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copied from another website not my words ! what do you all think ? fuse on negative connection to battery !!!!!
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Why should I put a fuse in both the positive AND negative leads of my CB radio?Why fuse the negative lead? VERY good question. I'll try to explain. Vehicles use the chassis/frame for some of their DC grounds. The negative lead of the battery is attached to the chassis and usually the engine block. The ca...
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Thetford Issue - maybe
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I have an issue with my toilet area. When I removed the cassette for cleaning there is FRESH water gathering under the cassette. A lot of water not just a drip. Maybe a cup and a half. I have felt around to see if any pipes are leaking or any joins are not quite right but cannot find anything. Has anyone had an...
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Battery question - not caravan related - 24volt 10ah
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I have a battery powered lawnmower which until now has been faultless and usually gets through the mowing duties of the whole yard no problem. Its a 24 volt 10ah sealed lead acid. I always touch it up by charging for about an hour before each use and let it cool after use and store fully charged. The batte...
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Peter and JudyH
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Any experiencce with Lithium house batteries
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HI Team Enjoying the forums and can see how helpful and fun everyone is. Terrific. I was wondering if anyone had purchased Lithium batteries to use as house batteries in a caravan or motorhome. Ours collapses after working on corregated roads these last few months and want a robust solution. Hubby...
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hiace rear door canvas awning
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Just curious to know if anyone has an awning specifically to fit a Toyota hiace rear door ... canvas preferred . We have a fiama side awning and would like to extend liveable space by opening up rear tail gate with a privacy awning of some kind . Realise a tarp just thrown over the tail gate would work but is...
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Front End Tow Hitch
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I'm losing the skills required to reverse towed vehicles. I'm considering the idea of installing a tow hitch to the front of my 2006 Hilux. Please share experiences/advantages/disadvantages of such a set-up.
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tomaz1940
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Awning side shades
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See pictures. Had this triangle piece made up by my local upholsterer, love it, keeps the sun, wind and rain out when needed. $50 included eyelets and velcro. Supplied my own shadecloth.
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Dave Jezza
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Tyre Flat Spots
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just wondering if others rotate their tyres whilst van is not being used for a couple of months to prevent flat spots. if so how often would you do it? cheers
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Redlander
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SOG
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Hi every one there is a product called a SOG. Its a fan that you wire in to youre toilet cassette outside door And trust me you will never need any chemicals again for the smell. Cost about $155.00 dollars to buy. Cheers Bowsie1
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Rodeo 3L diesel pump
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For Petengail, regarding Zextel (Bosch VP44) Injector pump & failur of spooling solenoid driver in the computer (engine wont run). Pictures of the pump i recently repaired, using IRFZ44H MOSFET & Arctic Silver (90% silver) 5min araldite to glue the MOSFET in place. 3rd pic down in the lowe...
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Help please with my jayco how do I get help
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I am a female grey nomad with an assistance dog and right arm weakness from a car accident so not able to have a large van. I told the salesman I was disabled and concerned I could use the van on my own, and he just wheeled the iPod around and said to my daughter and me, its so light. A male moving it empty on leve...
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Anderson Plug
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I am looking for some advise about fitting an Anderson plug to my ow vehicle which will charge the batteries in my camper while driving. I am of the understanding the connection from tow vehicle to the batteries is direct and doesn't go through any sort of regulator. Can anyone shed a light on the follo...
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Martin_QLD
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Iveco Motorhome on the Daily Chassis
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Just noticed a warning on the dash saying "water in fuel filter" when I started it up last week but it hasn't appeared since . Should I take it to a Iveco Dealer , not due for a service for a few months , still under warranty not that this would be covered if it is water . cheers mick
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goldcoaster
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Hot water service
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Hi all i took our caravan on its madian trip last weekend up to Mildura stayed at Buronga caravan park great place. Now i set the van up first trouble i had was the awning the clip was stuck fix that. My question is when in a power site to run the hws you just turn the switch to on that red light comes on now i tr...
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Smithy
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Toilet problems
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Hello all, new here so bare with me. Have a Dometic toilet in Lotus van and have tried all sorts of concoctions to loosen up the slide mechanism to dump waste from bowl to wastetank. I've used olive oil, grape oil, rubber grease and petroleum jelly (Vasoline). I've spread it on the seal and also the two ch...
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Stained paintwork
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Just washed the car today after being several months on the road ,and found several brown stains in the duco and the roofs paintwork is absolutely covered in stains ,it must of come from trees somewhere on the trip.the White duco is very thin and so I need to be careful in my choice ,just to go with a heavy d...
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Battery Chargers
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I am hoping someone could please fill me in on battery chargers? In my slide on camper I have an Eletro 12 d.c 15 amp battery charger. I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with this type of charger? It doesn't really give me any info to tell me if it is fully charged! So far it hasn't caused me any is...
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lithium-ion batteries obsolete!
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-08/vanadium-battery-solar-energy-storage/8094376
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inline fuse on negative lead connected to chassis
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Hi all need some advice when connecting cb direct to car battery so far have wire with inline fuse connected to positive on battery negative connected to chassis of vehicle .... One question do I need to put an inline fuse in the negative cable connected to chassis read mixed reports .. helppppp...
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Dash cams are there many GNs using them
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Hi everyone have been thinking of getting a dash cam have searched here on the GN forum not much there have looked at the DOD LS4 W seems ok reasonably quality and price i am prepared to part with for one what are you using out there if you have one, what are your likes and dislikes about it / them Woody n S...
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