Today was one of those days were everything falls into place and a few different projects all got finished. All the projects were electrical related though, so kind of flowed on from each other.
The first part was finishing up the wiring on the dual battery setup. The 2nd battery mount under the tray has been built for a few months now, but sat empty until this week. I wanted to mount the 2nd battery under the tray for two reasons. To distribute the weight more evenly over the vehicle, and so that I didn't have to move my water trap fuel filter.
Running a ctek dc/dc charger and 2nd fuse box under the bonnet, connected to the 2nd battery by 8mm battery cable. I also upgraded the earth cable to the chassis, as the only direct earth from the main battery to the chassis is through a pissy little 4mm cable
Oh, and before anyone panics, the weld between the guard and the battery mount is to stop the guard hitting the wheel. It's not the guard supporting the battery
Since I don't like the idea of running 5m of battery cable through the chassis without it being fused in some way, I fitted a Projecta fused battery terminal, to the 2nd battery. Great idea, it includes one 150amp fuse and two 30amp fuses, so can connect accessories directly to the battery and still be fused or if the main cable from the battery rubs through my ute won't catch fire.
Next job was to finish connecting the flexible LED strip lights for the doors of the canopy. Picked up 5m of the strip lights and a few dimmers from eBay for under $30 (5050 LED's). Instead of using the sticky back on the lights to mount them though, I stitched them onto some 20mm webbing with Velcro end loops, so that they can be moved around to where I want them.
Tried them last night and I am glad I got the dimmers, super bright
Had about 3ft of the strip lights left over, so put them on the tow bar and wired them into the reverse.
Still not finished with my soldering iron, I wired up a dual power outlet in the tray. This one I just connected directly to the battery under the tray.
The final job for the day and the main reason for the 2nd battery, was to fit my new waeco CFX 50 fridge.
I spent a lot of time deciding on which fridge to get and considered a lot of different options. Everything from the cheap techniice fridges to the Engels, but in the end the waeco won out.
Well, I think that's enough for today. I might spend tomorrow testing the waeco fridge, by drinking the 6 pack I have chilling in there overnight