Hi Richard, This is what I am doing: www.lmtronics.co.uk I now have a 110Ah Trojan deep cycle battery. I guess that the bigger and nastier load will be the fuel removal pumps. I also run the soldering station and the soldering iron, but this id not going to be a continuous thing. Jobs last around 1 hour, and there is travelling time involved before and after. The key cutting machines are not very power hungry and only used for about a couple of minutes at the time. Best Regards Luis On 3 Sep 2014 06:50, "Richard R. Pope" wrote: > Luis, > A 2007 vehicle even driven 45 minutes in one direction should be > plenty of time to recharge the battery under normal circumstances. What > are you using your van for? Are you using the van's battery to operate > 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 > the > > 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, > until > > I sort out things and I am only driving for about 45 minutes each way > every > > 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, a= s > 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 > current > > capability, that I am planning to fit. Been a bit busy fitting the > workshop > > in the back of the van... > > It was/is a bit more work than what I expected, next time I will > definitely > > get some one to do it for me :-) > > Best regards > > Luis > > On 3 Sep 2014 01:30, "RussellMc" wrote: > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=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 .