Thanks Steve . Will be good when you get your dc charger with the mppt regulator 👍 I just used the old redarc dc charger that was laying around in the shed. I get some beer money from KZfaq . I only do this as a hobby as no way it would pay the bills. Thanks for watching mate 👍🍻

Thanks mate. Thank you for watching 👍🍻

Cheers mate👍 mainly did this for the wife’s car to run the fridge . Was concerned about that about putting everything in the box but will see how it goes through the summer probably just lift the lid off or will end up putting in a little computer fan . End up removing the Victron as was no need for a solar input as battery will run fridge for 3 days if the car wasn’t started.. her car is used daily . Look forward to your next upload mate 👍🍻

Thank you for your comments and im glad its helped you out in some way.. thanks for watching 👍🍻

Thanks mate the portability is awesome. Lithium all the eay for sure. Once you get lithium, you’ll never go back to agm as im sure you would agree..Just seen your portable setup which is a absolute bewwtie 🇦🇺👍🍻

Thanks for your support mate . If I get another vehicle , this is what setup I would use as it’s nice and simple . Thanks for watching 👍🍻

My pleasure mate . Thanks for watching 👍🍻

Thanks Jason and thanks for your continued support. Yes nice and simple and perfect for your people mover mate and also extra power for your cruiser when you go camping as it’s totally portable. I wish I went with this in the first place when I first did a dual battery setup 👍 hope all is well 👍🍻

@@EFFICIENTSELF it’s a fantastic idea mate it really is. I would need to seriously consider going to lithium though if going mobile. Current set up in cruiser is AGM but could see where this box with lithium works wonders Hope you and the family are all well ans safe mate

Sorry mate the blue wire is the ignition wire and needs to be connected to a power source when ignition is turned on. This case I just connected to power wire as not all dc chargers have ignition wires. Cheers mate 👍🍻

Thanks Chris 👍 appreciate your support mate . Thanks 👍🍻

Thanks Fred . Awesome mate and hope you been getting good use out of your setup. And thanks for mentioning about removing or bypassing the regulator that come with portable panels , as I never mentioned (my bad) thanks for watching 👍🍻

@@EFFICIENTSELF I know you like experimenting....here’s an idea for you. I saw a brief video where a guy hooked up his solar regulator to his car battery using the panel connections and used it to charge his portable battery. May not work with a smart alternator but would work with an alternator that pumps out anything close to 14v. You must be collecting an array of spare bits and pieces by now to consider having a go.? Just need to fit a fuse on the +ve panel lead.

I actually tried this with my 50amp atem power dc charger and battery box .. the car start battery got to 13.7v and then dc started charging then stopped when the voltage got down to around 13.1v (start batt) then had to wait till the solar charged the battery up to 13.7v and so on… might give it a go with the redarc charger and batt as redarc is only 20 amp

@@EFFICIENTSELF just to make sure we are on the same page, the video I saw had the guy using only a solar regulator. Did not connect it to a DC DC charger. I was thinking of having a go. I have a 10amp MPPT reg that I removed off of my solar panel as I connect solar through my DC DC/MPPT charger now. My Jeep alternator pumps out 14v . I’ll need to read my solar panel specs to see what the min solar voltage point is. This 12v stuff is addictive!

Oh ok … have you got the link ? I will have a look when i get a chance.. yeah its addictive alright 😂

Solar earth to battery is fine. Thanks for watching 👍🍻

@@EFFICIENTSELF thanks mate.

I left the orange wire disconnected to get agm mode . you can go on the redarc website and search your charger and you can look at user manual to be sure … as it’s been a while now this charger packed it in after 9 years of use . thanks for watching 👍🍻

@@EFFICIENTSELF Did you go with the Itech or another Redarc DC/dc?

