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Thanks, gonna check it out now.  One problem solved (shore power)!  Now looking forward to making sure I get it right as far as charging by alternator

Just bought mine through the same dealer.

 Thank you!  I'll have a look.

@DanDweller I've got to go with tx2surgis on this one. Does it fit your application? I believe so.  Will look more closely when I get home from work.

Thank you, that's what I was looking for.

Can anyone recommend a charger?

Thanks for the reply.  The Maxxair vent-fan (which I have purchased but not installed), as I understand it, draw 5amps at maximum speed.  So 5*12×=60 watts. And I wish to plan for worst case scenario, so imagine it is on 24/7. As for the LED lights, which I have not yet purchased, I don't know...

That isn't much draw, but I know from experience in my old van that there will be plenty of times when I will travel in climates which result in me wanting to run the vent-fan day and night, 24/7, and in situations where I might be stopped for days and days, perhaps in the shade where it is...

Every now and then I might charge my laptop (which I hardly ever use--in fact, I'm using it right now for the first time in ages because for some reason this forum gives me a "404 Fancy meeting you here" error message every time I try to post from my smart phone). I also have a battery-powered...

Dear Experts, To convert my Ford Transit Connect for vandwelling, I am starting by purchasing the Renogy lithium iron phosphate 100ah battery and the only appliance I will be using regularly: the Maxxair vent-fan (max draw, 5 amps, if I understand correctly).  Other than that, the only other...

It's the 2.5L, 4cyl.  But I'm actually starting to lean toward ditching the idea of connecting the house energy system to the alternator at all.  Just solar panels and shore power.  Reading around the forums, it seems like most people are doing that, no problem.  Seems a lot simpler.

Miracle! Okay, here goes the rest: I bet 50 amps is too much draw from the alternator (and more than I need), but I don't really understand these things so well. Can someone please help me out here, or recommend another brand of a similar DC to DC battery charger with MPPT but which draws a...

I guess I'll just try re-typing the whole question and post here in parts.  This is so strange. Hello all, I am about to convert my Ford Transit Connect 2015 XL for vandwelling and am looking at how to charge the 100ah lithium iron phosphate battery which I will use to power vent-fan and...

Just says "404 fancy meeting you here" every time I try to post my question.  Test.

I should mention that when I said we only just now got it done, I mean finished correctly. It has actually been on for a month--so back when temperatures were still reaching 100. The side windows just needed to be redone because the tinter didn't put the tint on low enough so that it didn't...

I know it's crazy, but it took me this long to get it done. The guy I could find to do it in Salt Lake City was kind of a beginner (specializes in commercial and residential, only just now getting into vehicle tinting) and so he messed up a few times. Each time, we contacted Ralph of Flexfilm...

Also, future_vandweller said earlier in this thread: "This response is to all the posts in this thread on the topic of heat loss. There's a fundamental difference between how rigid, glass-on-top panels and flexible panels lose heat. The rigid panels lose heat thru the back since the 3 mm...

Wouldn't it make sense to leave the front edge open, allowing wind to flow through the corrugation channels and thus keep things cooler?

The space itself is rectangular.  I need to measure the exact size, but it looks big enough to fit one of the 20-gal water tanks that appear when I put in a search for "rv water tanks".

Thanks for the input. I think I'll just go ahead and put the tank there. Not too worried about freezing-- am 100% determined never to be in a place where it gets that cold--avoiding that kind of masochism is one of the deciding factors that made me choose van life, in fact. Just head south in...