remote dash unit does the job, so I can monitor at a glance still. Battery cables layout slightly different but easy to follow pictorial instructions.
Fired the van up, no explosion! Result!
Still had to set type of battery but the improved layout of the function buttons made that easy as well. It needed a few minutes to adjust and start working but all went well.
It seems the new system uses less energy, and if alls well it powers down the dash board.
Things to sort:
As the new unit has the MPPS controller I'll need to re wire the LED lights into the system. These were powered direct from the solar panel via old MPPS unit.
I've bought a new fuse box for that reason again an updated version which has led warning lights on each fuse should they fail, making life a lot easier!
So will sort that once I've finalised where I am going to mount the sterling unit prior to rebuild. Probably higher than currently to make life easier to service adjust etc.
We're going for a 4' 6" bed which will give us about 10" of storage at the side.
Along the length of the bed. The bed will be positioned high enough to allow the fridge to fit underneath and to the front of the van, offside is where the Propex Heater is, nearside the Leisure Battery is housed.
The rest of the space under the bed will house pull out boxes for storage and a full kitchen unit that will slide out to the back under that rear hatch, band possibly pull out fully to use under fiamma awning , using baynet LPG fittings for cooking etc. In either position.
This means that we won't need the 2 RIB single bed/ seats a shame but a proper bed will be better for our aging bones! Both front seats swivel so we still have seating when parked up but we might also build the bed so that it can be turned into a sofa during the day. Sort of depends how high it has to be for the fridge!