@damodoesall6240 i just went with a renogy 50 amp dc charger with mppt solar controller… went with this as was a hot sale price

You better off with a lithium charger. All that hype about drop in lithium to charge on an agm profile is nonsense. My redarc finally gave up the ghost but its not bad for a 10 year old dc charger. Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching 👍🍻

you sure can . thanks for watching 👍🍻

hey Daryl . I haven’t explored the induction cooking way yet . maybe one day I might try it but I’m happy just cooking on gas or using the microwave… there are videos on KZfaq though of people going to induction cooking as it’s very popular. thanks for watching 👍🍻

@@EFFICIENTSELF ok, I thought given you've gone the way of heaps of lithium power, have an invertor in your vans thought it was a no brainer for yourself. But good on you for taking the time to count us in on your build/s processes they are just what your viewers are interested in. Thanks Dino.

Not with this dc charger it senses charge going into battery and starts charging. Thanks for watching 👍🍻

I just connected the ignition wire to positive …if you have smart alternator than the ignition wire goes to a power source when the ignition is turned on . As in the video it was a 2020 model Mitsubishi asx and I didn’t need to worry about the ignition wire

@@EFFICIENTSELF thanks for the reply

not at all . thanks for watching 👍🍻

I put 2 computer fans inside rthe box one on intake and the other on exhaust for the airflow as it got very hot inside the box… if you can’t fit it all inside just mount the victron outside the battery box .. i end up taking out the victron mppt and just use the dc charger.. thanks for watching my videos I really appreciate it 👍🍻

@@EFFICIENTSELF Hi Dino thanks for the reply. Ok I think i will mount it on the outside . Thanks again Dom

Cheers dom hope it all goes well 👍

not at all

@EFFICIENTSELF so you have run a negative to the car battery negative?

Just a positive and negative from start battery to the dc charger and unplug and fully portable

@@EFFICIENTSELF sweet thanks a ton, legend 🤟

Cheers mate good luck 🤞👍🍻

Hey bruce i dont have any voltx lithium batteries.. this redarc is the older type ….. The battery i have apparently can take agm profile battery chargers in your case you need to go the redarc 1225d as it gas lithium profile.. hope this helps and thanks for watching 👍🍻

Thanks Dino great video's too,wot latest Renogy 30amp dc-dc charger with mppt solar inputs have heard about them I see you had there battery monitor how it going, thanks. Are good for wot I be doing.

Hey Brett 👍 to be honest I have never done this before . Maybe search KZfaq and hopefully someone has done a video on this.. I know you can get 24v dc dc chargers but I’m not sure if they put out 12v on the output . Maybe go onto redarc and ask them the question if they do a dc charger with 24v in and you want to charge a 12v battery , maybe they have a charger for this . Only thing I know you can get 24v dc charger and rig up another 24 v battery bank and you can wire up the same way I have in this video but you will be 24v system. Then you could get a 24v to 12v down converter if you need 12v. Sorry I couldn’t give you a solid tip . Maybe somebody will reply with some sound advice..👍🍻

@@EFFICIENTSELF No problem Dino thanks for the reply. Nice videos btw, new to much of this so love watching your vids so far. Keep it up

Thanks Brett much appreciate it 👍🍻

Thanks for the heads up .. yeah I just went on the sellers eBay ads and they say perfect for charging laptops and electronics and when you read the specs of the can inverters they are modified sine wav. … something I definitely should of mentioned….thanks again and thanks for watching 👍🍻

This battery has continuous 100 amp discharge and maximum inverter you could run from this battery would be a 1200watt and it would need to be connected to the battery terminals . Thanks for watching 👍🍻

@@EFFICIENTSELF Just learning this stuff now can you tell me of any books I can buy. How did you learn about this? Thanks

There is lots of stuff online . Google is your friend . It’s just an interest of mine I been doing for the last 5 years.. I didn’t know anything when I started . Just watch lots of videos and ask questions using google and you will find answers. 👍🍻

Watch a channel called Greg virgoe he explains it so well and shows diagrams and you will gain a lot from it

When plugged in to your vehicle while running it will charge . Thanks for watching 👍🍻

Cheers 🇳🇿👍🍻