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Breakaway 6,000
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Hi Fellow Caravan's Just been reading old post on Breakaway Batteries. Our 18 mth old Retreat - has a Breakaway 6000 system under the bunk ( single Beds). It appears to be wired to the house batteries, for when I turn the 12 volt system on in the van, the charge light comes on. I assume it must be charging f...
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Connecting 240v power cord with engine running
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We have a Mercedes Sprinter Campervan with 2 house batteries with their own 240v smart chargers. 1 is also connected through a VSR to the truck battery & also to the 3 way fridge whilst travelling. Works well & we also have 80w portable solar panels) When connecting to 240v power can I still hav...
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Assembly Assistance Required...
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Gday... I bought a bracket for the van today that they said required simple assembly. I got it home and got out the instructions - it seems straight forward enough but............ Can someone help please? Cheers - John
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rockylizard
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Back-up Battery Charge from Cruiser
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Need some help sorting out how i would go about running a lead from second battery on 200 serieis , through anderson plugs to help supply charge to the two Caravan batteries during overcast/rainy weather when solar panels cant supply enough to save fridge/freezer loosing it cool :)... So far i do have...
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Papou
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Evaporative Cooler
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Just wondering what one of these evaporative coolers would be like in a caravan, lot cheaper than air con, some can be used on 12v any one out there used ,or seen one or had any thing to do with them, i have used a similar thing in Canada years ago on big 4x4 tractors and seem to work well was chatting to some on...
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Coromal 542 Element shower mixer
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Hi My Cousins own this Van and are having trouble getting more than a dribble of water through the mixer in the shower It may have have a tempering valve built into the mixer, not sure as I am not with the Van at this time Can anyone help
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Crustie
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2016 Camper Van Fridges
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http://www.seabreeze-industries.com.au/products/Waeco-...
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President of the Planet
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JUMP STARTERS FOR VEHICLES
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How, everyone, I had an occassion to try and get someone started due to a flat battery, so thought I could finally get to try a little device I got hold off last year sometime but never had the need to try it out, see pic attached. No go, it didn't jump start the Triton Wagon, not sure of name sorry. I then tri...
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winnebago huntsman
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Just seeking advice for a single solo female traveler I have for the past two years been travelling around in a ford transient, but now need to update for a bit more comfort. I am looking at a 2009 Winnebargo huntsman 2 berth on a Toyota Hilux 2.7 litre petrol, manual. It's an ex rental through Appollo Mot...
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12v power only in Motorhome
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Hi all. Brand new to this forum and seeking your knowledge on Motorhomes. Have been looking at MH's for some time and have found one we like. Most we have seen have a 12v/240v fridge/freezer but this one has only 12v to the FF. Lighting is LED.Gas hot water,stove and oven.The owner has a portable solar pa...
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Motor Home Water Storage
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Admin, If there is already on Water storage. Maybe we should delete this one? Or keep the best Topic Post? Fellow Grey Nomads :) My Current home is a 1999 Mazda E2000 Van. Im currently looking into many things I need for my Camper Set Up. For my water needs, I was thinking of mounting say 2 X 3mtr X 125mm Po...
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President of the Planet
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Fiat Ducato
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Hi there, Anyone out there know of somewhere in the Bendigo area where I can get my Fiat Ducato Motorhome serviced. Also should I worry about using genuine parts, all suggestions welcome. Regards. Kevin.
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Fitting a weight distribution hitch to a Prado Kakadu
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Just wondering if you need to fit the above when towing a 2450kg van as the Kakadu has air suspension ?
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Awnings
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A friend of mine was telling me the other day, if you get an awning replaced you don't have a choice of colour anymore ,is this so or is that crap. Lance C
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Caravan skirt
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We are about to live in our van for a couple of months. We don't have an annex only privacy screens but I would like to get a skirt made to stop the wind howling under the van. Has anyone got one made in the northern suburbs of Perth.
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Anderson Plugs - they don't last forever!
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I've just been attempting to get my Waeco copy 50l freezer down to -20C and noticed that it did not want to go lower than -13C. (ambient +35C)It was connected to a battery which is then connected to an 80w solar panel. On checking the solar amps out of the regulator I noticed I had zero despite the sun shin...
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Jumper leads
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I just fix a thicker cable to the positive lead( red ) but the negative( black) is a bit thinner do you think is fine? thank you Regards
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Motor Home Storage a Web Netting
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Hey Guys :) For Cloths & Bedding storage, me finks a good idea is to store them on the inside rear walls of my 1999 Mazda E2000 LWB? For this specs, However I am require to get manufactured Custom Elastic Netting to Tech onto The internal rear walls above bed height? Does anyone know at all, where one m...
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Referbing rubber roof .. Motorhome ..
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Winabago Explorer motorhome .. Has anyone painted or done any maintenance on there roof.. Its mainly for maintenance .. Where did they buy the paint or covering ? I see YouTube how it's done .. But they are mainly US sites ... would like to do preventative maintenance than replace or have issues latte...
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Fridge Problem
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In our new, second-hand Van we have a 3 way fridge (Electrolux) I switch to gas, turn on gas tank pilot lights and nothing , warm fridge, I follow all directions several times, nothing, even change gas bottle to new full one. Any cool ideas welcome. HELP. We are about to set off tomorrow morning for a fe...
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