Accessories and 2nd Battery Control Panel
Posted: 06 Jun 2017 19:36
After my recent outing to Namibia and Bots which was first proper trip in many years and camping out of vehicle, I realised I needed to improve the accessories electrics set-up, especially after I had a small short on one of my C-Tek charger connectors due to the quick installation I had made prior to leaving.
So I gave it some thought and drew the picture below…. I think this is what I need, but not yet fully sure so thought I would see if anyone on the forum had any ideas and/or other suggestions.
I have a 100ah second battery, an inverter fro 220, a CTek DC/DC charger which can use DC from alternator or solar panel, and a heavy duty CTek that can charge at 25Amp using mains.
ON my panel I will have various switches and then USB slots, 2 Brad Harrisons, 2 Lighter type sockets, and then a couple of 220v plug points. Was thinking of adding a small electronic display sowing voltage of the second battery (I already have one mounted on my battery box but that is normally difficult to get to in a convenient way).
What I have not yet done is the wiring design with appropriate fusing as I will do that last – any inputs on this welcome if there any specialists on this out there somewhere.
So I gave it some thought and drew the picture below…. I think this is what I need, but not yet fully sure so thought I would see if anyone on the forum had any ideas and/or other suggestions.
I have a 100ah second battery, an inverter fro 220, a CTek DC/DC charger which can use DC from alternator or solar panel, and a heavy duty CTek that can charge at 25Amp using mains.
ON my panel I will have various switches and then USB slots, 2 Brad Harrisons, 2 Lighter type sockets, and then a couple of 220v plug points. Was thinking of adding a small electronic display sowing voltage of the second battery (I already have one mounted on my battery box but that is normally difficult to get to in a convenient way).
What I have not yet done is the wiring design with appropriate fusing as I will do that last – any inputs on this welcome if there any specialists on this out there somewhere.