Van Battery To (B To B) Charger Fuse; Cut-Out Isolator Switch And Rear Fuse Box; Main Switch Panel In Hob Area - Volkswagen T6 Manual

Above: Fuse (5A) supplying the voltage display for the Van Battery

Van Battery to (B to B) Charger Fuse

This (50A) fuse is situated on top of the Van battery as close as possible to the Positive
terminal for safety.

Cut-Out Isolator Switch and Rear fuse box

The main 100 amp red cable feeds this fuse box
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All onward connections are fused from this point
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Wires feed both to the rear (bottom fuses) and to the main switch panel (top fuses) see
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diagram.
Red LED's light up if a fuse is blown
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Spare fuses can be found in the spare slots (without wires attached), see diagram for
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correct fuse values
Negative earth connections are behind the fuse panel and completely isolated from
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any likely 12V positive short.
Most negative earth connections are found near to each piece of equipment to lessen
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any possible voltage drop.
The van body, chassis and metalwork of the van links the negative earth for both 12V
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circuits and the earth for the 240V circuit as normal practice and regulations. This
does mean that potentially there could be a fault that causes the body metalwork to
become 'live' if the external 240V earth supplied by the camping vendor is not properly
grounded and there was an internal fault. The only recourse to prevent such
occurrence would be to create another ground point eg by fixing a deep ground pin
into the external earth and connecting to the chassis.

Main Switch Panel in Hob Area

The main panel switches are rated at 30 amps, more than adequate for all amperage
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loadings
To remove the panel to access the wiring and switches, simply unscrew the four
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retaining self tapping screws and the panel can be manoeuvred through the square
hole in the furniture by gently pulling through the black cable trunking. This trunking
has slack built into it which resides behind the top rear main panel.
The electrical joints to the panel are soldered for good long-term connections, while
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this may seem to complicate any repair, a lifetime of repairing equipment suggests that
this is a more reliable solution than connectors that are prone to fail.
There is a central earth block that terminates behind the fuse box area behind the box
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panel
There is a plastic rear cover that is held simply by four self tapping screws, although
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the access to these is difficult. This may need to be removed to gain access if the
trunking will not easily pull through to release the main panel.
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