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Hot Water · Hot Water

hi, im new here so not sure how this works, but i would like to know how people heat water for their caravans sink and shower? thanks in advance

Jeppo · Jeppo

We have a second hand ( possibly 3rd ) Van with all the gear required to view Foxtel except the dish and box which previous owners removed. We subscribe to foxtel and have installed our spare second box in the van but would appreciate info on which reasonably priced Dish is suitable. Caravan still has a m...

Rowan · Rowan

Hi guys i have just installed a narva vsr and a circuit breaker in my pathfinder for an Anderson plug on the back. The vsr works fine when i start the car but after driving for a while i check the caravan and the vsr has stopped sending charge to the caravan. I stop the car and restart it and it starts working a...

robertbruce · robertbruce

heya folks, we've just bought a 2012 RG 4x4 manual Colorado dual-cab and am wondering if anyone has attempted cleaning out inside the top of the engine covers, egr piping, intercooler... if so was there anything to take note of like special tools or replacing internal egr components? Also if someone...

Baldbug · Baldbug

I've had the Coaster about a month now so I decided to switch on the Battery Charger this morning. 240 AC is all hooked up ok and working so I plugged in the Charger and it went to 5.5 volts or thereabouts straight away. Since then 10 minutes have passed the amount of charge going to Batteries is reducing. D...

clancee · clancee

Hi hows every body going, 1 question are digital wireless monitor cameras any good. to go on back of 13ft poptop. thanks everyone. good forum.

Jasbro · Jasbro

hi all, complete newbies here we have not a clue what we are doing. Just recently purchased a 1996 Ford econovan campervan to take the big leap around Australia hoping to venture off early next year but theres a lot of work to be done. can someone please shed some light on how to heat up our hot water tan...

Smithy · Smithy

Hi all i have a 21ft caravan and i wont to connect it to home i have a a lead i got with the caravan when i bought it its a second hand caravan i bought the guy used it at his place now i have connected the caravan to to my home and it keeps tripping the house so i thought ok the lead is faulty so i went out and bought a A...

landy · landy

We are buying a new van that has the fridge and battery both fed through the Anderson plug. With our current set up the Fridge is through the seven pin and the battery is through the Anderson plug, both circuits are fused and running through individual 70 amp relays. Can any one tell me what size fuse and r...

keiron · keiron

I am seeking advice on fitting a UHF radio into my 2006 Nissan Patrol. An obvious place is to stick on the passenger side of the centre console, but does look a bit of an afterthought. I would like to get some comment from other Patrol owners on where they might have one mounted. Cheers . KB

VKPORTABLE · VKPORTABLE

Just wondering how many Amateur Radio operator's there are on the forums? I know of at least two. Maybe we could get some net going for the amateur's on the forum. Obviously any net would have to be done on a band that is accessible to the F-Call licence holders so as not to exclude them. So 40m would be a goo...

msg · msg

As I free camp most of the time and becoming less tolerant of heat & cold as I get older, I am CONSIDERING getting a generator to power air con or heater. I really am one of those generator haters. However, I have a couple of issues: 1. My van is small, 5.7mtrs. No room to carry one. 2. I couldn't li...

Bukhouse · Bukhouse

Hi Guys, I have just fitted a projecta IC5000 battery charger to our van was tight fit Also fitted a ProStar 30amp solar controller I fitted a PID and a thermo couple so I can adjust the temperature via a PC 12volt fan all works extremely well with the door closed the temp at 27 degrees

Jj · Jj

Can anyone tell me what the maximum psi should be on rear manually inflated air bag suspension of a 1996 Toyota Coaster motorhome? thank you.

Farmhat · Farmhat

Did a test today while the van was under cover to discount any solar charge. The house batteries, 2 x 120amp paralleled together were fully charged then I put the 3 way fridge on 12 volt for an hour to run down the batteries. This used 21 amps. Then turned off the fridge. I was wanting to know what charge co...

