If you use your van primarily for quick weekend surf trips, festival weekends, or short 1-to-3 day escapes, you don't need to spend thousands on a massive electrical setup. For lightweight camper van conversions, over-engineering your power system just adds unnecessary weight and expense. At Van Junkies, based in Gosport, Hampshire, we created a streamlined solution: The Weekender Range.

These pre-designed campervan off grid kits are built specifically for the casual adventurer. They focus on 12V efficiency, ensuring your food stays cold, your lights turn on, and your phones are fully charged, all powered by premium brands like Victron Energy, Fogstar, and Beyond Batteries.

1️⃣ What Can The Weekender Kit Power?

The Weekender is all about keeping things simple, lightweight, and incredibly reliable. It is designed to handle all your essential 12V needs without draining your battery dead after one night.

• Refrigeration: Comfortably runs a highly efficient 12V compressor fridge (like a 40L or 50L model) all weekend.
• Lighting & Water: Powers your LED ceiling lights, reading lamps, and a standard 12V water pump for the sink or outdoor shower.
• Device Charging: Keeps your smartphones, tablets, and portable speakers topped up via 12V USB sockets.

Pro Tip: Because this kit focuses on 12V power, it is not designed for heavy 230V household appliances like microwaves, induction hobs, or hair dryers.

2️⃣ Core Components You Can Trust

Just because it is our smallest kit range doesn't mean we compromise on quality. Every Weekender kit features industry-leading, UK-trusted components to guarantee your vanlife setup won't let you down.

• Battery Storage: Typically features a single high-quality 100Ah leisure battery. We heavily recommend our lithium options from Fogstar or Beyond Batteries for deeper discharge capabilities and massive weight savings.
• Solar Generation: Includes a compact 100W to 175W solar array paired with a highly efficient Victron Energy MPPT charge controller to trickle-charge your system while parked.
• Optional Inverter: You can opt to include a small 250W to 500W Victron pure sine wave inverter—just enough to safely charge a laptop or camera batteries.

3️⃣ Ideal Vehicles & Applications

The Weekender system is incredibly versatile. Because of its small footprint, it drops seamlessly into compact and SWB (Short Wheelbase) vehicles. It is the perfect off-grid power solution for:

• Compact Vans: VW Transporter (T5/T6), Ford Transit Custom, Vauxhall Vivaro, and Renault Trafic.
• SWB Base Vehicles: Smaller layouts of the Peugeot Boxer, Citroen Relay, or Fiat Ducato.
• Small Motorhomes: Lightweight 2-berth models from brands like Auto-Sleepers or Elddis.
• Off-Grid Spaces: Perfect for small garden offices, remote fishing cabins, or small day-trip boats.

4️⃣ Sizing Your Weekender Kit

Even within The Weekender range, we offer Small, Medium, and Large variations so you can perfectly match the kit to your physical roof space and weekend energy demands:

5️⃣ Custom UK Engineering & Support

Buying a pre-designed Weekender kit from Van Junkies means you avoid the headache of complex wiring diagrams and component matching. It is the most cost-effective and stress-free way to safely power your van.

However, if you have a unique layout in your Mercedes Sprinter or MAN TGE and want to custom-build a larger system, our Hampshire-based engineering team can help. Get a Free Bespoke Quote here.

Ready to power your weekend escape? Call our UK team on 023 935 52732 or WhatsApp us directly from the website to find out which Weekender kit is right for you.