Thanks guys. Running the cable out the front was easier than I remember. I had the 6B&S and continued the lighter gauge red and black wires; with a loop behind the kick panel. That way I have the positive and negative feeds for both batteries to the voltage meter, just have to cut the wires and extend them once I work out where to fit the meter.
I cut one of the spare cable entries and ran a 6mm pull wire in, tapered the 6B&S and pulled it through. Had to hold one hand on the big grommet so I didn't pull it through too. Then pushed some split conduit back over the cable to the grommet. I will fit a Projecta fused terminal but realised I need to play around with the factory cables first so I have just fitted the cable to the top of the existing terminal. I fitted a manual 40A circuit breaker on top of the fuse box, not really happy with that but I wanted to get the system up and running. Time to think about alternatives later. I plan on using one of the fused points for the DC charger and the second for the compressor and spotlights. I want to try to keep this tidy as the 120 was a bit of a mess on top of the batteries (not my workmanship though I probably should have tidied it up).
And here is the fridge working nicely. I even read up on what the LEDs mean! The AGM battery took a full 25A charge for a while and then settled down to charging normally. The green LED was on with the engine running and off when not as it should be. Tripped the circuit breaker and all dead. So happy with that.
In the 120 I had the fridge on the LHS so the display was pretty much useless, much better now and I think better access too. It is amazing how much less space there is in the back of the 150 even when the seats are removed. I am pleased now I didn't go ahead and keep one 3rd row seat. There would have been even less space. I might throw the red Anderson plug on the solar panel tomorrow and make sure that side is working though as the changeover relay is working properly I can't imagine there is a problem. I have sourced a new 165W solar panel that will supersede the several years old 100W panel, just need to sort out the roof rack but there is plenty of time now to do that. The smaller panel will keep the 2nd battery in the trailer topped up. At least that is the plan.
Enough for now.
Michael
I cut one of the spare cable entries and ran a 6mm pull wire in, tapered the 6B&S and pulled it through. Had to hold one hand on the big grommet so I didn't pull it through too. Then pushed some split conduit back over the cable to the grommet. I will fit a Projecta fused terminal but realised I need to play around with the factory cables first so I have just fitted the cable to the top of the existing terminal. I fitted a manual 40A circuit breaker on top of the fuse box, not really happy with that but I wanted to get the system up and running. Time to think about alternatives later. I plan on using one of the fused points for the DC charger and the second for the compressor and spotlights. I want to try to keep this tidy as the 120 was a bit of a mess on top of the batteries (not my workmanship though I probably should have tidied it up).
And here is the fridge working nicely. I even read up on what the LEDs mean! The AGM battery took a full 25A charge for a while and then settled down to charging normally. The green LED was on with the engine running and off when not as it should be. Tripped the circuit breaker and all dead. So happy with that.
In the 120 I had the fridge on the LHS so the display was pretty much useless, much better now and I think better access too. It is amazing how much less space there is in the back of the 150 even when the seats are removed. I am pleased now I didn't go ahead and keep one 3rd row seat. There would have been even less space. I might throw the red Anderson plug on the solar panel tomorrow and make sure that side is working though as the changeover relay is working properly I can't imagine there is a problem. I have sourced a new 165W solar panel that will supersede the several years old 100W panel, just need to sort out the roof rack but there is plenty of time now to do that. The smaller panel will keep the 2nd battery in the trailer topped up. At least that is the plan.
Enough for now.
Michael
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