{"id":268,"date":"2020-05-12T18:25:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/?p=268"},"modified":"2020-09-03T12:50:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T11:50:53","slug":"flux-converter-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Flux Converter Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is a Flux Converter?<\/strong> in truth I dont know, its a fictitious appliance from the movie Back to the Future<\/em>. I thought it appropriate I call the electrical system on the van the Flux Converter<\/em>, this unit powers the internal vehicle which in a “round about way<\/em>” is used to transport us to a different location. It would be nice if I could set a date into the future but I cant, well not at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to put the electrics and batteries?<\/strong> Lets start with the batteries, the best location would be to have them as close to the vehicle’s starter battery as possible. Often in many camper-vans the electrics and batteries are stored in the rear of the vehicle and this means a long run of wire and in some cases a “voltage drop<\/em>“, in other words its better to have a shorter cable than it is to have a longer cable even if its thicker (although its not essential).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> One place I considered was to have the electrics under the internal seats (just behind the drivers seat) this meant a shorter distance to the Vehicle Battery (starter battery). Although I did decide on this option there wasn’t enough room to house all the electrics as well as two large batteries under the twin seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why hide the Electrics, why not make them easily accessible?<\/strong> I like this idea so long it could be presented neatly it would give really easy access. For example if I wanted to turn off any part of the electrical system then this could be made as easy as opening a small door and flicking a switch. Also they could be made to look a little “pretty” although I am not sure if pretty is the right word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided to house some of the electrics in a cabinet with a glass door<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Electrical Display Cabinet: <\/strong>The top section will house the 12 volt electrics and the bottom section will house 240 volts. Never shall the two meet<\/em>, these sections will have a divider<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is a Flux Converter? in truth I dont know, its a fictitious appliance from the movie Back to the Future. I thought it appropriate I call the electrical system on the van the Flux Converter, this unit powers the internal vehicle which in a “round about way” is used to transport us to a … Continue reading “Flux Converter Part 1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flux-converter-part-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vintagewatchparts.co.uk\/campervan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}