just kampers kit

what do you think for the price snotty i have now found out why i have another replacement live terminal thanks to davidof,
sorry snotty the price was not at begining

 

As said do not use the JK kit the reley is under rated and the wire is to small and it has more parts thatn you need ie battery clamps

have a look at my how to
http://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/leisure-electrics-12v.5390/
and buy the bits from
http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/home/homepage.php

 

Matty to the rescue.

 

just boosted what you had already said
i just hate seeing riped off with kit that is over priced and not sutable for the job

 

just kampers told me that you cut off large red and use small cable attached to the side but they sent me a large red one with small black coming off the side so if i cut it then it will look like earth

 

On your van (I think):
Red is permanent live
Black is live with ignition on
Brown is earth
Brown with white stripe is switched earth.
Confusing innit?

 

but if i use that large terminal for leisure that will make it black live constant trying to find out why that was sent as its useless if this makes sense as its the thick red with small black on side

 

You can still connect the relay to it, whatever colour it is. Or have I missed something?

 

no i make you right snotty but cant make out why it is a red and they told me to cut off was there any point in me paying £54 and the kit is crap

 

this more and likely dont make a lot of sense me typing it.

 

well i will stop going on about it now as i have spoke to someone at jk and they agree im right i was just trying to prove a point but i will buy new terminal from halford in morningor cover with red tape

 

What terminal are we talking about?

Install your leisure batt, attach the big red batt connector, chomp off the big ring terminal. Install the common bus-bar thing in your new fuse box, then connect the leis batt red cable to that. This sorts your leis batt +ve supply. Connect the new earth strap to the chassis at one end, and the l/b at the other. Install the relay and connect one side of the relay contacts to the short lead coming off the l/b cable (through an inline fuse). Connect the other contact to the main batt +ve (by some means, also through an inline fuse). Connect the relay coil ground connection to the chassis and the coil connection to the alt light output (using the cable provided, I assume).

Now you can connect all your bits and bobs +ves to the individual fuse outputs of the fusebox. The -ves of the bits and bobs go to the chassis, as per the rest of the van wiring. Sorted!

I assume the JK wiring diagram shows this. Bit of an odd kit, but everything seems to be there, apart from the inline fuses.

 

no need for inline fuses, the relay is fused and everything, else is fused after the fusebox

 

Just noticed that, thanks . Makes it tidier. I would've gone for a higher-rating fuse, as possibly it could pop if the l/b is really flat and needs more than 15A charge current.

 

thanks for all info i will put meter on in morning and check it out cheers

 

In a fit of over excitement I bought the JK kit too at their open-day last year (luckily there was an open-day discount). I decided I didn't like it and left it in the shed and fitted one of these instead from Xtremevan;

http://www.xtremevan.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=5026

Ok, it's very pricey and the cable lengths are a bit long and needed trimming, but the quality is superb and because of its current sensing relay you only need to connect it to your main battery and an earth, nothing else.

 

Yes it is a bit pricy!

 

i loked at the link and my exclamation regarding the price was a little less restrained.... as you can imagine