What was there was a mess, so I decided to rip it all out and start again. The leisure battery and LED strip lights were the only things that survived the cull.
First up was a fuse box, which made life so much easier when the rewiring started.
I did also install a master on/off switch so I can quickly kill everything attached to the leisure battery when I'm not using the van for a few days.
I wanted to have some information, so I got a cheap 12v meter. Installing it with the external shunt was a bit of a mind bender but thankfully I have a much more intelligent friend on speed dial who was able to draw me a circuit diagram that even I was able to understand. Amazingly it worked, first bloody time at that!
I found reading difficult before as there was no way of getting quality light to where I wanted, so mostly I didn't read, and mostly just dicked about on my phone when I was bored. Now I have no excuses as I've got a couple of really nice spot lights.
What else, I installed some switches to control the LED lights, and a USB charger / cigarette lighter socket and finally a USB PD charger which in theory will power and charge my Surface PC, although I've not quite got as far as ordering the PD to Surface cable yet so I haven't been able to test it.
Before my next trip away I'd like to upgrade the leisure battery. The one I have no is the better part of 10 years old, so a larger capacity battery is overdue.
Grounding Strip Bus Bar - https://amzn.to/2BB2Ybd
Ausdin 12v Fuse Box - https://amzn.to/309fXdL
Suparee 12v LED Spot Reading Light - https://amzn.to/3hMGZO1
Toggle Switch Panel - https://amzn.to/39zo3iK
Dual QC3.0 Cigarette Lighter/USB Socket - https://amzn.to/39zoklM
Mictuning Digital Multimeter - https://amzn.to/3hEAfBB
PD Charger - https://amzn.to/3g7NlXD
Auto Outlet Car Battery Terminal Connectors Kit - https://amzn.to/3g44vW4
I'm including some very poorly taken mobile phone photos of everything, although if you really want to see photos, Amazon does it much better.
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