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Portable induction cooker
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Does any one have any experience with these cookers? I am looking at a Baumatic one but am wondering if there are drawbacks that I would never think of. Any help much appreciated.
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LuiandRuby
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Jayco and AL-KO ESC
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hi gang, At last the ESC issue has been resolved. After a phone call to ALKO (which was never returned) and a number of emails I eventually caught up with them on Facebook (crazy as it sounds). The hand book was wrong with its pin outs for the positive and negative supply, they had no answer for why the po...
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Phil C
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Anyone had their van cut and polished in Melbourne?
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im looking to get my van cut and polished to help protect it. does anyone know of someone around Melbourne ? How much did it cost? many thanks Tess
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Evie n Rhys
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satellite and antenna
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Hi all just wondering people with sat dish, do they also have a normal antenna, why i ask is, if we park under trees we wont get reception with sat dish ??? so would you use the normal tv antenna . What iam asking do you normally have both, or not
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liz795
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Abra Cerdaba, Cala Cazam.
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Hi All, Can you help me. We are trying to rid the red, off our camper. Groundin Red bull dust on the draw bar. I'm detailing the camper, so I can put it up for sale. We did a Circle back in 2008 across the cape / down through Mt Tom Price ( Iron Ore ) back through WA to Sydney. I put the Gernie over it back then...
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Hey Jim
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Err how do I say this --- Fridges again.
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For those collective minds, to give their view. Fridge freezer combination, compressor type, verses fridge only in the van and a separate freezer behind the seats in the ute. I'm thinking of free camping situations, and the battery/solar usage in the van. With the fridge freezer combo, the unit has...
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iana
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Fitting GPS TRACKER to van
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Hi, Just wondering if anyone has fitted a GPS tracking device into their van. in looking at them on eBay they all seem to need a external aerial for both the phone and the Gps. so how do you managed this without it being obvious? I have a pop top and am struggling to work out how to install. Any ideas would be...
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Jetta7
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Truma E2400 Gas Heater (Update)
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Gas heater installation now complete and certified under NSW regulations.Runs on about 3 to heat the van. Needed to have flue positioned below a window and consequently required window switch that kills the heater should the window in question be opened. Costing as follows Unit $1,500, Window Swi...
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JohnR
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Nissan Navara D22 2012
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An acquaintance has one of those and is worried about the fact that a label on said vehicle recommends against using a WDH. I have advised him to source a HR tow bar but this may not help with cracking chassis. Has anyone here had this issue and how do you get around it apart from changing vehicle.? He is tow...
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deverall11
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Pure sine wave inverter setup
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I am considering a pure sine wave inverter. I recon a 600w unit would do what I would want (certainly no more than 1000w). I understand it depends on what I want to run on it. To be honest I'm just imagining a laptop, I don't want to have mega watts so I can "weld" with it (joke by the way), I just wan...
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Kendo
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AGM .- Lead Acid batt .
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I bought a small CTEK 240v 5 amp charger 8 stage , to keep batteries topped up when they are not getting used much I charged the 2nd batt under the tray of my 4wd , 105ah AGM batt , set the CTEK to AGM all good . Then a couple of days later charged the Batt in the Tvan , it's a 75ah deep cycle sealed lead acid , I dun...
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JackoFJR
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Dometic Ebespacher 12v D2 Diesel Heater
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Is your Diesel Heater noisy ??? Mine seems to be loud inside Motorhome , hard to get to sleep with it on and the noise from the exhaust out the back of Motorhome , I wouldn't like to be camped next to me . How's yours. Cheers Mick
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goldcoaster
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Nitrogen top of Van tyres
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Hi all, Our new Jayco van will come supplied with Nitrogen filled Tyres. Were does one check and fill up with Nitrogen air? Jim
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Hey Jim
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Tablet vs laptop
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I have been a long time windows laptop user , and have bought myself a 10 in Android tablet thinking it would be more portable, and easier to use. It is more portable, but I found it harder to get on the internet with. I can,t get the tablet to recognize the usb modem, and so can,t get on the web with it.The la...
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Electrical Maintenance and Safety in your Caravan
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Hi all, I would greatly appreciate your constructive feedback on this item. I will then ask Cindy to add it to the stickies on this blog. Cheers Rules: ANY and ALL 240 volt mains repairs and maintenance MUST be carried out by a licenced ELECTRICIAN! This applies equally to voltages produces by INVERTE...
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Phil C
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BA-BF Falcon Mirrors
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Bought a pair of strap-on mirrors for my BF Ute today. However, as the back of the ute mirrors is tapered and not parallel to the rim across top and bottom of the front edges, the mirrors just slide off off. Cannot get them tight enough so I cannot just easily drag them off. I note that some mirrors (e.g. Mil...
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To : all things technical - how do you add a picture to a post ????? its show and tell time !
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Hi all Just wondering if someone can help me with loading a picture ( photo into a post } Thanks
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Roostertales
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Alternative HWS
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Is there a cheaper version of HWS availabale other then Truma. I am thinking of gas only because we only use it while freecamping.? thanks vic
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clarence
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Coromal suspension
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I'm thinking about buying a coromal van. I have had nothing to do with the independent suspension on them. I believe it consists of a wish bone swing arm, supported by a leaf spring. I was looking for comments good or bad about the suspension. There seems to be heaps on the road, so it must work. It looks li...
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Travel straps for TV
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Hi fellow travellers How do you secure your Caravan TV for travelling? We own a Jayco and were told to store our TV in the box when travelling, but when we watched the DVD that came with the van it shows the TV being secured with straps for travelling. Our local dealer didn't know about these. Any ideas ple...
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