Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:41:57 -0400
Reply-To: Andrew Graydon <andrew@GRAYDONS.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Andrew Graydon <andrew@GRAYDONS.CA>
Subject: Re: Fiamma and Aux Battery Kits, in Canada
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Hi Jason, I just went through this last year, and a friend of mine with a
Synchro is currently doing it, on the awnings and there is no reseller I
could find of Fiamma in Canada. There are many dealers for Dometic awnings
however and on first glance they seem to be OK.
I went with the BusDepot Ezy-Awning (Plus Size) and love it so much I'm
getting delivery of the front and side walls tomorrow !
As to the Aux Battery kit, I just put an Aux Battery in my '82 Diesel and
between this list and many other sources put it together very easily
without any kits. I went with;
Components
* 38ah AGM battery (similar to Werker battery)
* 4 gauge wire from starting battery (on a diesel this is in the engine
compartment) to battery junction box behind/under drivers seat.
* Yandina C100 from the battery junction box behind/under drivers seat to
the aux battery positive.
* 2/6/12A Battery Charger directly to aux battery and plugged in under the
sink in the spare 110V socket
* 200W Inverter to aux battery
* Aux battery to aux fuse panel
* Aux Fuse panel to 12V accessories (4xUSB connector box by passangers,
light over counter, 4xcigarette lighter/2xUSB on dash)
* Wire from 87 on fridge relay to fuse panel (camper panel and faucet)
* Wire traced back under carpet to radio and original cigarette lighter on
dash) (Had to do this as the original fuses for these were joined on other
driving circuits)
This has been working nicely for me and I was able to get everything here
between Princess Auto (welding cable is 4 gauge) with just the Yandina
coming from the US.
The setup is very nice with the aux battery being charged when the
alternator is running, and the starting battery charging when it's plugged
in to shore power.
Only changing that one wire on the original relay means that I have 12V
power to the fridge when the alternator is running, but not when I'm parked
so it doesn't drain the aux battery. However, the light, camper panel and
faucet work off the aux battery so I can actually use them when stopped !
I have extra room on the aux fuse panel as things change and can always
upgrade the inverter if I need more power when stopped.
Andrew
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Andrew Graydon
Mail : andrew@graydons.ca
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