Cheers 👍 And do you mean these ones? www.bes.co.uk/12-mm-x-1-2in-bsp-taper-brass-male-coupler-jg-speedfit-push-fit-12780/ . They were the only 12mm brass ones we found available on the whole Internet when we were looking 😛

@@SelfBuiltStories thanks for the link, and what where the brass fittings you used through the tank, thanks again

Yeah we were fortunate that it's previous life was just driving up and down the motorway so it was in good condition aside from a few bumps and scrapes it had suffered. We thought it was a pretty good deal, especially at the time when the demand for vans was so high 👍

Yeah it worked pretty well 🙂👍

Thanks, we pretty much kept to the same layout the whole way through! 👍

Yeah, and that ply was handy to repurpose as well 😛

Cheers 🙂👍

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

You're welcome, thanks for watching! 😀

We've been in Norway! 😄😍⛰️

Thank you! 🙂

No problem, cheers :) And they're just 90 degree hose barb elbows that we had leftover from our bobil kit (www.bobilvans.co.uk/product-page/new-bobil-air-xchange ) so we repurposed them for the breather tube in the tank. You can get similar ones here: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295491956773 👍

Haha thanks, we've just got back from 3 months in Norway actually! We finished the van and we've taken it on many adventures now already 😀 We're just slowly catching up with our videos, but a lot more up to date on Instagram 🙂

We've only ever seen them called regulators in the UK, as they're regulating down to a lower pressure. We have this one: autogasshop.co.uk/product/cavagna-low-pressure-regulator-30mbr-8mm/ 👍

Glad to hear it and hope your build is going well 🙂👍

Hey, we used a McAlpine flexcon 9 in the video, but have since changed the plumbing slightly under the van so now use a T5M there. Anything that's got a 1.5" BSP coupling nut on one end should screw directly onto the 1.5" drain. Have added links to both in the description 👍

No problem, thanks for watching! 🙂

Thanks Pete, always appreciate your comments 😊 It won't be as long till the next video this time! 🙂

@SelfBuiltStories Already looking forward to it. Lovely, positive channel.

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Cheers, glad you think so 🙂👍

Hopefully they should be a little more frequent from now on! 😎

Thanks, yep they're doing great and enjoying the sunshine! 🌞🐑

Cheers :) The paint adhered well actually but it got a bit scuffed up in a few places when we were positioning it the hoops, so we resprayed it all again once it was bolted in place. We've driven thousands of miles with it now and it's holding up well, but we'll recoat it from time to time too 👍 We do have some sockets we just didn't have one that would fit over the protruding bolt 😛 Hopefully we'll get the second part out soon!

@@SelfBuiltStories Good to hear. I should have known you did this install BEFORE your long trip.

@@ssteele1812 haha yep, having the ability to make many cups of tea was a priority 😅

Cheers! We're really happy with it! 😀

Cheers! And we've just spent the last 3 months in Norway with the van 😀 We're quite behind on our videos but hopefully we'll catch up! We're a lot more up to date on Instagram 🙂

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Cheers! Haha we quite like having it all there in the app to be honest, it's only a local Bluetooth connection. You can also hook it up to a tablet for a visual display but we've gone for a more analogue feel for our control panel in the van 😛

Cheers, yep that will be in part 2 🙂👍

Haha yeah it was a bit unnerving, we'll include our first fill up in the next video 😄

@@SelfBuiltStories As you are still here, it must have gone well . . .

@@flashback9966 haha yep! 😁

Fortunately we don't really drink coffee, just lots of tea! 😄

Good question, it has a red paint on it to protect it from the environment but it's important to protect it from stone chips and debris thrown up from the road too if mounted under a vehicle. So if there isn't a physical barrier it's recommended to paint it with an anti-chip paint to give that protection. Autogas did offer to paint it for free but as they're a few hours drive from us we figured it might ironically get chipped on that drive so we did it ourselves, but using the same paint. Has held up well so far 🙂 And if you're using the camper for only private use there's no legal requirement for LPG stickers in the UK, but no harm in adding them of course 👍

And should stay red and have a heavy coat of clear wax on it and should be waxed every year…

​@@evanescecse freestanding propane tanks are usually but not always red, butane blue. Underslung lpg tanks for campervans are usually supplied red and then our supplier coats them in black Tetroseal for protection. We used the same stuff they advised and it's held up well, but yeah as you say we will respray it periodically as well 👍

It's not as common as petrol and diesel but there are some around, and the tank lasts us about 3 months so we haven't had any problems 😎

Hiya, thanks it's good to have another video out! Glad you're enjoying them 😊 We travelled around the NZ South island in a campervan a few years ago for a month and had an amazing time, one of the reasons we ended up wanting to build our own, beautiful country 😍

Thanks guys so pleased you enjoyed your time here we are all so fortunate. I have a lot to do with the training of boat building apprentices and Abi your drawings are amazing such a brilliant example of how helpful a good plan can be 100%. Also the quality of your vids are the most enjoyable well put together I’ve ever seen on you tube. Can’t wait to see some of your trips.

