Sprinter Van Add On⎜Isolator Combiner (charge your batteries while you drive 🚐⚡️)

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Here's a short little tutorial about how to install an Isolator Combiner in your van. As always, the electrical components of my van confound me. So I did my best with what I could understand! I'm not 100% sure what the white wire is for, however, if you want to hire my homeboy Ben to help you install an isolator combiner on your van you can email him!
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@privacyatty 5 лет назад

At 1:27 your friend should have put a plastic or rubber grommet because the wires will rub overtime and short out and burn down your van potentially unless you are downstream of fuse and even then you want grommet because wire can fray.

@mattthewanderer5029 5 лет назад

I've never wanted to watch paint dry, but if you did a video about it, I would watch that!! At least once!!!

@KayaLindsay 5 лет назад

Thanks I think?

@TravelingTroy 5 лет назад

Hi Kaya. Great addition to your power system. I have one too. I find I use mine the most early in the mornings before the sun gets a chance to recharge the house batteries or when its been raining for 5 days straight. One option I would suggest to your viewers is to install a switch, which would allow you to turn the isolator combiner off and on. It’s really not necessary for the battery isolator combiner to be active all the time. Not preaching. It works either way, just a suggestion. 😉 FYI - Great videos!

@KayaLindsay 5 лет назад

Great suggestion :) It automatically switches on and off when you turn the car on, but adding an additional switch can definitely give you more control over your battery set up!

@alanwestport 3 года назад

As a low voltage electrician I see a few issues that stand out. The first being the guage of wire. Your wire to the second battery should be 1/0 guage otherwise voltage drop is going to dramatically limit the charging capabilities to your house battery. Next the routing of the cable is dangerous. Constantly interacting with the wire can allow the jacketing to rub. If the red one rubs through even the slightest amount and it makes contact with metal it will immediately burn of the rest of the jacketing for several inches if not feet. The heat generated will catch everything combustible that it's touching on fire. Even a small 12 volt battery for an alarm system has the ablilty to burn down the van if shorted. You can weld metal together by shorting. You having the curcuit breaker on the engine side is a (crude) start but the house battery needs a fuse to prevent voltage from being provied at a short from the house battery side. Install a 150amp fuse between the cable and the house battery. Doing this could save your life. Happy trails!

@steventracey2937 5 лет назад

about to take my t1n on a vancay soon! my buddy is doing something like this in lieu of solar. I have always been hesitant because I am not sure how much strain this will place on the alternator and it may end up killing the alternator early. But I am not a professional on this and I am open to information from those who are.

@KayaLindsay 5 лет назад

I've seen a few people mention on here that this is really bad for the alternator. I'm not sure how this is true since this is a very common set up for people who nerd out about their audio systems. I'm definitely no expert! Here are a few resources I've found for people researching isolator combiners. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CGD8HAeg5UA.html gnomadhome.com/vanlife-installing-battery-isolator/ Good luck!

@mattthewanderer5029 5 лет назад

I've had my sprinter wired like this for 6 years and it's working fine and I've had no problems with the alternator. I don't know how you could cause any problems unless you wired it wrong.

@alanwestport 3 года назад

I'm not sure about the quality of the unit in the video but high quality charging relays such as thouse made by Blue Sea (marine grade) will isolate the house battery before starting and keep it isolated for 30 seconds or so before checking the voltage of the start battery. If the start battery is below a certain voltage such as 12.5ish, the relay will not attempt to charge the house battery. This protects against power surging into the house battery and then subisquently into you electric/electronics upon starting the van. The basic alternator is likely either 90 or 115 amp which is no problem for the start and a single house battery. There is an upgrade alternator that is 200 amp and bolts into the same spot if you have more than 1 house battery.

@register1430 4 года назад

So more to house batteries than just sticking one under the passenger seat. What a smart idea. I wish I was more electrical savy on Sprinter electronics.

@Headtrons 5 лет назад

Do they recommend upgrading your alternator for this?

@KayaLindsay 5 лет назад

Nope.

@Headtrons 5 лет назад

Interesting, I’ve always heard you want to upgrade the alternator when going this route, look forward to seeing how it holds up for you! Maybe I’ll get one after all, I want to avoid solar if I can.

@sadidiker 5 лет назад

😘😘⚘⚘

@christianholmstedt8770 5 лет назад

Hmmm, that wire gauge doesn't looks very small. Any serious current will cause a big voltage drop and result in bad charging. Is it actually working good? Tech videos are cool.

@KayaLindsay 5 лет назад

It's been installed for about a year and a half and so far I have had no problems! I find on rainy days the isolator combiner to be extremely useful. However, it is more like a trickle charge than anything else, so I don't often go from 0 to 100 with this thing. It's more for keeping the batteries topped up, or fully charging them on a very long days drive.

@christianholmstedt8770 5 лет назад

That's good and thank you for answering! The reason I asked is that I'm an EE and the wire size and the very strange explanation they gave you about a minimum wire length and 'spreading the power' is just not correct. In essence, for electrical connections handling high currents the following is better (within reasons): - Shorter cables - Bigger cables Long thinner cables results in voltage drops and bad charging. The lost power shows itself as heat and in extreme bad cases that heat is a fire hazard. On top of this it is also a good idea to use a 120-150A fuse mounted at the end of the cable close to where it's connected to the starter battery for safety. If for some reason the cable is damaged and shorts to the chassis the fuse will blow. A big fuse at the house battery is also recommended. Size it depending on the size of the load. Anyhow, thx for the videos I enjoy everyone of them. I'm building my camper van setup now. It's meant for weekends / a few weeks on the road.

@fratermus5502 5 лет назад

Dunno about Sprinters, but a lot of Eurovans have the battery under the seating area. This can make for very short wiring runs when the house battery is forward mounted. Flooded lead-acid batteries tend to max out at about C/5. It might be a bottleneck with AGM or Li, which can [dis]charge at higher rates.

@KayaLindsay 5 лет назад

Thank you for the response! We did include a 125A breaker on the battery side (it's mounted to the top of the ignition battery) Generally I wasn't super clear about why they wanted us to include so much more wire, but we ended up doing it and the system works really well so far! Thanks for the compliments, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos :)

@PopsGG 5 лет назад

Nice video! I've seen some people install a 2nd alternator, does this remove the need to do that?

@mwilliamshs 5 лет назад

There's no "need" for either a 2nd alt or this isolator but "needing" both is even less likely. This video shows one way to charge your house batteries with your engine. A 2nd alternator is another way. The isolator is cheaper and easier to install. A 2nd alternator could charge the batteries faster and also yields redundancy.

@johncook1885 5 лет назад

Using your vehicle's alternator is the worst thing you can do to your vehicles electrical system. These days vehicles are extremely dependent on battery alternator combination. You'll create all kinds of electrical issues your vehicle will behave like it possessed by a poltergeist.👻👽👾

@christianholmstedt8770 5 лет назад

Ehhh that needs some more fact to back up your claim. Basically if the alternator is powerful enough to provide the power needed and the voltage levels are where they should be it's not going to be a problem.