split charger setup

I finally managed to get all the bits for the battery to battery charger setup, and made the most of a sunny morning to solder the connectors and install it all.

Here are the different components: A 140A automatic split charger from Antares, an isolator switch for the leisure battery, some bling 6mm dia electric cable (the boat shop had ran out so had to go to that place that caters for boy racers), one in-line fuse holder. Ideally I should have used one fuse on both sides of the charger, but the shop had ran out and the leisure side + charger are all contained under the driving seat as seen below.



There is a 50A "mega fuse" close to the connector to the starter starter battery, located under the passenger seat:



There is one meter of cable linking it to the charger, under the driver seat:



On the picture above, you can just about see the isolator switch on the right of the charger. The switch is activated on the outside of the driver seat base, between the drivers leg. The leisure battery is connected straight to the switch.
At the moment, the fuse box is just secured to inside the seat base . It will eventually be mounted in a separate enclosure, when i tackle the "proper" van electrics - at the moment, it is only connected to some lights.
You can also notice the vent tube for the leisure battery, in light blue on the picture.

This last picture shows the connection from the negative pole of the leisure battery to the van's body. There was an in-situ thread insert, I just bolted the cables to it.



I finished this just in time to rush to work. I didn't put the fuse nor turned the switch on. As I type this, I don't know if it all work. Fingers crossed...