​@@mattbreingan7247 thanks so much, we do like to have hand drawn diagrams to visualise everything and it's nice to hear that others like them too! We're hoping our videos will be a little more frequent now and not long till we can share some of our adventures! 🙂

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Thanks a lot, glad you enjoy them! Hopefully you won't have to wait quite so long for the next one this time 😄

Cheers! Yep we had an incredible time in Norway, look forward to sharing some videos from there at some point! Hope the bobil install goes well, ours is still going strong! 👍😎

Hope you enjoy it! 😊

Haha, we did have to spent a lot of time under the van, was knackering after a while! And yep we've had some great adventures in the van, we'll have some videos of them at some point 😎

Thank you, glad to have another video out! Hopefully it won't be so long till the next one this time 😆

We went for the 2mm white satin 👍

Cheers! Yeah it took absolutely ages but it was quite satisfying when it finally came together 😀

No problem, and thanks 🙂👍

Hey, afraid we no nothing about the different networks in Africa 😀 But the setup we have would work assuming we could find a decent 4G SIM with enough data for it. We use an IQ Go SIM when we're out the UK which has inclusive roaming in the EU which is classed as zone 1. But countries in Africa are classed as zone 6 or even 7 so wouldn't be suitable. You'd have to try and find a provider (or several local ones) that fits the countries you're likely to pass through 👍

Hiya, if you mean for the battery bank then generally the red battery isolator switches are installed to switch the positive side and this is also what is recommended by Victron (section 4.7): www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/The_Wiring_Unlimited_book/43562-Wiring_Unlimited-pdf-en.pdf . For the solar disconnect though we have a dual disconnect which cuts power to both the positive and negative at the same time for extra safety 👍

The isolated is more expensive but can be used in any install (as you can always just use it in a non-isolated way), but the non-isolated will only work if both your starter and leisure batteries share a common ground. That's the case for most vans, so most people can get away with using the non-isolated one, but when we bought it the difference in cost wasn't that great so we thought we'd go for the isolated. It also means we have no normal current going through the van chassis which we prefer as we find it easier to reason about the system, as we have dedicated wires for both the positives and negatives. Which also means that we can use the amp clamp over them to diagnose any problems more easily. The last consideration is probably that depending on what unit you want, it might only be available in one version or the other. The new XS is only sold as a non-isolated version at the moment, and the 12/12-18 for example is only available isolated. HTH 👍

@@SelfBuiltStories thank for the clear answer! Both my battery has the negative in common so I can buy both, if I buy the isolated version like you can I just concept with a bridge the two negative ports in the Orion and from une of them going to the common negative? Thank you very much

@@alexluciano9462 No problem! And yep that shouldn't be a problem, people have done similar here: community.victronenergy.com/questions/75538/orion-tr-smart-12-12-18-isolated-wiring-question.html 👍

Yeah it's not a bad idea and we'd probably do that if we installed it again, but we haven't had any issues with it at all as it is after a year on the road and thousands of miles driven now all the way around the UK and up to Norway and back. The wires are so ridiculously tight going through the gland that there's not really any space for water, and we've also wrapped the exposed section in self-amalgamating tape since this video too. It would be nice if they made a gland specifically for it as most of the ones you can buy are too small for the hefty set of cables so we had to improvise a bit!

​@SelfBuiltStories thanks for answering and the precisions! I love your content, I'm a big fan. It'd be nice if when you have time you'd make an overall video without a particular topic, but just show how everything goes together, open the bed all the way to the shower, show the inside of the cabinetry as it is now, electric cupboard separation etc. Anyway! Thanks again for the great content!

@@hickscorp No problem at all 🙂Glad you're enjoying it and yep, we'll make a full van tour video at some point for sure!

Yeah for sure, we're really happy with our setup and it's been working out great for years now! Much cheaper, but also much lighter too. We can put it up and take it down in a few minutes, and it just lives in a small bag in the garage ready to go 😎