Campervan 12V Electrics Install (We Have Power!) | Transit Van Conversion E22
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2021
- We've been looking forward to this one for a while! It's time to install our campervan 12V electrics system and actually get some power into our van! 🚐
We had already run wires around the van as part of our pre-wiring so this time we just needed to make a board to house our 12V van electrics setup, which includes our MPPT charge controller, Lynx Distributor, DC-DC charger and 12V fuse block (and a few switches). In the video we run through the simplified version of our wiring diagram.
Our van electrical system uses 2x 100aH LiFePo4 batteries wired in parallel to double the capacity, paired with 525W of solar panels on the roof.
The moment of turning on the main switch for the first time will forever be one of our most satisfying moments of the entire van build 🙂
Disclaimer: We're not electricians so everything we've put together for our campervan electricial system is the result of research from various different resources - always do your own research on how to install electrics in your own campervan and consult an electrician in your locality if you're in any doubt :)
Thanks for watching! Any comments or questions? Let us know below!
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Products used in this video (includes affiliate links *):
↠ Victron Lynx Distributor - geni.us/BRX0 (Amazon)
↠ Victron MPPT 100/50 - geni.us/0JE2o (Amazon)
↠ Victron Orion 12/12-30 - geni.us/6u2CH (Amazon)
↠ Victron BMV 712 Battery Monitor and 500A Shunt - geni.us/4PxBFN (Amazon)
↠ Renogy 175w Solar Panels - geni.us/YfXF (Amazon)
↠ Blue Sea 6006 Battery Switch - geni.us/KNpAfSd (Amazon)
↠ Blue Sea Fuse Hub - ebay.us/82Ohou
↠ Battery Terminal Fuse - geni.us/9uLRK (Amazon)
↠ Lithium (LiFePo4) Batteries - www.ksenergy.co.uk/store/prod...
↠ Wire Strippers - geni.us/9v1Bs (Amazon)
↠ Ferrule Crimp Tool - geni.us/qaqN (Amazon)
↠ Wire Ferrules - ebay.us/2SRaoE
↠ Heat Shrink Crimp Tool - geni.us/cL4uFP (Amazon)
↠ Adhesive Lined Heat Shrink - ebay.us/Ap6huk
↠ Heat Shrink Crimp Terminals - ebay.us/dQYD0Q
↠ Heavy Duty Crimp Tool - www.12voltplanet.co.uk/heavy-...
↠ 100A Red Isolator switches (we bought from eBay, similar listings ebay.us/zHqIzS, or www.12voltplanet.co.uk/batter...)
↠ Wire/Cable - mostly from ebay.us/WtL24D and www.12voltplanet.co.uk/cable....
↠ Nylon P Clips - ebay.us/beXZQr
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All the different bits of kit and products we used in the video should be linked in the description, thanks for watching! 🙂
I've watched many of these solar install demos, many from the 'solar gurus' of YT, but if I could only have access to one, I believe I might choose yours for comprehensiveness, detail and simplicity. Well done, indeed!
Wow, thank you for the kind words, really glad you found it helpful 🙂There are lots of great resources out there that were really useful to us, so if we can give something useful back that's great 😊
Agree. This and your pre-wring video are really helping me out! Anyway tp get that hand drawn schematic emailed??
@@SeanBarron38 Hey, yeah sure if you message us on instagram we can send it to you 👍
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Very nice. Should get a Flux compacitor, it's the future.
Cheers! Yeah that would be a good addition, it would go nicely with our back to the future style hot water controller 😛
hi guys just subscribed after this video was suggested.. very clear and helpful thanks!
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙂
23:26 - "I'm really happy with the way that's turned out" So you should be; that board is a thing of beauty and a tribute to your many hours of research. Really well done. 👏
Thank you! Yeah it was very satisfying for sure. There's lots of graft and groundwork for every project in the van so the moments where you actually get to see the fruits of all the hard work are really rewarding 🙂
Nice vid guys congrats. Hopefully we will be switching on soon too...
Cheers, and cool good luck with it! 🙂
I just came across your video on CZcams and watched the 12v electrics install! Super precise, very well thought out & simply explained & demonstrated! Awesome - great job!
Thank you very much! 😀
What an absolutely brilliant diagram and explanation of the power, I get it!!!
Cheers! Glad to hear it! 😀
This video is exactly what I was looking for. My setup is very similar, just much messier and not complete. Ha! This is great.
Cheers 😀👍
I caught myself smiling right along with you as you powered it up for the first time. Well done, folks. Cheers from Canada.
Thank you! It was a very rewarding moment for sure! 😀
We really love your CZcams about Campervan 12V Electrics Install (We Have Power!) | Transit Van Conversion E22!!!❤👍
Thank you, glad you like it! 🙂
Congratulations, great job! Teamwork
Thank you! :)
Really useful. You work very well together - your vlogs are a pleasure to watch!
Cheers, thanks for watching 😊
So humble, concise, honest and informative. I've watched at least 2000 CZcams vids on all aspects of van builds and was cringing at the notion of yet another "van couple." You guys actually gave us something here (and in a few other vids) sans the cringe. Thanks!
Haha, thank you! Glad we were able to give something new, there are a lot of builds out there! 😄
Can see the happiness in his eyes while he turned in that switch. You both do good! THX. I m on my way to feel the same in some days. Enjoy life fellaz🦦🪩🧻
BTW: finally someone talks about the fuse that were used! GOLD👍👍👍
Cheers! And yeah it was a very satisfying moment after all the research that went into it, it's those moments that are so great about doing everything yourself. Enjoy yours! 🙂 And haha thanks 😛👍
@@SelfBuiltStories Hey ho again. I got a question: Will the MPPT shut down by itself when the battery is fully charged? How did you make sure it will not charge any longer when your battery is full? Thanks in advance!
@@roadboogie It never shuts down as such but it has a 3 stage charging profile. You configure all the settings in the app to match your batteries, and then when it's charging it goes through from bulk (fast charge at maximum current) to absorption (constant voltage with current slowly decreasing) and finally float (voltage and current reduced). So once the batteries are charged it just happily sits there in float mode keeping them topped up. You set it once and then pretty much just forget about it (unless you're like us and like to always check how much power you're getting 😛)
Congratulations !!! And what a nice and friendly video! There is a bit of confidence given due to me doing my first solar powered camper space. Thank you for sharing!
No problem! Good luck with your build 👍🙂
Thankyou thankyou!! You have totally untangled this process for me…pardon the pun!! Such a good video!
You're welcome! 🙂
Thanks for that, I'm using all same electronics that you are using and everything is almost identical, same brand, same capacity, except the solar panels size which are a little bigger and the lithium battery that I'm using is a single 200 Ah lithium iron unlike your double 100 Ah. Other than that I'm following your tutorial to the letter from the start of my project as I think that it is the best tutorial on CZcams by far. Thanks again and will be in touch when we start our adventure around Australia now, and who knows, TOMORROW THE WORLD !!!!!!! Cheers, Luis & Susy
No problem, and awesome good luck with it all! Haha yeah, many adventures await! 😀
I’ve watched many videos on this subject, and yours is definitely one of the best!!!! Thanks!!!!!!
You're welcome, and cheers! 🙂
Best Campervan electrical install I’ve seen. Simply and easy to understand. Thank you so much 😊
You're welcome, so happy you found it useful! 🙂
Very precise and concise, right down to be use of isopropyl alcohol! I don’t quite have your £’s but it’s a great place to start. Thanks.
Cheers! We like to do a thorough job if we can, good luck!
You two are absolutely brilliant!
Thanks for the video. Keep it up guys!
Haha, thank you! We'll try to 😊
So thoroughly well executed and explained. Thank you for the effort.
No problem, thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Loved this! You did an amazing job. Very tidy!
Thanks a lot! 🙂
Connecting that ground and then having that super tidy connection to the Lynx must have been super satisfying. Nice job.
It was! 😀 And thanks!
You guys are awesome. Fantastic video, looking forward to watching your adventures.
Stay happy healthy and fluid.
