[smearo]

has anyone got a citroen dispatch or similar and run their pump straight of
their van battery i see dave morris swears by this method.. i am torn between this way or spllt charging any input or advice would be greatly appreciated
regards ffc...

[ccmids]

split charge, then there is no risk on you not starting the van,

[jsm]

yes i just run straight from the main battery. no problems in 5 years.

[smearo]

jsm is that a despatch u drive to
 

[macmac]

yes i just run straight from the main battery. no problems in 5 years.

Same here, with a cheapo £35 battery too!

[smearo]

cheers macmac what van do you drive

[macmac]

An electronic pump controller (varistream) uses very little battery power, much, much less than having pump running full pelt with a bypass system.

With 2x 11Ltr DI's & 80m of 8mm hose after pump I onlt need the varistream on setting 1. The pump is hardly working, infact you can hear each revolution, call it- ticking over.

[macmac]

cheers macmac what van do you drive

Kangoo 1.9D

Have my pump box plugged into cig' lighter socket.

[smearo]

intersting so yo have not even run the wire back to the battery then

[macmac]

intersting so yo have not even run the wire back to the battery then

No, I had my cleantech pump box made with a cig lighter plug on one end of the power cable. You can buy the cig lighter plugs from Halfords for a couple of quid.

I've had two pump box's. one with bypass & one with digi' varistream & as said, the latter uses far less battery power as the pump only uses exactly what it needs being controlled this way.

[smearo]

so in theory then all i would need is some cable and a ciggarette lighter from halfords if so you have just saved me £100 as i was gonna pay an auto eleccie to wire in a split charge system : : :

[chris@c.m.s]

Careful with the cigarette lighter plugs I had one connected to a battery box and it started melting I think they are only rated at about 4 amps, after Dave mentioned about his set-up I ran a  fused live from the van battery and its been fine, and my backs better for not carrying the leisure battery up stairs for charging.       

[smearo]

also macmac do you need to leave ignition on for cig lighter to work
regards ffc

[jsm]

jsm is that a despatch u drive to
 

yes as in pic

[Londoner]

I have a Peugot Partner and I have always just run my system off the main battery. Never ever had a problem.

[smearo]

nice one vince do you run yrs to battery or cigarrette lighter

[macmac]

also macmac do you need to leave ignition on for cig lighter to work
regards ffc

Yes, you do on my kangoo but I took the chip out of one key so it won't start the van. This is the key which I leave in to run pump.

I have had a Halfords plug melt on me before but I only taped the wires up inside. When I got a new one I soldered them properly & it never happened again. They do have a fuse inside & I would advise you to buy some spares while you're there as they are a odd size & not available from just anywhere.

The Halfords plug, to be honest, is not the best quality but does the job if you fix it up properly. The one which came from cleantech is much better quality, the whole box, pump controller, cable/plug has given me no problem in the two years I've had it.

Might be an idea to search out a better plug when you get time.