Nathalie · Nathalie

HiWe have just purchased a used 18 foot Jayco Heritage 2004. It is very clean and looks like it has be well looked after and we have not noticed any water damages. Bringing the van home we noticed that it did handle very well even when we were passed by trucks, so that made me feel good. When we drove into the...

john tog · john tog

Has anyone heard or used this product on the roof of a caravan or motor home ? They claim reduces temperatures by up to 45% converts rust and increases metal life reduces roof maintenance by up to 80% I can be contacted on togo4950@gmail.com if any one can find further information

Jaahn · Jaahn

Hi There have been suggestions that adding two stroke oil to diesel tanks might be a good thing. Here is a test report I came across which tests the idea and a full report, by a technical organisation, Sasol Southern Africa Energy. They do not recommend it. But read the whole report before you jump in, or...

Ger08 · Ger08

We have an up coming trip where it could get a bit cold and was wondering if we should a get good old electric blanke. I guess we have two options a dedicated 12 blanket or use our 600w inverter on one of our 240v ones. We would appreciate all info on this. Cheers

Drought Breaker 2 · Drought Breaker 2

Hi to all fellow nomads, tricky question to you good people. We bought new motorhome and are having issues with tare and gvm weights, we seem to be overweight as you all have been at some point, what we just don't understand is, the weight had said tare weight 3860, gvm 4495, that part we get, but having ad...

