Motor movers

On the Powertouch website the Evolution manual is £899 and £1059 for the auto version, plus £20 delivery.

Caravan Movers on line are quoting £1150 for the auto fitted at your home.  https://www.caravanmoversonline.co.uk/powrtouch/evolution.html

It sounds like a lot to me. When I bought my last Bailey I made inclusion of a new Powertouch mover and suitable battery a codition of purchase. I expect times have changed now though, it seems to be a sellers market since the pandemic struck.

On the original topic of position of the isolator switch, the same Bailey had a factory fitted "provision for motor mover" with the isolation switch in a bed locker accessible through an outside hatch. It is convenient to use but no interlocking with EHU cable so easy to try to use both together. The reason for Bailey's decision was probably because the battery is fitted under the floor rather than in an externally accessible box.

When the control box switches itself off, part of it is obviously still active and waiting for a signal from the handset to switch on again.  As well as a steady drain on the battery, the power supply in the controller and the radio circuitry involved have a finite lifespan. Often called MTBF - minimum time before failure.

Seems silly to be using that up when one does not need to.  And that is without the danger that something gets inadvertently left on top of the controller and causes it to overheat, possibly to the point of something going on fire.

I couldn't manage without a motor mover these days, to be honest.  Our caravan is just a little heavy for us to move manually, and I feel I need the mover for 'fine tuning' when getting the 'van into the correqct position.  Fortunately, our switch is just inside the side locker, so is easy to access.  Should I change the caravan, I'll make a mental note to make sure the isolation switch is sited conveniently.  Personally, I'd look into getting the switch re-located to a convenient spot  if possible.

David

Could not the issue be solved very simply by using one or a parallel pair of 100Amp relays in the "right" place, operated by a minor power feed from a conveniently located switch?

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The "right" place being a location to minimise the high current cable run.

Seems quite wrong to me to go routing the high current cabling way longer than is really needed, just to locate the switch function in a convenient place.

After all, our car's starter high current cabling is not wired through to the dash or column, just a signal line.

Our mover is on its third caravan so when we changed our caravans we negotiated the transfer of it to the new for free