Tam n pups winter trip 2022

[Onemanandhisdog]

Not bad stop for an overnight . View attachment 801345View attachment 801346

A mile or two from my house.

 

[Northernraider]

Day 1, sorting out the 240v side of things, we've replaced the mains inlet , fitted an rcd, and ran a socket from that to where we are putting the battery charger. Sorted out the 240v wiring at the control panel .

Jade was helping , the other 2 having a lazy day.

Spotted 3 foxes in the field next door to lennys just now when walking dogs. Pics not very clear as had to zoom in so as not to scare them off

 

[Littlewheels]

You having Spaghetti for dinner Tam

 

[Just smiffy]

One look at that and If it weren’t for Lenny I would have put the panel back on and said let’s go to the pub…

 

[Northernraider]

You having Spaghetti for dinner Tam

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One look at that and If it weren’t for Lenny I would have put the panel back on and said let’s go to the pub…

Its actually quite straight forward once you suss it out . Only 4 cables fir the 240v side of things , the 12v side is a little more complicated

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[Dutch 68]

Its actually quite straight forward once you suss it out . Only 4 cables fir the 240v side of things , the 12v side is a little more complicated

Most things are simple when you sussed it lol, electrics will never be one of them

 

[Podney]

Jeeez,all those blooomin wires! Are you sure uncle Lenny’s not put a time bomb in there so you don’t trouble him in the future. I wouldn’t know where to start….that guy must be a genius!

 

[Just smiffy]

I’d cut the blue wire….

 

[Mr porky]

Wow lenny I'm impressed. Good luck. I know my skill set and its not that. Have fun. You are very lucky tam that you have such a great resource in him. What's the damage a nice bottle of single malt.

 

[Lenny HB]

Certainly interesting the way the the van is wired, mains inlet on one side of the van with the RCD in the control panel on the other side at least a 5m wiring run. RCD is supposed to be withing a metre of the input.

No fuse or MCB on the mains side at all, the mains connections were all ¼" push-ons, I reckon a heavy load like a kettle or fan heater had been plugged into a socket and the push-ons were a bit loose which caused arcing and the burnt out wires.

The back cover on the mains inlet was all melted probably due to proximity behind the fire, I just happened to have one around so new mains inlet fitted.
New consumer unit with RCD and 10 amp double pole MCB fitted in the wardrobe immediately abve the inlet just got to tidy the wiring up and sort out the wiring in the control panel so it's safe.

P. S. Tam's wine is a lot better than Gary's.

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[Li150]

Certainly interesting the way the the van is wired, mains inlet on one side of the van with the RCD in the control panel on the other side at least a 5m wiring run. RCD is supposed to be withing a metre of the input.

No fuse or MCB on the mains side at all, the mains connections were all ¼" push-ons, I reckon a heavy load like a kettle or fan heater had been plugged into a socket and the push-ons were a bit loose which caused arcing and the burnt out wires.

The back cover on the mains inlet was all melted probably due to proximity behind the fire, I just happened to have one around so new mains inlet fitted.
New consumer unit with RCD and 10 amp double pole MCB fitted in the wardrobe immediately abve the inlet just got to tidy the wiring up and sort out the wiring in the control panel so it's safe.

Haven’t a clue what you’re talking about but I’m impressed. Keep up the good wor.

 

[Northernraider]

Haven’t a clue what you’re talking about but I’m impressed. Keep up the good wor.

In layman's terms


The italians are shite at building motorhomes. And their electrics is well dodgy.

 

[CazPaul]

That’s great news that the electrics are being sorted and hopefully one less worry for you now Tam, especially with all you have going on around you at the minute.

Luckily our old van has had no problems hopefully the Germans know a bit more than the Italians at building em, otherwise I’m en route to Lenny’s gaff, via Just smiffy house to pick up some wine for him on the way .

 

[Just smiffy]

It’s not my fault Germany make shite wine….

 

[Shrimp]

Haven’t Italian electrics always been a bit suspect?
I’m thinking back to Italian motorbikes 60s era!

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[pagey]

Haven’t Italian electrics always been a bit suspect?
I’m thinking back to Italian motorbikes 60s era!

Yes look at fiat's of the 2010 to present era

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

en route to Lenny’s gaff, via @Just smiffy house to pick up some wine for him on the way

Do you want the drawbridge to be up?

 

[scotzsue]

In layman's terms


The italians are shite at building motorhomes. And their electrics is well dodgy.

Now he tells us, on our second Italian van, we ar however happy with it although the mcb or whatever it is, is behind a drawer so can be awkward if it trips. It was interesting to see that it is piped for a gas cooker in there too, anyone fancy removing their oven if the electric trips

 

[cyberyacht]

Does the van come with a wiring diagram or a Woman's Realm knitting pattern?

 

[berni109]

You can only make that sort of mess with crochet if it were knitted it would be far more uniform.

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[Onemanandhisdog]

come on, wet old day on the south coast, how have you got on?

 

[Dutch 68]

come on, wet old day on the south coast, how have you got on?

They have to be on bottle 4 by now?

 

[Northernraider]

come on, wet old day on the south coast, how have you got on?

Well because it's been a wet old day we couldn't do the bits we wanted to do .

But the 240v side is now all complete .

Few other bits done

 

[Just smiffy]

Why’s the radio coming out…?

 

[Figaro]

Why’s the radio coming out…?

Milo looks guilty as hell

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[Northernraider]

Why’s the radio coming out…?

I was trying to access the heater switch as the heater doesn't work. But I'm replayed stereo and fitting USB sockets etc so I'm fiddling with all that while lenny does the serious stuff

 

[gus-lopez]

as the heater doesn't work.

could well be the resistor .

 

[Northernraider]

could well be the resistor .

Yeah that seems the likely suspect .

 

[Minxy]

Does the van come with a wiring diagram or a Woman's Realm knitting pattern?

You can only make that sort of mess with crochet if it were knitted it would be far more uniform.

I was thinking more like macrame!

 

[Northernraider]

Panel refitted now. I'll sort a small square of aluminium later to cover that hole where the old rcd was.

Fitting a new led light under this shelf and adding an extra 12v cigar socket to power my media player. There was an exsisting 12v socket for the TV and a USB plug here. So now there will be 2 plus USB and a light as there's not many lights in this van other than the huge ugly ceiling lamps that are fluorescent and I plan to change those later.

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