Camper electrics!
Posted: 03 Sep 2017, 22:12
Hi all,
I'm having an electrical nightmare, I kept finding loose and unconnected wires in my camper so decided to start from scratch along with a new interior. Plus my electrical knowledge is limited.
I've installed a new Consumer Unit which will feed 1) a ring main for 3 sockets (including one for a Waeco CR50 fridge) and 2) the 240v feed into a Zig CF8 Unit. I have the Zig CF8 Manual and am fairly happy with wiring the 12v side of the camper, its the battery side of things which is causing me a headache.
My questions are;
1) Do I need the Zig unit? or is there something better I could use.
2) The Waeco CR50 Fridge Mains adaptor has both a 3 pin plug and 12v wiring, in my mind thats the fridge sorted, am I right? or is something else required in the system to protect the batteries. I ask this as I found a poorly wired RM12 Fridge Relay behind my main battery.
3) Is it recommended to fit a Split Charge system? even though I have a Zig unit.
4) Does the consumer unit need earthing to the chassis? If so surely I should have an earthing strip from the van to ground.
Any help on any of the above questions would be great, many thanks in advance.
I'm having an electrical nightmare, I kept finding loose and unconnected wires in my camper so decided to start from scratch along with a new interior. Plus my electrical knowledge is limited.
I've installed a new Consumer Unit which will feed 1) a ring main for 3 sockets (including one for a Waeco CR50 fridge) and 2) the 240v feed into a Zig CF8 Unit. I have the Zig CF8 Manual and am fairly happy with wiring the 12v side of the camper, its the battery side of things which is causing me a headache.
My questions are;
1) Do I need the Zig unit? or is there something better I could use.
2) The Waeco CR50 Fridge Mains adaptor has both a 3 pin plug and 12v wiring, in my mind thats the fridge sorted, am I right? or is something else required in the system to protect the batteries. I ask this as I found a poorly wired RM12 Fridge Relay behind my main battery.
3) Is it recommended to fit a Split Charge system? even though I have a Zig unit.
4) Does the consumer unit need earthing to the chassis? If so surely I should have an earthing strip from the van to ground.
Any help on any of the above questions would be great, many thanks in advance.