Transcript Willkommen - Out and About

LIVING WITHOUT A HOOK-UP
Batteries
63 x 110AH batteries = 1 X 6kg gas
More on batteries later
BEFORE YOU BUY
WHERE ARE YOU
TRAVELLING TO?
GAS IS NOT EVERYWHERE
FUEL STOP
ARE YOU PROPERLY EQUIPPED?
Folie: 6
SPACE HEATING TYPES & AMPS
DIESEL
Eberspatcher, 20A / 0.7 – 2.5A
Whale 1.7A gas. 2.2A Electric
GAS BLOWN AIR
GAS CONVECTOR
Zero Amps
WATER HEATING TYPE & AMPS
DIESEL GLOW PLUGS
GAS
COOKING EQUIPMENT & AMPS
DIESEL WEBASTO
X100
GAS
PETROL
Diesel Webasto,
Wallas 85DU
(Marine)
20A start up then 1A
– 3A running
LECCY
All gas. Zero once lit
FRIDGE TYPE - AMPS
COMPRESSOR
Absorption
When running on gas 0.1A
or zero
Compressor 5A
ABSORBTION
All fridges look the same at the front!
WEBASTO PLUS COMPRESSOR PLUS INDICATOR?
If you leave the indicator switch set when parked it powers parking lights!
LIFESTYLE
Lifestyle – Playstation all day?
Go to bed when its dark!
Season - Are the nights long?
Location – is it sunny?
LIGHTING SYSTEMS
Halogen downlighters
Flourescent striplights
LED LIGHTS
Gas lights
Petrol lights
Portable battery-powered lights
CHANGE YOUR HALOGEN LIGHTS FOR LEDS
Over worktop strip
LEDS
DESIGNED IN FROM THE OUTSET LEDs CAN
BE DRAMATIC!
ZOEMO
The largest motorhome
manufacturer in CHINA exhibit
for the first time in Dusseldorf
August 2012.
IF YOU HAVE TWO 12-VOLT LEISURE
BATTERIES CONNECT THEM IN
PARALLEL (WITH FUSES) SO THAT THEY
SHARE THE LOAD. This means that they
each have an easier life as the discharge
current is half compared with using one
battery first then the second battery
afterwards. THE TOTAL EFFECTIVE
CAPACITY WILL BE GREATER.
NOT ALL “LEISURE”
BATTERIES ARE THE
SAME!
Starter...
Leisure...
Traction... Deep cycle...
AGM...
Gel...
Wet
How do you know if your battery is suitable for
your needs? More later...
DO YOU REALLY NEED MAINS?
INVERTERS
WHAT IS A SINE WAVE?
DO THE MATHS.
(Microwave oven or hair dryer) 1,000WATTS PLUS
1 : 20
1 : 22
GENERATORS
Mains and 12-volt outputs
Types Technology Inverter
Sizes
12-volt output only (Gasperini)
REGULATORS & SOLAR PANELS
Types and sizes
Cost
Mounting place
Usefulness
Season and location regulators – normal
and MPPT
SERIOUS SOLAR SYSTEMS SUSTAIN ALL YEAR
ROUND. FACING THE SUN IS GOOD!
WIND GENERATORS
Rutland – Marlec Engineering.
Storage
Time to erect
Noise
Vibration
Theft
Wind
FAST CHARGING WHEN MOBILE
Split charging
B2B chargers
Sterling
CTEK
Latest Sargent Electrical
systems
FUEL CELLS
EFOY COMFORT RANGE
3 models starting around £3,000
8.8Amps costs £4,945
Runs off methanol
HYDROMAX – GONE!
have
15Amps
Guide price £3,200
Fuel expensive
Came and went in 2014
TRUMA VeGa - GONE
20Amps
Runs off gas
40kg
€6,995
Plus fitting
1,000-hour
service
€399
at Truma main
dealer
Born 2008. Died 2014
GAS SUPLIES
Exchange bottles
Refillable bottles - Gaslow, Alugas, etc
Bulk tanks
Gas half price or better
HOW TO CHOSE A SUITABLE LEISURE BATTERY.
Batteries are made in their millions for starting
vehicles. Huge investment and competition.