Thank you very much 🙂
This is an excellent tutorial guys. Thanks for sharing. Awesome job 👏
Thanks and no problem! Glad you liked it 🙂
Such a well explained video you guys well done. As has been said before there are loads of these types of videos going around but you have done a great job in structuring and presenting the info in such a way that’s so digestible and easily understood. Well done
Cheers, glad you think so. It makes the time spent editing it worthwhile 🙂
I'm half way through the video (11:17) and thinking what a beautiful and amazing job you're doing. Definitely at the very top of my list of channels to help me with my build. First the bed, then this. Absolutely amazing.
Thank you very much! We do love our bed 😄 Glad you're enjoying the videos 🙂👍
Great, GREAT video guys!! Loved watching it going together. You guys do a REALLY nice job of explaining. But also willing to stop everything your doing to shoot the video for us is REALLY time consuming when you just want to crank this thing out!! So Thanks for taking the time to film and edit!
Thank's a lot! It is definitely really time consuming and makes the whole build a lot slower to film and edit it like you say, so we really appreciate your comment as it makes it all worthwhile when people are enjoying the videos 🙂
very good Intall
Thanks!
Now that's an outstanding video. The product links etc. as well. Cheers, guys!
Thanks a lot, and you're welcome! 🙂
Always smiling, really clear explanations, it’s a real pleasure to follow your adventure. You deserve more viewers ! Thanks !
Thanks, that's kind of you to say. We're glad that you're enjoying the videos 😊
I've never seen such neat work. Absolute perfectionists! You need to encase it in plastic and charge an entrance fee for people to admire it!
Haha cheers! Would help keep the dust off from it too 😀
Once again, I must compliment you two in your teamwork and gentle, cooperative spirits. Your videos offer information and inspiration. I pray God will bless you both in this new year. It seems he already has. 😊
Thank you 😊 We're hoping this year will see us finishing the van and taking it out for some adventures 🙂Happy New Year to you! 🎉
You guys really work well together. Best instructional video I've seen yet. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment and glad you found it useful 🙂
Great job! It's always so nice when it works. 👍
Thanks! Very true, it was so satisfying after all the research we put into it 🙂
Wow, what a wonderful couple working together awesomely! Congrats! Enjoying the fruit of your labor
Thank you! 🙂
Great video, and your planning is to be admired.
Cheers, the biggest part of every project we've found is the thinking and planning 😛
I’m very impressed with your attention to detail 💯😀
Thanks you 😀
Found you very helpful and informative. Thank you.
You're welcome, glad it was helpful 😊
Congratulations. Always a great moment when you turn on the electrics for the first time.
Great set up. Cheers 🍻
Thanks, turning that switch was definitely one of the fun moments of the whole build we'll remember 😃
Great video, this electronic/electric set up is maybe the best I have seen fantastic install and uber tidy work, well done
Wow, thanks! We were really happy with how it came together in the end after all the research 🙂
Excellent video. My partner and I are just starting our first self build. When we get to this stage this will be invaluable. Thank you
You're welcome, good luck with your build! 😀👍
Another cracking video. I had no idea the electrics could be so complex and while I won't be doing a van conversion anytime soon, if I were yours would be the one I'd use.
Love the way you are both so involved and the way you both do everything.
Keep it up and looking forward to the next video
Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Good planning and execution. Work together, learn together! Super job…..the system works, yeah!!!
Cheers! Yep, it was a nice moment when it all came together after all the research and planning! 😃
Your power panel is a thing of beauty; beautifully planned and beautifully executed. Fabulous job! Super video and explanation; thank you for taking the time to shoot this!
No problem, thanks for watching! 🙂
You guys properly smash van builds. Big time styley
Haha, cheers! 🙂
That was the BEST explanation Ive watched to date. Thank you!
Ah no problem, glad you found it useful! 🙂
Absolutely THE best video I've seen so far on this topic. Really well done
Wow, thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thanks very much for this extremely useful video. Impressive attention to detail and so easy to follow.....God bless you both.
Our pleasure! Glad you found it useful
totally agree with Owen Parker comments your video is simple informative accurate and interesting great presentation skills
Thanks! 🙂
A lot of joint planning and hands on here. Excellent result you two.
