We have mains electrickery!

Nothing runs off it mind lol!
At the moment any way , I will probably get the Waeco mains adapter for when we are parked up on holidays . But this is as complicated as my 12 & 240 volt set up will get. The solar panel gauge show volts in and out and the leisure Battery is directly wired to the solar panel. That will always keep it reasonably charged ( 140amp panel) 7 LED lights are also wired directly to solar panel when all on it shows a load of just 0.1 amps.
When we had zig units and gauges everywhere only time I took any notice was when something went wrong!
We've never used all power up on the leisure Battery even on 80's tech !
Don't go on holiday to watch TV even in this country so as long as the fridge works .............

Fridge

Got a good deal on the new CRX 60 Waeco, the extra 10 Ltr capacity is in the depth. Which means the offside cabinets will need to be 60cm deep to allow the air gap etc. I'm fitting it over the wheel arch when I build the cabinets.

So decided I'd temp wire it today, at full throttle it's not that noisy you'd hear it at night when on but the new built in fan is quiet .

We will probably go down to Cornwall in September for a week so will take the fridge (strapped to the rear seat frame for travelling!) And slum it in our posh new van ha ha!

Re Wire

Initially I kept all the wiring outside of the panel convincing myself that if I needed access it would be easier! Self doubt I suppose. But today I'd had enough it looks untidy and unprofessional to me so I decided to run it all behind the panel!
I haven't screwed the panel on properly thank goodness. So it was easy enough to release.
I had to undo the the two positive and one negative lead from the box which is a bit of a pain, but I took a photo and numbered the positive wires.

I've run the wires through the small grey plastic panel at the bottom of the C post.
If you follow the line of the wheel arch inside you'll find an opening which will enable you to bring the wires up and into the middle section of the lower panel . I then just routed the wires between the Dacron insulation to the end and out through a convenient hole to the electric box.
It now looks a lot better!

Mains wiring

So, we have 240v input! Didn't want to cut a hole in the bodywork so opted for the continental version under the rear bumper.
Thought about it a lot , wet knees, grovelling around etc etc. But actually it's not that bad don't actually have kneel to attach mains cable.
Had to drill one hole through floor inside, the rest was routing the cable away from exhaust and make sure cable wouldn't rub on any metal work.
I've run one cable under the wood floor to the nearside for a domestic plug not sure where it will be placed but will wire a socket onto it so I can get an electrician to check it and certify it for me ( Mr Butt this hopefully means you if your reading this ha ha) plus I need a cable to connect it to mains, infact I need an adapter for three pin as well !

Before screwing all together it got the obligatory coating of Dinitrol and kurust around the cuts. 

View of socket just under the bonnet.

Cable routed through floor and a couple of convenient holes above the exhaust

There was a plastic cover to the nearside by the tyre hanger so I routed the cable into that then back to the plug. I also drilled a couple of holes in the plastic either side of the exhaust hanger and secured the cable with a couple of zipties. Again this secured the cable away from the exhaust and stops any rubbing.

What a bloody mess!

Spent most of afternoon finishing mains wiring, just need to attach seperate earth point which is hanging. I forgot ! Then ran gas pipe for Propex Heater easy enough bending 8mm by hand over the wheel arch. Then just used pipe bender for a couple of bends to align with input at heater end and a 90 deg. bend which takes it under the rear of the floor to the nearside where the bottle will be, and then on to kitchen.
I then lagged it with the bubble wrap insulation leaving the joints free until it's all tested.

Bit o wiring!

Decided to drop the electrics down low as we are putting a loo in that corner ( old age catching me up!)
So there is a bit of wasted space down behind where the loo will sit. So I now have a much better space above to fit a shallow cupboard above. I've left the solar panel control up there as that will be the only thing that might be checked regularly.

Just noticed the solar control, it is straight honest! Ha ha 

We have solar lighting!

Nearly have the rear offside panel secure, but broke my last small drill bit!
Why is it that there is only four pre drilled holes to avoid yet I managed to hit two!
So as I can't be bothered to go to local b&q ( already been to two trying to get 3mm ply)  I decided to mount the solar panel control box and hook the LED lights into it, the power supply was from main battery on a temporary fix. So I had the choice of hooking them into leisure battery or solar.
Six LED 's are only drawing 0.1 amps when all on which will hardly happen as they are very bright. So they can stay hooked into the solar panel so we can see if they would better on leisure battery or not.
Learning something everyday!!!