Main requirement is
COLD CRANKING CURRENT
To be able to start engines.
Then quickly recharged by the vehicle
alternator.
STARTER BATTERIES HAVE THIN PLATES TO
PROVIDE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE TO THE ACID
TO MAXIMISE THE COLD CRANKING
CURRENT
Cheap starter battery with short thin plates sold as a
leisure battery
If your holiday lifestyle is to go from one campsite with
hook-up to another campsite with hook-up, then a
moderate starter battery will probably satisfy your
needs.
..If you like to camp away from hook-up for days, then
you need a battery more suitable for this deep cycling.
Starter batteries do not like being deeply discharged
and re-charged regularly and will soon die.
What is better?
LONGER LASTING BATTERIES HAVE THICKER PLATES THAT ARE
FULL HEIGHT
At the top end of the durability
ratings are batteries designed for
powering electric vehicles like milk
floats and fork lift trucks
These TRACTION BATTERIES are designed to be
discharged to some 75% DEPTH OF DISCHARGE every
day and last for five years or more
Between STARTER and TRACTION we have a range of
other batteries labelled MARINE, LEISURE, SEMITRACTION, DEEP CYCLE, ETC and these are aimed at
us with all sorts of enticing powerful names.
The Caravan Club recommends that leisure batteries are
not discharged below 50% of their rated capacity (50%
DOD). This is a good guideline as deep discharges rapidly
shorten a batteries working life.
A good measure of a leisure batteries long term durability
is how many times it can be discharged to 50% Depth Of
Discharge before it is unable to do so.
This is called the LIFE CYCLE TEST.
A good manufacturer will publish the LIFE CYCLE figures
for their leisure batteries so that one can be compared to
another – and your wallet.
Long lasting batteries cost more to produce.
Manufacturers make and sell both starter and leisure
batteries, so you cannot just assume that a particular
manufacturer’s name will mean it makes a good leisure
battery. You must look at the detail to determine if it is a
leisure or a starter battery AND WHAT THE LIFE CYCLE
FIGURES ARE.
For example, Platinum, Oldham, Tungstone, Crompton, and
Trojan offer nearly 800 different batteries, but only 156 of
them are designed for leisure applications with published
life cycles at 50%DOD ranging between 120 and 2,800
cycles.
A SMALL SAMPLE OF BATTERIES WITH
PUBLISHED LIFE CYCLE PERFORMANCE.
Battery technology in the main is lead acid
NEW TECHNOLOGY BATTERIES ARE A DIFFERENT SUBJECT!.
Lead acid come in various types:
WET – The electrolyte is in a liquid form.
AGM – The electrolyte is contained within an Absorbent
Glass Mat- fibreglass blotting paper.
GEL – The electrolyte is gelified so that it cannot spill.
AGM and GEL batteries tend to have better life cycle
performance as the paste cannot easily fall off the plates.
AGM and GEL batteries also benefit by different charging
algorithms.
Spirally wound batteries
CYLINDRICALLY CONSTRUCTED BATTERIES CAN WASTE SPACE
Always ensure that the data for an offered battery includes:
Ampere Hour Capacity @ 20hr rate.
Life cycles at 50% Depth Of Discharge.
Weight (a good cross-check for capacity).
Per 100Ah. 21kg lowest. 25kg average. 30Kg good.
Length of guarantee.
Name and address of vendor
If no life cycle data is formally supplies and published,
then treat with great caution
Caravan owners who have motor movers are advised
to have a minimum of a 100Ah battery with a life cycle
figure of at least 400. AGM perhaps?
Motorhome users with diesel heaters and compressor
fridges should be looking at 220Ah minimum to survive
a non sunny show weekend.
(And don't put too much warm beer in the fridge)
SUMMARY
Select your heating systems wisely.
If you have a choice, it’s a GAS FRIDGE and
GAS HEATING.
Use LED Lighting.
Flatscreen LED TV
1 Double the size of your leisure battery
2 Fit maximum solar panel and regulator
3 Fuel cell?
4 Generator if you are alone!
QUESTIONS?
TYPICAL RESTED OFF LOAD VOLTAGE V STATE OF
CHARGE @ 25 DEG. C