Thank you, we both like to get stuck in with every project 🙂
Thank you for this video! I am currently doing my own research on how to do circuits in my van and this is one of the best explanations I have found so far! 😊
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your build 😊
Very well planned and executed guys. My set up is a little smaller in load but your video is possibly one of the best on here I've seen! I will definitely be revisiting when I'm at that stage of my own build! Priceless, thank you🙏
You're welcome, thanks for watching and for the comment! Hope your build is going well 🙂
Hi guys... You two have done a fantastic piece of work installing the electrics...if I looked at the panel for the first time I would have thought you had brought in a sparky...loving you channel 👍👍👏👏😁
Thanks 😀It was quite fun putting it all together, there's just something quite exciting about turning on the power! Glad you're enjoying the channel 🙂
what a great video!! probably the best explanation of wiring ive seen!! credit to you both!!!!
Thank you very much! 😄
Great video guys. Really clean set up and instructions, and of course all the right kit :)
Thanks a lot! Yeah we're happy with the kit we've gone for so far 🙂
Well done. You guys make a great team.
Thank you 😊
Really enjoying the series. Great bed idea.
Glad to hear, and thanks! We've found it works really well for us
I admire your skills - an awesome installation!
Thanks! 🙂
This is one of the best tutorials / instructional videos I have ever seen. Well done.
Wow, thanks! 🙂
Your diagram is much clearer compare to some of videos I have watched. Very helpful
Glad it was useful 🙂
Thanks for your video guys- really helped straighten a few things out in my head
You're welcome, glad it helped! 🙂
Thanks for the video. A really interesting watch and useful to us as we are doing a very similar setup. My wife has been struggling with the van electrics but after watching your video she is feeling a lot more confident.
No problem, glad it was helpful! Hope your electric install goes well, very nice moment when you switch it on!
Excellent work guys 👏
Cheers 😎
Amazing video. Thank you so much. I'm using your video and the products list for my own van conversion here in the UK too.
You're welcome! Hope your conversion is going well 🙂
Well thought out, definitely something to be proud of.👍
Thank you very much, we are 😊
Just come across your channel, after watching this I'm impressed how easy you make this look. You've just gained another subscriber 👍🏿😁
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it and thanks 😀
Subscribed and liked. Thank you so much for the detail you provided in this video. I am just beginning framing my Handi bus, and the electrical side feels less daunting because of your wonderful instructional video. Cheers from Western Canada.
No problem! Thanks for the comment and hope your build goes well 😊
That was so enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
This was an extremely well presented video. I've just bought a smaller van to try as my first DIY camper and plan to have a very similar set up, this is my first time looking up electrics and (although I'm still dreading the planning part of this) you did an amazing job of explaining everything involved. Definitely bookmarking this.
Thanks! Glad it was useful and good luck with your project! It was daunting at first but all falls into place, and very satisfying when you turn it on for the first time that's for sure 🙂
its a great sense of achievement when turning the master switch / breaker for the first time and seeing all that head scratching and all the is it isn't it right thoughts come to fruition, well done, nice tidy layout
Yes! It was quite exciting turning that switch! It's funny as in the house we just flip a switch without thinking and the power comes on, but something about doing the whole setup from scratch and it coming together was so satisfying 😁
Top movie on yt about camper electrics. Thank you
No problem, and thanks. There's lots of great resources out there, we found explorist.life and others really useful too 🙂
great vid guys and well done. I am still trying to pluck up the courage to do the electrics myself as I cant seem to find anyone local to do it for me.
Thanks 🙂 It is a daunting job at first but once you break it down it's not too bad to get a basic system setup. Good luck with it either way 👍
thanks so much for being so clear explaining things 😃
You are welcome! We're glad that sharing it has been useful 🙂
Great job... Very nice video presentation.. Thumbs up guys
Thank you 🤗
Hello. Really enjoyed your video. Your presentation was brilliant in terms of clarity ,and how comprehensive the detail. Your layout of the circuit board is so well planned and constructed. You made it look effortlessly simple..which I know it is not. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, time and efforts for us to learn from. 😊
You're welcome 😊 It took a lot of research and planning that's for sure, but it turned out really well and we've been really happy with it 🙂
Really well done, comprehensive video.
