Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
I have 100w folding panel with the cheap regulator attached to my caravan with a strimmer extension and an isolator switch inside the van. Very interested in anything that can help the disco when camping.
25th Feb 2021 3:52 pm
Fabio
Member Since: 03 Sep 2011
Location: south west
Posts: 259
Me too!
I want to do the same in my defender.
Thank you for sharing.
Fabio
25th Feb 2021 5:40 pm
greg00
Member Since: 08 Dec 2017
Location: Zurich
Posts: 162
It‘s time to get rid of the gas stove and install an induction cooker _,,,_______///________
/// LR3 SE V8 Java Black
25th Feb 2021 9:06 pm
UKKiwi40
Member Since: 01 Mar 2020
Location: London
Posts: 12
I'll also be following closely as I've just started in on a similar project for my trailer sailor but was planning a scaled down version for my Discovery 4.
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2516
Hi McAdam how are you getting on with the project did it go ahead?Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
20th Aug 2021 9:37 pm
Green Land Rover
Member Since: 21 Oct 2017
Location: Stourbridge
Posts: 412
This is an interesting video for anyone consider building a battery box.
Going to be building one myself in the near future. Just waiting for these to come back into stock: -
https://www.cdsgltd.co.uk/mtm-tactical-mag-can.htmlDiscovery 4 HSE - Aintree Green
Freelander 2 TD4 SE Automatic - Tonga Green
Defender XS - Tonga Green - Gone Now
Freelander 1 Td4 ES Manual - Epsom Green - Gone Now
Freelander 1 Td4 Kalahari SE - Epsom Green - Gone Now
Freelander 1 XEi - Epsom Green - Gone Now
Member Since: 07 Aug 2015
Location: Perth WA
Posts: 264
MY14 TDV6
7th Sep 2021 10:37 pm
McAdam
Member Since: 21 Nov 2020
Location: Canary Islands
Posts: 129
Life!
Life got in the way, but will be resuming this project soon Pre-Production
D3 V8 #264
LHD '04 HSE
Living its life as a 50/50 On/Off road car exploring the Canary Islands
3rd Apr 2022 9:06 am
Justme
Member Since: 09 Aug 2015
Location: Pwllheli North Wales
Posts: 104
Re: Anyone Interested: Build of large solar battery pack!
McAdam wrote:
So I have a plan to build a 280Ah / 3.5kWh battery system, into the Disco, that should power us happily for 2-3 days with 0 sun...
With lead acid bats 280ah wont give 3.5kWh of usable energy. More like 50% of that or you will kill the bats in a few cycles.
Even the best battery types you would be looking at 2-2.5kWh of usable energy but at greater cost.
3rd Apr 2022 12:24 pm
McAdam
Member Since: 21 Nov 2020
Location: Canary Islands
Posts: 129
Going with LifePo4 batteries, can use 100% of capacity, 3-6000 charge cycles, and safer than Li-Ion
First 1.24KWh battery should arrive this week, and will add on more down the line.Pre-Production
D3 V8 #264
LHD '04 HSE
Living its life as a 50/50 On/Off road car exploring the Canary Islands
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