By this point I have started getting together most of the electrical equipment I will need to supply power to the van and keep the batteries charged up. I have also been working on the wiring schematic (with much help from members of the SBMCC forum).
All of the electrical gear will be fitted under the front two passenger seats. This area is split into two parts however, and the smaller partition is also hampered by a storage space under the seats.
The first thing to fit into this space is the batteries as they take up the most space so I started building a battery tray to house the two 110Ah batteries which I have bought. These will be connected in parallel to provide 220Ah in total (220 amp hours = 1 amp of current for 220 hours, 10 amps for 22 hours, 100 amps for 2.2 hours, etc).
The battery tray was made of ply with wooden batons screwed on. The tray is raised slightly to allow for cables coming from under the van to run underneath freely. I fitted 2 battery clamps to hold the batteries in the tray with the brackets fitted to the partition inside the seat and on the battery tray. The straps then do up tight to hold the batteries down.
I also built-in a shelf in the smaller section which will hold the mains powered battery charger… more on this later.
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