Anyway just a quick run down of all the jobs i’ve completed on Bertha

• Wired in new leisure battery with alternator and 240v charging with seperate fuse box
• Wired fridge to run off alternator
• Fitted new stereo headunit
• Applied Wayoyl to front doors interiors
• Sound deadened front doors inside and out.
• Fixed 240v charging unit
• Fitted MDF speaker mounting rings to front doors.
• Fitted new front door speakers
• Fitted new front door cards
• Wired stereo to run off lesiure battery
• Wired internal lights to run off leisure battery
• Treated rust in front foot well seams
• Painted front foot wells in Hammerite to help prevent further rust
• Fixed Steering columng cowel
• Painted gear lever blue
• Sound deadened front cabin floor
• Fitted new rear exhaust silencer
• Cleaned contacts and fitted new spades to cabin earths
• Fitted new cabin carpets
• Fitted new tailgate card
• Fitted new rear speakers with MDF baffles
• Fitted new aerial
• Fixed dash lights
• Refitted boot wardrobe/cupboard
• Sterilised water container
• Fitted new tap spout

Phew tired just thinking about all those jobs!!!

Discovered in my ignorance that the fridge shouldn’t be powered of the leisure battery and had drained the living daylights out of it. Nor did the leisure battery seem to recharge from the alternator – found out later that this the fuses blowing with the large current drawn when turning the engine over with the starter motor.

I was almost correct in my wiring but I needed to use one of these Split Charge Relay instead of the relay already installed. Some changes to the rewiring, seperate circuit for the fridge, added a multiple fuse holder (instead of the individual inlines), power splitters, some spades etc. and now everything is tickerty boo.

Been away on several trips with no problems, fridge runs on 12v from the alternator, leisure battery is recharged from the alternator and provides power to stereo, internal lights, pump etc. Also have a mains charger recharging the leisure battery when on hookup. Happy days

So I rolled up my sleeves and got the screw driver out and started unscrewing the shelf, panel and back of the cupboard it had been installed in.

To my delight there was a split charge relay installed as well, so the leisure battery must of been removed by the previous owners before selling it. This is good news so as the leisure battery will now recharge from the alternator when driving and mains hook up when camping – best of both worlds.

The fridge and water pump are wired up to it but nothing else, going to wired up the stereo, interior lights, and a w4 12v plug so we don’t run down the main battery when parked up.