thought I would make this its own thread. This came today, yea that's the entire instructions! lol.
I'm still waiting on the breakers to get here. Let me show you these, they are pretty cool :
anjoshi inline circuit breaker
they look just like inline fuses, fit from 0awg and smaller. i got the 100amp breaker - the relay is rated up to 200 amps, but that's never ever gonna happen unless my van gets lightning struck or something! lol
i have also 25ft of 4awg battery wire and some copper terminals. I just need to grab some small gauge wire and terminals and i will have all the materials together. Hopefully the breakers arrive today and I will get started tonight making the wires.
my aux battery at the moment is a 45$ walmart fla battery of the same type that's under the hood. This is definitely not a permanent situation! ; I'm going with the strategy of minimal electricity use. I have a 6.5w light, a few flashlight batteries to charge, a cell phone and a little bluetooth speaker box, that's about it! I have a 100w little pwm inverter that it all plugs into. I can even plug the laptop in too and run it all at once and the inverter can take it. Not that I plan on running the laptop unless i'm on shore power somewhere! This is pretty much just to get started.
the battery box, well ... i'm keeping it in a plastic box in the driver area. Like i said, it's a temporary solution. as for venting of gases, i'm hoping that cracked windows and being separated from it by a blackout curtain will guide the most of it out of the van that way. The most gas will be produced while i'm driving anyway, and i always drive with windows cracked or rolled down.
i'll be back with more stuff ~~bren