Old £1000 Motorhome Gets Free Electricity

[@UrbanVanlife]

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[@viv-i-vangoesforth]

Blimey Neil, I'm gobsmacked how fab Doug looks. He looks like a brand new van!!!! 😲😲😲 You and Emma have done an awesome job of renovating outside!!!! You've basically done what I'm in the process of doing with Viv-i-van so I'm watching your progress with keen interest. Thankfully I ripped out all the dodgy electrics the dodgy converter put in so my electrics are minimal and simple. I do love your "how to do" vids though and learned a lot following the channel- as well as being a member of our Urban vanlife KZbin channel. Good to see it back BTW 🤟. now all we need is the live episodes coming back on the channel as they were brill. Much respect as always to you, Em and of course the puppers. - Kenny

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thanks Kenny . And you’re right mate we really do need to star live streaming again . We really really do

[@mtchamberlin]

Good to see you back, hope all is well after your hospital visits..

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thanks buddy all good just got to keep the blood pressure down and stop the engine from blowing

[@ProjectCamper]

Chipping away like a proper trooper , nothing chasing cables all day. top job mate. 👍👍

[@UrbanVanlife]

Cheers buddy hope your good and well friend

[@stewartfindlay251]

Great to see you back Neil

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thanks ste nice to be back buddy

[@johnmitchell9261]

You have both done a fantastic job with this motorhome, thanks for the great content.

[@UrbanVanlife]

Our pleasure! And thank you for watching our little corner of madness

[@charliegould5865]

Our first MoHo an Elddis Auto Cirrus, had those strange angled electrical sockets. They were used to plug in 12 volt things, I think we only had three of them. One for the TV, one at the front on the dashboard for a fan and one more that I can’t remember ever using or where it was. You can still buy them, but they are a bit basic. Vans looking smart now, unbelievable improvement on what it was like.

[@UrbanVanlife]

Hopefully this week we can make some bigger changes . We are itching to get stuck in to it it feels slow at the moment but we just got back from the states

[@grahamunderwood9353]

good episode and good to see you up and about again

[@mychips]

Really like your videos and this series featuring this van. You could be onto somthing in buying old dirty vans and transforming them to a usable state

[@UrbanVanlife]

Yer it’s been very interesting for our selves to be honest . Making the old better is something that I think should be done more . And who know what’s next , we have been looking to be honest

[@robinfuller747]

Chassis seal the floor...to reduce the risk of delamination

[@KarenColeUKLawyer]

👋 over from RoberoBlake...❤

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thanks Karen . Uk lawyer hey have to check your stuff out Emma’s a law student

[@brianparker5228]

Please name Neil's favorite words I'll start (THERE ,HERE BASICALLY ,THINGS) lol😂😂😂❤

[@UrbanVanlife]

Defo things and init

[@robinfuller747]

Put a heat reflector at the back of the microwave....plus put a vent. Otherwise it will get Hot and Damp...from the heat and moisture out the back of the microwave...plus with cables etc draw dowm

[@UrbanVanlife]

There is a vent at the back of it mate cos it use to have some kind of cooler up there at one time cos the gas pipes still there . Disconnected but we left it in

[@markhowards420]

0:40 , we had those in our caravan in the '80s . They were used just for 12v iirc. Do yours have a + & - on ?

[@UrbanVanlife]

No not that Iv seen but now i need to have a look

[@clivemillington8452]

You need Emma around to destress you 😹😹😂😂😉😉

[@UrbanVanlife]

lol she dose but may be I need her around more

[@neillh]

Thanks for sharing , as always another great job 👍

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thanks buddy we where in Dallas with friends from ozzy land last week and we where eating tam tams

[@jeffshaw4553]

Well done mate love this build it’s looking proper nice now and now you got power into it it’s all good 👍🏽👍🏽

[@UrbanVanlife]

Yer it’s so good to have some power to be honest and that units brilliant as well . It just keeps going

[@ourworldonwheels]

Oh Doug’s gonna be fun once you start driving and rattling and all those connector blocks eventually work loose!haha you must love a challenge bud👍🏼 getting there though now

[@UrbanVanlife]

Ya know what I’d normal change them but them things where stiff as hell so I’m going to leave them for now and we shall see

[@ourworldonwheels]

@@UrbanVanlife to be fair, there probably quite old so that means decent quality! Ironically 😂

[@denisscott3073]

Hi Neil and Emma 👋 just us 2saying hi and thanks again for sharing this video update and information 👋 great video as always 👋den and sue.👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thanks 👍 hope your both good and well

[@djrichylaurence8991]

Combined with solar and the engine it should be quite easy to be independent of mains electricity. My next van will be totally self sufficient.

[@UrbanVanlife]

Yer we don’t plan on having him hooked up to the mains to be honest

[@isobelchapman9548]

Great vlog and very informative- thank you.

