DonGraham
Not a detailed installation instruction, but a few pointers. I have an Ecoflow Delta2 with additional Delta2 battery sitting on top mounted at the rear of the 680, under the external shower, secured with 2 x Rok straps and a block of insulation board just to keep it off the rear cupboard wall to ensure cooling fan airflow.
Fitting the Alternator charger under the external shower plinth there is "just" enough cable length to reach the starter battery. In my case the cable has to run over the floor between the rear seat and passenger seat, not really an issue as it is covered by the carpet, close to the sidewall and not where you would be standing on.
A few points:
Cable run through rear cupboard, technical cupboard (remove bottom faceplate) , wardrobe to washroom cupboard is all fairly straight forward. Just try and make sure there are no twists in the cable as you run it through as it will kink and trying to get twists out in confined spaces is not easy! Getting the cable through the washroom and under the rear seat was easier than expected. I used a small length of thin blue fairly rigid water pipe that I has spare from the caravan and routed it through, near the heating duct that goes from under the seat through the washroom wall. Then I pushed some strimmer line through the water pipe to use as a draw lead. Getting the cable under the passenger seat I found more of a challenge! Because of the lack of cable length a more direct route had to be taken, lifting the grey plastic floor joining strip, routing the cable underneath and then under the floor covering and seat. I used the same method of finding a route under the seat using the plastic water pipe, but it took a number of attempts to find a route suitable to keep away from the existing wiring to the fuse box that exists under there. This took the longest time of the fit as there are so many thin wires to avoid and requires a gentle approach! Finally connecting to the leisure battery and the negative to a battery box bolt. I ran a tap down the bolt thread to remove any coating and put the bolt through a die then coated with thin grease to ensure maximum continuity and prevent corrosion. There is a metal collar through the plastic battery box, so there is no issue with relying on plastic to ensure tightness of the negative connection. Then a couple of cuts to the battery box cover, for cable entry and also a mod where the negative bolts to to ensure the cover closes properly.
Adding the Alternator Charger to the Ecoflow App and then testing, all worked first time, although in my case I have to unplug the Aux battery to Delta2 cable and charge them seperately. I have been in touch with Ecoflow and they tell me they are considering making a modified cable or socket doubler so that both Delta2 and Aux battery can be charged at the same time, that would be much more convenient.
Cheers Don
Fitting the Alternator charger under the external shower plinth there is "just" enough cable length to reach the starter battery. In my case the cable has to run over the floor between the rear seat and passenger seat, not really an issue as it is covered by the carpet, close to the sidewall and not where you would be standing on.
A few points:
Cable run through rear cupboard, technical cupboard (remove bottom faceplate) , wardrobe to washroom cupboard is all fairly straight forward. Just try and make sure there are no twists in the cable as you run it through as it will kink and trying to get twists out in confined spaces is not easy! Getting the cable through the washroom and under the rear seat was easier than expected. I used a small length of thin blue fairly rigid water pipe that I has spare from the caravan and routed it through, near the heating duct that goes from under the seat through the washroom wall. Then I pushed some strimmer line through the water pipe to use as a draw lead. Getting the cable under the passenger seat I found more of a challenge! Because of the lack of cable length a more direct route had to be taken, lifting the grey plastic floor joining strip, routing the cable underneath and then under the floor covering and seat. I used the same method of finding a route under the seat using the plastic water pipe, but it took a number of attempts to find a route suitable to keep away from the existing wiring to the fuse box that exists under there. This took the longest time of the fit as there are so many thin wires to avoid and requires a gentle approach! Finally connecting to the leisure battery and the negative to a battery box bolt. I ran a tap down the bolt thread to remove any coating and put the bolt through a die then coated with thin grease to ensure maximum continuity and prevent corrosion. There is a metal collar through the plastic battery box, so there is no issue with relying on plastic to ensure tightness of the negative connection. Then a couple of cuts to the battery box cover, for cable entry and also a mod where the negative bolts to to ensure the cover closes properly.
Adding the Alternator Charger to the Ecoflow App and then testing, all worked first time, although in my case I have to unplug the Aux battery to Delta2 cable and charge them seperately. I have been in touch with Ecoflow and they tell me they are considering making a modified cable or socket doubler so that both Delta2 and Aux battery can be charged at the same time, that would be much more convenient.
Cheers Don
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