Gas compartment
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One of the things I find important about a camper is to be able to easily fill up gas for cooking, heating etc. I took my old LPG tank from my previous VW LT28 camper and installed it in the gas compartment. No need to switch bottles anymore, just fill it up at the gas station! The gas compartment has place for 2 bottles but I will never need a second bottle, so I installed a LPG outside filler connection in the free space. This way I didn't have to drill another hole in the camper. |
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Solar charger
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I didn't want to use my old Solar charger because I was looking for something better. I bought a Votronic MPP150 which can charge 2 battery banks at the same time (90 % bord battery, 10 % start battery). |
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Display panels
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I added two information panels mounted at the left wall just behind the cabine. On top is the solar information display
Votronic LCD Solar Display Order nr. 1216
. It gives information about how much power the solar cells are currently producing (amps or watts), voltage etc. Also the energy quantity produced over a period of time (in Ah of Wh) can be
showed.
Edit: as of March 2013 I replaced the battery computer by a Victron BMV 602S. |
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I added the Tiny Tach diesel tacho meter on the left side of the dashboard. |
Power inverter
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I installed a power inverter, converts 12V to 230V 300 Watt pure sine. There is also a (separate) automatic switch to switch between 230V from the inverter and 230V from the campground if available. The power inverter again came from the old VW LT28. |
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The schematics to connect campground power, own inverter power, automatic switch, battery, charger and 230V users all together. |
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Two household batteries
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I replaced the original 70 Ah household battery with 2 parallel 105 Ah batteries (VMF VDC31M), giving a total of 210 Ah. A little bit of rewiring was necessary for a good balance. |
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TV and satellite equipment
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I installed an LCD TV, 17 inch HD-ready with internal DVD-player (DQTv-W1700CI+DVD) and can be turned. Of course a good satellite receiver/decoder goes together with the TV: the Dreambox 600PVR with internal harddisk. Both were taken from my old VW LT28. Also some extra 12V sockets and a DVB-T areal socket were added.
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The Dreambox 600PVR satellite receiver/decoder with internal harddisk, smartcardreader and separate on/off switch. Left to it some extra 12V sockets and the DVB-T socket.
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I installed all of the dish equipment in the wardrobe's left side. Here you see the control unit for the Maxview Omnisat Semitronic. This unit controls the motor for the elevation of the satellite dish and has a handy digital readout (degrees of elevation) and two buttons for up and down. Left to it is the mast of the satellite dish. This is used to manually turn around the dish. Behind the mast there is an elevation chart for looking up the correct elevation of i.e. the Astra 1 and Astra 2 satellites all over Europe. |
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I installed all of the DVB-T areal equipment in the wardrobe's right side. Here you see the power inserter for the DVB-T areal Triax UFO 120. This unit powers the internal amplifier of the DVB-T areal on the roof. Left to it is the mast for the DVB-T areal. This mast can be used to increase the height of the DVB-T areal. |
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Microwave oven
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I installed a Microwave oven in the top of the wardrobe. Only for use on campgrounds! |
Radio and acc switch
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I replaced the original radio with this JVC radio/DVD player (model: KD-AVX2) which has a built-in monitor (for viewing DVD, rear view camera, ...). It has two accessories: an Ipod interface (model: JVC KS-PD100, for connecting and controlling an Apple Ipod) and a DAB-unit (JVC KT-DB1000) for DAB reception.
The radio is powered by the bord battery, not the start battery, this way you can use the radio on solar power for extended periods.
There is also an IR remote control. All stuff was taken from the old VW LT28.
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Schematics for acc switch. |
