79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

[grips]

Nice work, like the rest of it. Well done.

Thanks Paul

[grips]

Very neat.
Where are the midi fuse holders from?

Diesel Electric.

[grips]

Ok now for the rest of the questions.

First, as I said in the beginning of thread, the drawer system can slide out if I want to use the canopy on its own. Everything from batteries to water pump and geyser can slide out with the drawer system. It also can be removed as a combination with the canopy.

Things like lights have been wired as fixed to the canopy.

Think the 5 Andersons will make sense now. From left to right:
First one connects the vehicle charging system to the board.
Second one is solar panel input.
Third output to power water pump.
Four and five supplies the fridges.
The thick cables are from the batteries and are 50mm square to reduce voltage drop. They feed the panel through two 70A main fuses.
Max demand from board around 25A. Fuses will be changed to 35A once they have stock in Kathu.

All other systems are protected by pop out circuit breakers.

The relays can be manually switched to control lights water pump and other accessories.
Also remote controlled so you can switch stuff while lying in bed.

The Cruiser has two USB ports in the cabin so I am not bothered by additional ports.

If necessary I can use one of two inverters if needed. However the propose of this build is to travel off grid. Hairdryer that runs from 12V sort of makes 220v useless.

Hope this adds to the understanding of the system.

The items circled in yellow are pop out fuses. Orange switches are to control the relays manually.

[Mad Manny]

I dont like that the 5 Brad Harrisons are mixed between input and output but are all together in a (neat) row.

I would colour code them to avoid mistakes, maybe make the Solar input one a green or blue Brad Harrison.
The First one is input from the vehicle so maybe that one should be red.
So make the first two green and red as they are input and the remaining 3 grey ones are output...

[KurtG]

I’m pretty sure Grips will professionally label the plugs.

Merry Christmas almal


Green-Laning is the way of the future

[BushWacker]

Why 5 ? ... 1 bigger and 5 smaller ...

[grips]

Why 5 ? ... 1 bigger and 5 smaller ...

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[grips]

I took the Cruiser on a trip to the West Coast. Highly impressed.

Mounted the two 100W solar panels on the canopy. They will go on the hard shell rooftop tent soon. Solar panels and batteries all connected in parallel. Batteries were at full charge every morning around 9:00. Feeding two fridges, six lights and the water pump.

Geyser setup also worked nice with hot and cold water on tap. Four people made use of the shower facilities every night. Used my more sturdy shower cubicle as it also served as a shelter for the wives Porta Potty

The 130l onboard water tank were enough for about 3 days. This included showers and dish washing. Filled up from a 220l drum we took along.
About 120l still left.

Also did a suspension upgrade to carry the extra weight. First I loved the idea of air helpers. After long thoughts I decided to go with OME 600kg permanent load rating. Impressed with the way they improved ride quality. Did some serious bad roads and the performed superb.

The boys bagged a few West Coast lobsters.

Just love the West Coast.

[Mad Manny]

So you used 230L of water.
About 80L per day or 20Lpppd?

I assume carrying the 220L drum is not ideal and you'll be looking at a way to increase your 130L capacity to around 250L ?

[grips]

Cruiser is not meant to be stationary. We camped off grid nearest water 30km away.
Christopher carried the extra water.
Think me and Karin can go for around 8 days on 130l if we take care.

[LesseW]

Oom Christo, waar het julle sulke mooi krewe gevang?

[grips]

Oom Christo, waar het julle sulke mooi krewe gevang?

Naby Kleinzee...

[LesseW]

Ek was daar verby maar dit alles lyk soos spergebied tot by Hondeklipbaai?

[grips]

Jy moet weet waar die gate is

[HenriSteyn]

"The relays can be manually switched to control lights water pump and other accessories.
Also remote controlled so you can switch stuff while lying in bed. "

Grips,

Still don't understand the reason for the relays?
Are you switching high current circuits with them?

I are a dumb mech eng!

Thanks