How to Fit a 12V Split Charger & Leisure Battery in a VW CADDY VAN | Ep 2

I fit a Victron DC-DC Orion charger & a 12v Lithium battery from LiTime in my VW Caddy van. I also fit a voltmeter and some USB sockets.
This is the video I followed to set up the Victron Connect app: • Victron Orion-Tr Smart...
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[@OutAndAbout-UK]

Lovely little install 👏 totally understand the dealing with surface rust too!! 😂

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

Thanks mate 👍 Yes the rust needed to be dealt with otherwise it would have bugged me forever 😉

[@MrBrad248248]

Great video that one, really nice educational watch and a really neat job , well done 👏

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

Thank you, much appreciated & I’m glad you found it helpful 👍

[@duderthompson91]

Brilliant video, this has given me the confidence to have a go myself tomorrow! I didnt realise i needed the blue control unit though so back to ebay it is!

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

That’s great, I’m glad to hear that. It’s always my hope that I can inspire other people to have a go. If you need any help just ask & I’ll do my best for you. Thanks 👍

[@duderthompson91]

@@LoneWolfExplorer that's awesome thank you, keep up the videos! I had searched through a good dozen before I came across yours, and this is the one that gave me the boost 👍🏻

[@Dmax_overland]

Love the videos

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

Thanks mate, I really appreciate that 👍

[@alaniley-zu2qo]

Best video ive found so far, been getting very overwhelmed with it all, so if i was to fit a double socket in the rear where would each wire go?

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

Thank you, I appreciate that. I was hoping that this video would be helpful to someone doing the same job as me :) When your talking about fitting a double socket in the rear, do you mean where would you route the wires or how to wire them up?

[@alaniley-zu2qo]

@@LoneWolfExplorer Yeah so if i was to install a double socket in the back, how would i wire that up to the leisure battery? i was going to just buy an inverter with built in sockets but if theres a way to wire a socket straight from the battery that would be good!

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

@@alaniley-zu2qo Well it depends on what type of socket, if it’s a DC 12v socket like I used then wire them into the fuse box same as me but if your talking about an inverter, I’m assuming you want to use AC sockets for AC power than yes an inverter is the way to go.

[@J4m-ontoast]

Got a question for you fella. When you shoved the rod through did it pierce the rubber surrounding the wire loom? The rubber is taped to my wire loom so I can't feed it through

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

@@J4m-ontoast I’m pretty sure it just pushed through nice and easy. From memory there is already quite a bit of loom going through that grommet. Can you take off some of the tape at all?

[@alaniley-zu2qo]

hello mate, was the inline midi fuse already built when you got it? ive got the same gear as you i think and it came with a seperate plastic packaging to the midi fuse box, got 4 thin silvery strips of metal with ‘60A’ scribed on them, do they just get peiced together?

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

Hi, no the midi fuse holder I bought had no fuse in it, in fact I purchased the 40amp by mistake so I order 60amp fuses separately. That’s them, the slim bits of metal with 60amp stamped in the middle. You just put them in when connecting your cables up after terminating the ends of the cable. Hope that makes sense.

[@RustyNutsProjects]

Another good vid mate keep the vids coming

[@LoneWolfExplorer]

Thanks mate, I’ll do my best to keep them coming 😉