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 Description of the electrical system The house battery is 220ah deep cycle lead acid. They are charged by 3 sources - engine, solar of hook up charger. Engine. There are 2 alternators. The original Mitsubishi 24v alternator, which charges the engine 24v starter battery, and an additional 12v Bosch alternator on its own separate pulley. The cable from this goes via a beaker switch in the engine compartment, to the bus bars in the cupboard, and then via the common cable to the house battery. This will charge the house batteries while driving, and the power delivered should be visible on the display. It's all automatic. Solar. There are 4 panels on the roof. 2 240w panels in series at the back, and a 150w and a 120w in parallel in front down the side. The two big panels are fed into the larger of the 2 Epever controllers, and the two smaller panels into the smaller one. The output of these is in parallel and fed to the busbars in the cupboard, and then down the to the battery. It'
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 MITSUBSHI FUSO BUS - MODEL MK117F 1993 Price $90,000 NOW SOLD NOTE - You need a class 2 licence to own this bus. I took my Class 2 in Napier at age 64 and it took 1 week and cost me just under $1000.  If that doesn't stop you, then please read on and I will tell you the story of BUS290 - "Ancient Mariners"  HISTORY Former Japanese school bus imported to NZ 2003 by City South Commercials of Christchurch. Purchased by original owner in Napier and lovingly converted over 2 years to a very high standard with no expense spared. A full album of photos detailing every aspect of the construction is part of the document pack. According to the log it did around 150k as a school bus over 10 years. This is pretty light duty for a commercial bus - just 15k a year. There is a photo of it in its original school bus livery. The bus is quite rare in that it is centre door only from the factory. It does not have an original front corner passenger side door which has been filled in. This e