Oz - strangely enough, it has approximately the same PF regardless of the configuration the caps are in (mode)... High is currently 120uF, low is 13.3uF... I'll get the other values here soon and post, maybe some sense can be made of it
In the update department, there's been some progress... with the charger in place and operational, I wanted a protection mechanism just in case a contact sticks or something in the mode relay...
It's a simple zener based analog OV protect scheme with a lockout relay and [muted] piezo alarm that is set to trip at ~15.3V. It disconnects power to the charger, flashes the red LED above the red switch (next to the GFI), along with annoying the crap out of anyone nearby. It must be manually reset if triggered. Equalization in the classic is set at 15.1, so it theoretically should never go off, but is there just in case.
Then there's the volt meter... I like an at-a-glance from anywhere in the room indicator of basic vitals... I omitted the ammeter since the classic can display almost anything I need to know and like the van, eventually I'll "just know" what things are using.
The front set of lights have been "installed" (they'll have to come down temporarily when the foam goes up). I did this now because I couldn't deal with trying to aim and use the single 10W spot anymore for working at night. The shadows made things impossible at best, and this is definitely much better. The rear set won't go up until the door has been reworked, same with the fan. Slated for today are doing the runs tho so that the wiring is ready.
The cherry on top for this post is the 26" TV my parents gave to me from the den in the house. It's a little hungry on power and puts a nice ding in the juice budget, but makes a very nice addition for those times when the power is there and a small screen just won't do. It's mounted on a full axis swing arm, and next step is to work out the restraint system. Bungee is looking appetizing if I can figure out a simple way to equalize stress on it. That's still a little up in the air but I've got a solid idea I want to at least try.
And what better than a Pink Floyd concert to demo it for the camera
Until next time...
Steve