It's in there somewhere

[Pete Grey]

(4 March 2018, 17:54)LAC Wrote: Hi Pete

It's a Mercedes but I can't remember the model number.

Fortunately I didn't need to use my car urgently and I knew it would be flat as I had been away for a while. So in the end I ran an extension cable out of the house window and hooked up a battery charger. Since that time I installed an 80 Watt solar panel in the roof box of my car (so hidden and water tight when not in use) and can use it to charge the battery if it goes flat, and use it to charge some power/battery boxes I made should we have a power outage - time to charge is weather dependant of course.

Hi LAC

I like the idea of the solar panel in the roof box charging a battery box.

Perhaps a panel could be temporarily fitted on roof bars, run the leads to the cigarette socket to charge the vehicle battery, or charge a spare leasure battery in boot.

I remember reading Mortblanc saying he once had a vehicle fitted with a spare leasure battery connected to an inverter, a mobile power supply.