Luis, A 2007 vehicle even driven 45 minutes in one direction should be=20 plenty of time to recharge the battery under normal circumstances. What=20 are you using your van for? Are you using the van's battery to operate=20 any additional equipment? Do you have a secondary battery? Thanks, rich! On 9/2/2014 11:53 PM, Luis Moreira wrote: > I will be driving the van strait after every job/battery use back home or > to another job, so the split charger system will really pretty much do th= e > job that the solar panel would do. when at home I will be connected to a > mains charger. > The problem I have at the moment is that I am still doing my old job, unt= il > I sort out things and I am only driving for about 45 minutes each way eve= ry > day. I also have not yet fitted the mains charging socket on the van. I > really don't like the normal mains connection sockets here in the UK, as = it > needs a large hole on the van. I looked around for a bit and found some > water proof socket/plug that are quite small , all be it limited on curre= nt > capability, that I am planning to fit. Been a bit busy fitting the worksh= op > in the back of the van... > It was/is a bit more work than what I expected, next time I will definite= ly > get some one to do it for me :-) > Best regards > Luis > On 3 Sep 2014 01:30, "RussellMc" wrote: > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .