Chris said:
Whey hey, welcome back Matt. Been missing our chats. Though it must all be going swimmingly over there. Obviously not. What happened to the Cyrix? I presume that it's been functioning OK since the re-wire?
Hi Chris
Alas, the Cyrix / inverter system isn't working 100%. I think the problem is the battery though as it loses charge quickly and doesn't seem to take a full charge. As the car is rammed full of stuff it hasn't been easy to check it but we just unpacked and I did some testing.
The cyrix unit has had the hard black plastic bits that bold the copper bars super glued back together and has held up. The cyrix isn't functioning due to water damage / RATTLING so I insert a piece of wood after starting the car and waiting for the volt meter to show that the front batteries have gotten up to the alternator voltage of around 13.5.
Once the wood is in, I see the voltage of the leisure battery increasing at around 0.01 per second so it is receiving charge. The question is how much and how cleanly. The 35mm cables shouldn't be the issue but I was thinking of running a second cable to double up the positive side of things (I only have enough for one - guessing this shouldn't be a problem?)
I have the Numax CXV24 batteries which have an indicator light and the front's show green whilst the leisure shows black which means it needs charging. I eventually swapped the leisure battery with one from the front about 3 weeks ago and the leisure battery that was in the back that became a starter battery turned green and has been 100% since. The starter battery that showed green that's now in the rear of the truck isn't showing green - and is why I think the leisure battery isn't charging correctly.. Not too sure what else to do, any ideas?
The fridge hasn't worked that well but it's due to it not having enough breathing space (now sorted out through a re-re-re-repack) and the amount of power it is getting from the battery - it works like a charm, even here where it's hot, when it's plugged in to mains.
WE have finally found gas so will go and get it filled today and start running off gas when we stop - but it's imperative that the fridge runs 24/7 to retain the cold. Otherwise it takes ages to cool down when it's full / the heat doesn't help!
So, there you have it.. Any ideas welcomed (except for "you should have gotten 50mm cables
)
I'm pretty sure they'll be fine but just wanted to check as they're such an important part of the truck. It's a pity I'm having to question their quality as they really have excelled in the sand etc in the desert so don't think they're not good! 
They're just not good razor sharp rock tyres..
They currently look like yours after thousands of miles on tar which wore them down evenly again so IMO when you get to SA they will look like nothing ever happened 
Jealousy is a bad thing 