[@UrbanVanlife]

Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for watching

[@danielg2578]

Great vid and inspiration for my own build, just wondering why you went with the Anker over other options such as your ecoflow?

[@UrbanVanlife]

They got in touch with us and after looking at the specks I have to be honest for the size of this unit it blows the competition out of the water to be fair . Plus we wanted something with all the ports on the front rather than on the front and rear

[@johnmcenroe3683]

Looking good .

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thanks 👍

[@itsallfabrication]

love the vids, keep them coming.

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thanks for the kind words

[@petef2401]

If I run feed from solar panel into a dc 2 pole switch... Could it be possible to still connect into mmpt for leisure battery charging, then run a cable with Xt60 adaptor to charge a power station, made me think this vlog 👍Cheers

[@UrbanVanlife]

Not sure to be honest but in theory yes as you could switch between solar and dc . Now you have me thinking now

[@overlandingwolf]

TBH that looks like a nightmare, i'd probably pull the lot out and refit everything with known wires, connectors and fuses - 12v fires are no joke. (i know you know what you are doing, but i just couldn't trust someone else before me's work - especially after seeing the shaver connection)

[@UrbanVanlife]

Problem is that’s not some thing most people can or could do . The main wireing is ok but granted the mad shaver phone socket was weird af . Least there is one thing the extra wireing that’s been added at least they used household 3 core so it’s fine for what it’s doing

[@bettyourcampervan]

Always a fab video guys ❤

[@UrbanVanlife]

Thank you

[@ScullyPop]

Great episode. See you on the other side!

[@jansweeney1333]

Hi, Love what you did with the old van bringing it back to life,very interesting video 👍🏻.I ve a quick question ,Can I get away with just using a ‘Power station ‘ like yours in my van ; instead of a leisure batterie? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@UrbanVanlife]

You totaly could . This unit we have is running everything in the van as the leisure battery is well dead . So long as you can charge it up your fine

[@jansweeney1333]

Oh interesting ...so if I only had a Power station ( like yours) in a van ; could it be charged from the main vehicle battery DC-DC with a inverter in between too protect both battery /power station from draining each another?? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@pauld7827]

It's actually a CAT5 data port. 🙂

[@UrbanVanlife]

Nar normal telephone socket that buddy a cat5 is more square of a conection

[@Anita-gp1gv]

Mind boggling !

[@robertcanning1888]

Brill to see you back. A novice had bought that it couldve been a big fire. Did you get a Dial tone off that socket 😮

[@UrbanVanlife]

Duke up internet buddy lol

[@robertcanning1888]

@@UrbanVanlife A dont understand Duke up lol . Im Scottish. Oh dial up lol ill need to log off my mum wants to use the phone lol

[@NealePinkney-td2cn]

My head is battered too lol

[@johnharris6691]

I'm not wired up for this one Neil,😳

[@UrbanVanlife]

😂🫣😂

[@aFREELONEWOLF]

Did I miss the video on the found Key & Safe ??? Was there anything inside ???

[@UrbanVanlife]

Still not opened it mate

[@carp128]

did you find out what was in the safe yet?

[@Anita-gp1gv]

So long as it wasn’t smelly fish.

[@UrbanVanlife]

No not yet mate we still have not opened it

[@adamjones1914]

The reason for wiring confusion will be building up a van with wot you have at the time i done things like that wen i was young and skint 😂😅😅

[@UrbanVanlife]

lol like most of us now mate just minus the young

[@dougquaid]

My heads battered, after that Neil, lol.

[@UrbanVanlife]

welcome to my world buddy

[@denisecafferky2248]

👍👍

[@mikejh6551]

what was in the bloody safe :-)

[@UrbanVanlife]

Still don’t know we said we wouldn’t open it untill it’s finished . Well I said that and hid the key from Emma

[@mikejh6551]

@@UrbanVanlife Big, BIG Problem with that, you will forget where you hid it :-)

[@NealePinkney-td2cn]

Telephone s in the safe mate ha ha

[@UrbanVanlife]

Hahahshshs old flip phone

[@NealePinkney-td2cn]

​@@UrbanVanlifeha ha I won

[@robinfuller747]

I could do with a power bank..for power cuts to run my sons breathing monitor...when he is asleep...the joys of muscular dystrophy....at ten ....... Can't afford one...before someone says get one... Others costs associated that cost us,a fortune....

[@UrbanVanlife]

Oh that’s awfull . Have you thought of reaching out to the likes of Anker or eco flow and emailing them your situation if it helps feel free to chuck our name in to the email it may help

[@gazwolves9489]

It all meks sence now 😂

[@furface9779]

smile

[@UrbanVanlife]

i never smile and if i do its in the dark

[@furface9779]

@@UrbanVanlife i had a big smile, I wasn't referring to you, my bad

[@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN]

👍🚐🐕👊

[@UrbanVanlife]

💡👊🏼❤️

[@Rob.1340]

👍🚐😎