{"id":361,"date":"2017-01-29T19:34:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T00:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/?p=361"},"modified":"2017-01-29T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T00:40:12","slug":"replacing-the-univolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/2017\/01\/29\/replacing-the-univolt\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing the Univolt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1964 the Bambi II came with a power transformer known as the &#8220;Univolt&#8221;. \u00a0It converts 120 VAC from the hookup\u00a0at the campsite to two lesser voltages: 12 VAC and 18 VAC. \u00a0The 12 VAC is for the interior lights and the 18 VAC is for the water pump. \u00a0Because it produces only AC power it DOES NOT charge the battery. \u00a0You actually have to switch between using battery power and Univolt power because you don&#8217;t want the Univolt backfeeding to the battery!<\/p>\n<p>Well, all of that is history for our little Bambi. \u00a0I have replaced the Univolt and switches with an AC\/DC converter and fuse panel. \u00a0I also installed an &#8220;Electrical Management System&#8221; that protects the trailer from faults and surges coming from the campsite hookup. \u00a0I bought everything from <a href=\"http:\/\/bestconverter.com\/\">http:\/\/bestconverter.com\/<\/a> \u00a0They were very helpful in pointing me to the components I needed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1657-e1485733506613.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-363 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1657-e1485733506613-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1657-e1485733506613-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1657-e1485733506613-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After installing, my LED lights no longer flicker at an annoying 60 Herz (because they no longer run on AC). \u00a0And when my trailer is plugged in, the battery is recharged. \u00a0And I don&#8217;t need to worry about electrical faults at the power pole.<\/p>\n<p>Now I just need to make a wiring diagram so that I don&#8217;t forget how all of this goes together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1964 the Bambi II came with a power transformer known as the &#8220;Univolt&#8221;. \u00a0It converts 120 VAC from the hookup\u00a0at the campsite to two lesser voltages: 12 VAC and 18 VAC. \u00a0The 12 VAC is for the interior lights &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/2017\/01\/29\/replacing-the-univolt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-repairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambicamping.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}