The Dispatch | Expert | Scudo Hub

What size of battery and how much current are you looking to charge at.
Are you looking at a dc-dc charger?

Thanks, that makes sense.

Just curiious about your speeding ticket. Was it a mobile patrol that stopped you?

With the esp disabled, and trying do a hill start on an icy road, the abs came on full. The van stalled. Restarting enabled it it again and I was able to move. So more imprtant than I thought.
Just so pissed off that the garage sent me off knowing that they had not reset the sensor, for whatever reason.

Found it. It's on the drivers door frame, on the b pillar, near where the lock engages.

I was at out local council recycling today, and noticed that there was a small weighbridge. Asked if I could use use it, and no problem - and no charge if I did not need a cert.
So it came in at 2280kg and the max on the V5 2698kg. This is good news since we are heading off shortly and the van is packed with food & equipment, with full water and fuel tanks.
Still can't find the ratings plate, but did find a doc that lists the weights, which is now in the manuals section.

The diagrams are of little help. I guess its because typically you start with a fault, and then locate the component.
Anyway even though the images don't match up, I think that the top relay is for the windows (p153) and the second one is for rear heated window (p203)

Looking at it again, pushing the top of the door from the outside reproduced the rattle. There is certainly more movement on the door compared to the other side. A bit of unscrewing various guides and, like the MK1, there is nothing really to adjust.
So I had a look at the top guide rail where the arm roller ends up when the door is shut. And there is a small bit foam dangling off the end. Checking the other side, this bit of foam is glued to the side of the rail, so the roller is jammed in tight, so it won't rattle!
Superglued it back on, and no rattle when I push the door. I'll find out tomorrow morning  for definite if its fixed.

I've see this happen before, and I think it's moisture under the switches. We used the van as a camper, and sleeping in the van creates a lot of excess moisture. We would always try to keep the side door open and run a dehumidifier when possible.

We usually stay in campsites, and quite often there will be wifi. However the wifi might only be around reception, in which case the Alfa AWUS036NHA will allow me to pick up the signal, and redistribute it around the van for phones & tablets. it also means that the password only needs to setup once. In some cases you only get access for one device, so we can use multiple devices with this setup. Some sites will give you an hour for free each day, so I can change the mac address of the wifi adapter, and get another hour if needed.
Maybe less of an issue nowadays with better roaming options, but when I first set it up 10 years ago, it was very useful.
Over the years I've tried to use this as a media server, with poor results, because when the fridge kicks in the inductive load caused a dip in the supply, that was enough to reset the pi. The new lithium battery will fix this, and will stop the lights flickering too.  Replaced the HDD with an SSD, so I'll be able to stream to the radio, and the wife will be able to watch stuff on her tablet when we are on the move.  It might even work :-)