Enjoying each adventure one day at a time travelling around Europe, and beyond, in my campervan. I make regular videos on topics such as campervan build & design, off-grid electrics and a bit of cycling too. I'm one half of the Travel & Adventure channel ru-vid.com
Hi John, l am after a larger power station, l have watched this review and also the review you did on the Affery about a year ago, out of the two of them which one would you now buy? 1500 watts is plenty for what l need.
Cool review. Looks a very practical bike. I'd fit some folding pedals and there is also a rear carrier which would make it a small cargo carrier. Thanks for sharing!
So your going on camping trip and you have kids playing online games on a mini gaming pc/laptop then you drive through a tunnel HAHA but seriously great video and review! 😊
John would you have any electric bikes for sale ( off road ones) my nephew has just got a job and needs some transport and I know you have been reviewing loads of late.
Interestingly my Australian Renogy 2000W, socket tester will show error with no earth when running on 12V, once you plug it into 240V the tester shows the output to be correct and earth connected, I would have liked if Renogy would have built in a RCBO, so you wouldn't have to get different advice on if one needs to be fitted, Redarc, and many others have built in RCBO.
Interesting John, thanks. Are we getting into AI music now? 😅 £1000 for a panel is a bit scary, I'd have to invest in a fence to keep everyone and everything away from breaking it😂 Take care. 👋🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦
Hi John, regards Star-link, can you connect internal cameras to Star link to watch on your phone? Eg, I have the cameras connected to a router, but don’t always get a signal. Thanks in anticipation. Love your u tube information. Brendan
Cheers John 🤗👍. I would find it really useful to know how to size solar panel array based on the size of the power station. I have a 900kw ecoflow delta mini and just bought the dabbson 2300. So far ive gone ehu every 3-4 days and topped them nothing up and that has been fine, but i plan to avoid ehu entirely soon so im after the largest folding solar i can use for the Dabbsson ( i have an old 140 solar which is fine for the delta mini)
I'm using a similar setup John. 2x250 on the roof, although I can tilt them. And 200 folding . They work well through two separate Victron MPPT's. I'd bought a Bluetti off of a friend, along with the panels. Kept the panels, because I'd broken 2 100's having them free standing and then having them blow over in the wind. I sold the power station on, to someone who needed a hair dryer (?) I'm now able to run the van (almost) gas free. Still like the shower, although I do know, that only dirty people wash. On a different subject, Will you be at the Willow Field event this weekend ? It'll be good to catch up. Trotter.
The purpose of a folding solar panel is that it can be easily positioned to face the sun to produce the best yield. I'm a bit perplexed by the usability of such a big one.
Good video. Here in the US we decided on the suitcase panel. With so many trees, it’s nice to be able to locate the panels in the sun yet park in the shade. Plus we have a vintage trailer & I really didn’t want to drill holes in the roof. Our southern summers are so hot that we still need an inverter generator when boondocking for a/c this time of year. Its great to have options though.
I have a Renogy inverter with an earth terminal on it. You should not Earth to the chassis of the vehicle that would be deemed a false earth, what you should be doing is driving a copper earth rod available from any hardware store in to the ground outside your vehicle. Run a single core wire from the earth rod to the inverters earth terminal. Then plug in your martingale which will show you an earth present, making your system safe off grid. 👍🏻
really like the idea of having both roof mounted and folding panels especially for harvesting the winter sun ,thank you for your informative vlog ,have seen on an American video a socket on the side of the van for plugging folding solar panels into but cant seem to find similar in the uk
Thank you for this, really interesting to see a direct comparison. I've currently got a folding panel for my van but I find it heavy and awkward to set up, and in a small van it takes up a *lot* of space even when folded. Have been looking at getting a decent fixed solar panel on the roof and this is definitely swaying me towards getting that done!
About your split charinging. Say the batterybank is full, will it charge the powerbank all the time? Or will it still switch from one to the other?(like shown in the video)
So I was wrong , but maybe because you are 8 ft closer to the sun 😂😂 I’m sure the solar panel future is bright no pun intended, as the technology is improving all the time thank you well done 👍👍👍🏴🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦🦢
I’m thinking folding cause it’s easier to clean it , where the blinking heck did you get the backing track , was it Mandy singing well done very interesting good 👍👍👍🏴🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦🦢
Good summary, thanks. Just had 2 weeks on a campsite in South of France, van was parked under trees to keep cool, so roof mounted panel wasn't so efficient. Also a bugger to have to keep climbing up there to clean it off (tree sap, Sahara dust in the rain showers...). I could move my flexible panels around the pitch to get more sun, but it was a bit painful - those 'legs' on the flexible panels are not so easy! Am going to add some fixing points when I get back to make it easier to handle. But the opening tune! Who wrote a song about solar panels?!
Just checking as this video is not new. Is there an update or would you still recommend the same gear today. I am arriving from Australia in September and have no knowledge of this English, so I intend to follow your recommendations to the letter.
Hi John, glad it's hopefully sorted now🤞. I read a lot of the comments on the last post about Carly. I use the AlfaOBD for my 2018 Ducato, it only works once after disconnecting and reconnecting the battery though. I think this is possibly due to the security gateway Fiat added in 2018. I'd be interested in knowing what year your van is? Cheers Rich
An informative review. I have two questions that I hope you can answer: 1) Would it cope with a 20° incline? 2) Is there some sort of walk assistance, for those occasions when a hill climb is too much for me?
It does have walk assist and it’d make it up a steep hill imho as I’ve ridden the smaller version up & over loads of mountains, including stelvio pass, but you’ve got to be peddling and putting in the power yourself to get the electrical assistance too.
It took a couple of goes when I did it. Turn it off, press the left brake lever whilst powering it on, keep the brake lever pressed for 10 seconds and then let go. Power it off and then when you power it back on it should be unlocked.
Just had delivered the helmet I brought via your link, must say it’s a nice fit and don’t look stupid like sone others I’ve tried on. Thanks for the recommendation and obviously the research you’ve done. 👍
A nice bike for a good price. And with 27kg less heavy that many of it´s competitors. If you can lift 27kg this bike will be a good choise, I need one with about 20kg weight.
