Camper Van

From: graphitone15 Jul 2019 18:59
To: ANT_THOMAS 25 of 85
Gland.

(Snigger)
EDITED: 15 Jul 2019 19:00 by GRAPHITONE
From: william (WILLIAMA)15 Jul 2019 19:30
To: graphitone 26 of 85
Box of mixed spade connectors (fork handles - tee hee)
From: milko15 Jul 2019 21:32
To: ANT_THOMAS 27 of 85
is a solar cable like fibreoptic or what
From: ANT_THOMAS15 Jul 2019 22:07
To: milko 28 of 85
I like your thinking, but no. Just regular cable that's thick enough with some specific connectors (MC4).
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Jul 2019 23:41
To: milko 29 of 85
That's for the laser cannon, to clear the road ehead

From: milko16 Jul 2019 11:00
To: milko 30 of 85
oooh, I forgot to pay my hosting bill.
From: ANT_THOMAS16 Jul 2019 12:16
To: milko 31 of 85
I actually noticed that too last night. Thought you'd just binned off the domain.
From: milko16 Jul 2019 15:37
To: ANT_THOMAS 32 of 85
well, its not like I've used it for anything in years. But mm, just for the history. Oh well. Maybe I'll try and get it back off 'em.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)16 Jul 2019 16:03
To: milko 33 of 85
Do you have a 'grace' period to reclaim it?
From: milko16 Jul 2019 16:16
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 34 of 85
I think it's just the hosting not the domain itself. We shall see! If I get round to it. Long time since I actually needed the thing.
From: ANT_THOMAS16 Jul 2019 16:29
To: ALL35 of 85
Solar panel is here!
Probably won't be able to fit it for a week or so though :C
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)27 Jul 2019 21:12
To: ANT_THOMAS 36 of 85
Well?
From: ANT_THOMAS28 Jul 2019 15:57
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 37 of 85
Oh yeah, need to update
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)28 Jul 2019 15:58
To: ANT_THOMAS 38 of 85
 (cheer)
From: ANT_THOMAS28 Jul 2019 16:17
To: ALL39 of 85
Sorted the solar panel, done some cabling, waiting for insulation to arrive so I can get on with that.

100W flexible solar panel. Not had a decent day of sun to really see how well it performs.



Temporary setup for charging the battery from solar. It is charging, but not as quickly as I had hoped, but do need a sunny day to find out properly.



Done some cabling today and put up some temporary lighting with an RF remote control for dimming, hooked up to the leisure battery

From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)28 Jul 2019 17:19
To: ANT_THOMAS 40 of 85
Impressive!
From: koswix28 Jul 2019 23:03
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 41 of 85
Beautiful :'D
From: ANT_THOMAS29 Jul 2019 14:08
To: ALL42 of 85
Been intermittently sunny today and it has charged much more than the last few days, so it gives me hope it should be good enough.

Also made a Web dashboard of sorts with some voltage data and GPS Tracking

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From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)29 Jul 2019 20:48
To: ANT_THOMAS 43 of 85
> Not had a decent day of sun to really see how well it performs.

O_o So I guess that massive heatwave last week was just a southern thing?

From: ANT_THOMAS29 Jul 2019 21:37
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 44 of 85
Fit it on Wednesday.... Wired it up Thursday night.
Friday was first chance to charge. Shite on Friday and all weekend.