As per the title can anyone point me in the direction of anything clear in regard to designing simple electrical systems.
As an overview I initially want to use the space in the engine bay for a leisure battery, I don’t know if this will be big enough to house a battery that I need? I don’t even know what battery I need and how to calculate the requirements.
We are looking for a battery big enough to power a diesel heater overnight, run some simple lights and a couple of USB ports. Ideally to be able to run a diesel heater for a total of 24hrs across a few days (im guessing 8-12 hrs in a UK winter?) My initial thoughts are a B2B charger, a basic fuse board and connecting up the outputs = diesel heater. How do I go about calculating load requirements, I’ve read an article of calculations a few times and it still seems to make little sense V=IR Volts = Amps x Ohms. P=IV. Watts = Amps x Volts. ???????
Can anyone suggest any articles/books to read please or give me basics on how to determine requirements. I am guessing if I know the watts per hour ‘draw’ on a diesel heater I multiple by this by the number of hours I anticipate using it an add on a percentage over, I then need determine how many hours driving to charge the leisure battery from X% to 100% etc…… lots to think about……
And finally can anyone suggest a supplier, I have historically used 12vPlanet who I found good but any recommendations and maybe a supplier who can also advise!!
Thanks in advance
As an overview I initially want to use the space in the engine bay for a leisure battery, I don’t know if this will be big enough to house a battery that I need? I don’t even know what battery I need and how to calculate the requirements.
We are looking for a battery big enough to power a diesel heater overnight, run some simple lights and a couple of USB ports. Ideally to be able to run a diesel heater for a total of 24hrs across a few days (im guessing 8-12 hrs in a UK winter?) My initial thoughts are a B2B charger, a basic fuse board and connecting up the outputs = diesel heater. How do I go about calculating load requirements, I’ve read an article of calculations a few times and it still seems to make little sense V=IR Volts = Amps x Ohms. P=IV. Watts = Amps x Volts. ???????
Can anyone suggest any articles/books to read please or give me basics on how to determine requirements. I am guessing if I know the watts per hour ‘draw’ on a diesel heater I multiple by this by the number of hours I anticipate using it an add on a percentage over, I then need determine how many hours driving to charge the leisure battery from X% to 100% etc…… lots to think about……
And finally can anyone suggest a supplier, I have historically used 12vPlanet who I found good but any recommendations and maybe a supplier who can also advise!!
Thanks in advance
