Living with a SavvyVan 3.1

Everything you already know

A SavvyVan 3.1 runs the same software as a SavvyVan3, so the main screen, the battery, tanks, heating and lights, WiFi, the phone app, updates and settings all work exactly as the SavvyVan3 user guide describes. It needs panel software 2.5.1 or later, and System Information shows Hardware version 3.1.

The Fuse Monitor

Every switch on your main screen runs through its own fuse on the SavvyVan 3.1, and the panel can see whether each one is intact. To look:

1. Switch the circuit on if you are checking one that has stopped working - the monitor checks a fuse with its switch on.
2. Tap the menu, top left, and tap Fuse Monitor.
3. A box opens over the main screen with a row for each switch - the picture of its fuse, its name, and whether the fuse is intact.
4. Tap Close when you are done.

It says	Meaning
OK, green	The fuse is intact - with its switch on
Blown, red	The fuse has gone. Replace it with one of the same rating - the picture shows which
Unknown, grey	The panel could not read it. If every row says so, get in touch
Unused	That position has no switch set up

The box keeps itself up to date while it is open. It shows whether each fuse is intact, not how much a circuit is drawing.

If a fuse blows while its switch is on, the box opens by itself. The screen wakes, goes to the main screen and opens the Fuse Monitor with that fuse in red. It does not beep or leave a notification, and it opens once for each fuse, so if a switch stops working and you did not see it happen, the Fuse Monitor is still the first thing to look at.

When the power has been off

The SavvyVan 3.1 never starts by itself. If its power has been off - the van isolated, the battery disconnected - or it has switched itself off because the battery fell to 10V, the screen stays dark until you press its power button. Press it and the panel starts as normal. If the battery was flat, charge it too: the panel switched off to protect it.

If the screen ever fails

There are eight override switches on top of the SavvyVan 3.1’s box, one for each switched circuit, so a circuit you need can still be switched on without the screen. They cannot switch anything off. Use them only when the screen is not working, and switch them back once it is.

The lights on the controller

The SavvyVan 3.1 has three small indicator lights of its own. They are not the van’s lighting, and they do not tell you anything about the van - they show white while the panel starts up, and then the colour chosen when it was fitted.

Something not right?

Tell us, and send us the logs at the same time: Get Help, then Send Logs, on the passcode screen.