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	Hot Water Heaters for Caravans (Preview) hi, im new here so not sure how this works, but i would like to know how people heat water for their caravans sink and shower? thanks in advance	Hot Water	12	2044	10:15 PM Apr 27, 2018 by Hot Water
	satellite for foxtel.. (Preview) We have a second hand ( possibly 3rd ) Van with all the gear required to view Foxtel except the dish and box which previous owners removed. We subscribe to foxtel and have installed our spare second box in the van but would appreciate info on which reasonably priced Dish is suitable. Caravan still has a m...	Jeppo	4	823	05:50 PM Apr 27, 2018 by Jeppo
	Vsr stops sending to carnarvan (Preview) Hi guys i have just installed a narva vsr and a circuit breaker in my pathfinder for an Anderson plug on the back. The vsr works fine when i start the car but after driving for a while i check the caravan and the vsr has stopped sending charge to the caravan. I stop the car and restart it and it starts working a...	Rowan	11	1855	02:57 PM Apr 27, 2018 by Jaahn
	RG Colorado Questions RG Colorado (Preview) heya folks, we've just bought a 2012 RG 4x4 manual Colorado dual-cab and am wondering if anyone has attempted cleaning out inside the top of the engine covers, egr piping, intercooler... if so was there anything to take note of like special tools or replacing internal egr components? Also if someone...	robertbruce	3	1221	12:33 PM Apr 25, 2018 by STRETCH ARMSTRONG
	Keeping The Dual Batteries in Charge (Preview) I've had the Coaster about a month now so I decided to switch on the Battery Charger this morning. 240 AC is all hooked up ok and working so I plugged in the Charger and it went to 5.5 volts or thereabouts straight away. Since then 10 minutes have passed the amount of charge going to Batteries is reducing. D...	Baldbug	17	1554	09:43 AM Apr 25, 2018 by oldbloke
	wireless rear monitor cameras (Preview) Hi hows every body going, 1 question are digital wireless monitor cameras any good. to go on back of 13ft poptop. thanks everyone. good forum.	clancee	6	1287	07:17 PM Apr 23, 2018 by AndrewMosey
	1996 Ford econovan campervan - ho****er system (Preview) hi all, complete newbies here we have not a clue what we are doing. Just recently purchased a 1996 Ford econovan campervan to take the big leap around Australia hoping to venture off early next year but theres a lot of work to be done. can someone please shed some light on how to heat up our hot water tan...	Jasbro	14	1148	12:39 PM Apr 23, 2018 by T1 Terry
	Connecting the caravan to to home (Preview) Hi all i have a 21ft caravan and i wont to connect it to home i have a a lead i got with the caravan when i bought it its a second hand caravan i bought the guy used it at his place now i have connected the caravan to to my home and it keeps tripping the house so i thought ok the lead is faulty so i went out and bought a A...	Smithy	26	2346	11:08 AM Apr 23, 2018 by Aus-Kiwi
	How many amps. (Preview) We are buying a new van that has the fridge and battery both fed through the Anderson plug. With our current set up the Fridge is through the seven pin and the battery is through the Anderson plug, both circuits are fused and running through individual 70 amp relays. Can any one tell me what size fuse and r...	landy	7	1518	12:28 PM Apr 20, 2018 by landy
	UHF Radio location for Nissan Patrol (Preview) I am seeking advice on fitting a UHF radio into my 2006 Nissan Patrol. An obvious place is to stick on the passenger side of the centre console, but does look a bit of an afterthought. I would like to get some comment from other Patrol owners on where they might have one mounted. Cheers . KB	keiron	7	1797	08:03 PM Apr 19, 2018 by rgren2
	Amateur Radio Operator's - Possible GN Net? (Preview) Just wondering how many Amateur Radio operator's there are on the forums? I know of at least two. Maybe we could get some net going for the amateur's on the forum. Obviously any net would have to be done on a band that is accessible to the F-Call licence holders so as not to exclude them. So 40m would be a goo...	VKPORTABLE	28	2971	07:14 PM Apr 19, 2018 by Mike Harding
	Generator Mount (Preview) As I free camp most of the time and becoming less tolerant of heat & cold as I get older, I am CONSIDERING getting a generator to power air con or heater. I really am one of those generator haters. However, I have a couple of issues: 1. My van is small, 5.7mtrs. No room to carry one. 2. I couldn't li...	msg	16	1869	11:57 AM Apr 19, 2018 by oldtrack123
	Projecta IC5000 (Preview) Hi Guys, I have just fitted a projecta IC5000 battery charger to our van was tight fit Also fitted a ProStar 30amp solar controller I fitted a PID and a thermo couple so I can adjust the temperature via a PC 12volt fan all works extremely well with the door closed the temp at 27 degrees	Bukhouse	4	932	03:02 PM Apr 17, 2018 by STRETCH ARMSTRONG
	Toyota Coaster air bag suspension (Preview) Can anyone tell me what the maximum psi should be on rear manually inflated air bag suspension of a 1996 Toyota Coaster motorhome? thank you.	Jj	18	5524	10:31 PM Apr 16, 2018 by jlmor
	Alternator charging (Preview) Did a test today while the van was under cover to discount any solar charge. The house batteries, 2 x 120amp paralleled together were fully charged then I put the 3 way fridge on 12 volt for an hour to run down the batteries. This used 21 amps. Then turned off the fridge. I was wanting to know what charge co...	Farmhat	25	2134	08:39 AM Apr 16, 2018 by Jaahn
	Jayco Heritage 2004 ground clearance issue. (Preview) HiWe have just purchased a used 18 foot Jayco Heritage 2004. It is very clean and looks like it has be well looked after and we have not noticed any water damages. Bringing the van home we noticed that it did handle very well even when we were passed by trucks, so that made me feel good. When we drove into the...	Nathalie	12	3790	10:17 PM Apr 15, 2018 by Hylife
	Thermoshield roof paint (Preview) Has anyone heard or used this product on the roof of a caravan or motor home ? They claim reduces temperatures by up to 45% converts rust and increases metal life reduces roof maintenance by up to 80% I can be contacted on togo4950@gmail.com if any one can find further information	john tog	29	7536	02:19 PM Apr 15, 2018 by T1 Terry
	Adding two stroke oil to diesels. Technical test article ! (Preview) Hi There have been suggestions that adding two stroke oil to diesel tanks might be a good thing. Here is a test report I came across which tests the idea and a full report, by a technical organisation, Sasol Southern Africa Energy. They do not recommend it. But read the whole report before you jump in, or...	Jaahn	13	3583	09:55 AM Apr 15, 2018 by deverall11
	Electric Blanket (Preview) We have an up coming trip where it could get a bit cold and was wondering if we should a get good old electric blanke. I guess we have two options a dedicated 12 blanket or use our 600w inverter on one of our 240v ones. We would appreciate all info on this. Cheers	Ger08	19	3228	05:33 AM Apr 15, 2018 by Bill B
	Motorhome Weights (Preview) Hi to all fellow nomads, tricky question to you good people. We bought new motorhome and are having issues with tare and gvm weights, we seem to be overweight as you all have been at some point, what we just don't understand is, the weight had said tare weight 3860, gvm 4495, that part we get, but having ad...	Drought Breaker 2	19	3197	10:20 AM Apr 14, 2018 by montie
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