Following from the re-wire posts, today is the day that Phil, the auto-electrician is due to arrive, all the way from Fareham, which is a fair drive, especially given the traffic on the M27/Lyndhurst.
Unsure of an exact arrival time I decide to remove some the cabinets in the back of the Perentie in order to figure out how the lights in the Alu-Cab roof tent work. After a while I hear a voice “Do you need some help with that” – Phil has arrived.
We spend some time looking over the job, the work that I have done, which is all good and talk through what needs to be done and in what order it needs to be approached. More importantly we sit and list all of the circuits that we need and total up the number of fuses that we need and work out which circuits need relay. We then look at where all of these are going to go as space is limited behind the main dash and the new centre dash, especially taking into account the amount of wiring that I am adding.
We need nearly 30 fuses and the existing fuse box is inadequate. We agree the we can use 3 smaller fuse boxes and place these in the centre of the bulkhead inside, one in the middle and one either side. I agree to source and fit these so that we can get on with running cables to the front of the vehicle on Phil’s next visit.
I had removed the LED lights that were fitted the the Perentie as not only did they look wrong, but were not working correctly, probably due to the dodgy wiring. I elected to replace these with proper original equipment lights. At least if one was broken when we were away, it would be easy to replace he fitting or the bulb. Again, I agree to source and for these ready for Phil’s next visit, in fact I was able to wire up the front part of the vehicle.
Now I have mentioned in the past that I do not have a garage, in fact if i did, the Perentie would be unlikely to fit due to its height. So we will be working outside on the drive and it is now February, cold, rainy and very little light after about 4 o’clock – Phil was still game. He has more insulated clothing than I do!
The patio sun shade comes out of storage and comes in useful when it is raining, note the the additional lighting under the bonnet!
We crack on over a number of days in February often working until six or seven o’clock with he aid of work lights and hot tea. We make great progress.
An update in the next post.
In case you are wondering, the orange reflection is my G4 Challenge Land Rover Defender parked up next door.
48 States of Gray 