Glad you liked it! 🙂
Thanks!
Wow, thank you very much! 😊👍
Really enjoyed that very tidy setup
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
The first thing I got going in my electrical build was my Max air fan😊. Just like you it was a bit of a surprise and also very satisfying. Congratulations!
Cheers! And yeah nothing beats the first moment you turn on the switch and have something come to life! 😀
What an excellent set up
Thanks you 🙂
This literally makes my van build look like a poundland van
Haha, thanks but surely not! There is some decent stuff to be found at poundland sometimes too!
Good On ‘Ya ! 👍🏼
Very Endearing couple 😇
Thanks very much!
Beautiful congratulations!!
Thank you! 🙂
I just stumbled across your video and you now have a new subscriber. Very well put together video. Very easy to watch and a very neat install! Keep up the great work!
Thanks, glad you liked it! We will try 😀
Thank you for such an interesting video! Hope to get my van later on this year and will use this video as one of many references :)
You're welcome! And exciting, hope your future build goes well 🙂
We love what you are doing, thank you. A wee piece of advice . If you do this again please have both terminals of your batteries covered , rubber grommets until you actually fit. Drop a metal screwdriver, spanner , saw, or your fancy H spanner across both terminals at the same time and the result would be very unpleasant. and even if you had one, a fire extinguisher would not be of much use ...sorry to be the doom one here but years of submarines, planes and vans does teach you safety.
Cheers, and no problem :) And yeah we try to cover them up every time we work on the electrics, we got more diligent at it as we went on. We'll probably get some covers or build a frame over them at some point. Our batteries have built in short-circuit protection too which in theory should disconnect the terminals within a few microseconds safely: czcams.com/video/J4wE0NwNiTk/video.html. Not that we'd ever want to test it like that though 😛
Very well planned neat job. 10 out of 10 from me.
Cheers! We're happy with it 🙂
Great video! Really well explained and well visualised to help the viewers understand, great job guys :) i've saved this for when I get to this stage in my build (feels like it will take forever but.. one day... lol)
Glad it was helpful and good luck for when when that time comes! We know what you mean about it feeling like it taking forever. Been there many times, but then you tick off something big like this one, and it moves forward a big step just like that 🙂
Very nice neat setup. Greetings from Jamaica.
Thank you 🙂👍
Used to do the same installing industrial switchgear lay it out on the floor ,juggle it around until it makes sense. Nice job.
Thanks!
Great job. I ended up just using a large portable power station to make it easier. I still had to do some wiring and hook up some components, but I wanted less labor. I also like being able to take it out of the vehicle when I have it parked at home. It costs more money though usually.
Cheers :) Yeah if you value the portability they look nice. We didn't need that and wanted the flexibility to design exactly the system we wanted. Hope it works out well for you 👍🙂
Very neat - good job!
Thank you very much! 🙂
Brilliant explanation 👏 well done 👏
Cheers!
Very informative and edited nicely with every step explained,.So very well done. After watching this video, I asked the wife if I can start a camper van project but it would put us under at the moment so I'll follow along on your journey instead. Thank you for sharing, all the best.
Thanks and no problem, glad you're enjoying watching it all 😊 And yeah it's definitely a big project and has inevitably taken longer than we anticipated, but we can see the end in sight now. Hope you're able to do it one day 🙂
Hi Guys. I'm changing over from Lead Acid to Lithium in my Toyota Troopy here in Australia. I've really enjoyed your videos and they are my go to for a detailed, calm explanation of how it's done. I do however, have one advantage over you guys......my hands are warmer in the nicer weather over here. Sorry, had to have a dig at your English weather. I wish you all the best.
Thank you! 😊 And yeah, very jealous! The number of times we've wanted to do something outside at the exact moment it decide it wants to rain... 🙄 Definitely make it all take a lot longer...!
You guys are so likeable. Great videos.
Thank you very much 😊
Fabulous job, respect !! Some of it I understood 🙂
Haha, cheers 🙂