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goldcoaster · goldcoaster

Hi, I,m trying to load Gps Co Ordinates into my Tom Tom 620. I type in 29.41.03 S 152. 56. 24 E Should be Grafton Showgrounds but its coming up a different location nowhere near Grafton. I got the co ordinates out of camps7 , they don't have a dot in between numbers , however Tom Tom does not have a spacebar ,n...

grae and deb · grae and deb

HI WONDERING WHAT SORT OF STONE DEFLECTORS EVERYONE USES LOOKED AT ROCK STOMPERS , ETC HAS ANYONE FITTED OR USED THE CLEAR , PERXPLEX TYPE MATERIAL OVER THE WINDOW OR WINDOWS ON THE REAR OF TUG , THERE IS A SHOP IN MELB SELLING THESE TYPE WITH SUCTION CAP OR STICK ON TAPE , CURIOUS THANKS GRAE AND DEB

bushfly · bushfly

Hi everyone. I'm an experienced caravaner and outback traveller but have been off the road 4 years. I have had 3 vans and a KK off road trailer. I thought I could work this out but it's got the better of me so ideas please. I have an 07 Supreme Territory, I have been over all the screens and hatches, vent...

Wirroff · Wirroff

Folks, not sure if there are any 'diesel experts' out there but this issue we have is this; Mercedes Sprinter MH with only 68,000kms on it (one private owner) and starting about two days ago, the glow plug light comes on AFTER I start the engine! It comes on after 2 seconds and stays lit for only about 30 se...

Marnie · Marnie

Pretty much confused here as whether a battery chainsaw is a good idea? We only really need a mini one - don't have room ( or want to carry the fuel etc) for a full blown chainsaw just to cut a bit of wood into nice chunks to fit into the campfire! We sometimes buy wood along the way as we travel - and then find th...

sarg · sarg

Can any of you talented GN tell me how to or what to use as a pole to attach my TV antenna to. I was thinking of an extension pole like a pool cleaning extension thingy and some brackets on side of van.........??? Many heads are better than mine, Thanks in advance........Sarg.

Two Strays · Two Strays

Hello All Can anyone inform me to what is the extent of wattage use for a CPAC machine operating via 12 volts. And how long would I expect to get running off 2x120 Ah batteries. Have one 130 watt solar panel on roof as a recharging medium, backed up by generator, if necessary. Happy Caravanning

Caister70 · Caister70

Is there a simple way of determining where to drill the hole in the van wall without hitting some vital part, especially the electric wiring. Thanks for any advice.

Vanderee · Vanderee

Nothing worse than NOT having a spare wheel on the road. Although there is a lot of storage in the bins the wheel was too big to even mount underneath due to LPG tanks etc. no space left any where. I got some 8 mm steel plate and 80 x 80 mm angle iron, 50 x 50 mm RHS HD, and some flat 8 mm bar, and after some thinking...

Feral Errol · Feral Errol

Hi all, With so many learned souls on this forum, any chance of some comments on the following circuit I have set up in my Nissan Patrol for charging auxiliary battery and caravan battery. I use the auxiliary battery as a backup in case of significant winch use. The van battery is charged using a batte...

GaryKelly · GaryKelly

Blowed if all that a/h watts stuff will stick in my brain. I have a stick blender I use for my toothless diet - smoothies and stuff like that. It's a 250 watter. My house battery is an AGM 105ah and the inverter is 300 watt (max 600). If I use the blender once or twice a day for two minutes each time, will the sky...

freefish1 · freefish1

Hi Everyone, Firstly one of the gas hose (armoured flexible line) failed on my camper the first night of a trip a few years ago. Looked like it had been crushed somehow. Blamed the cooks son as he was the last to use it. Great cooking for two weeks on one of those single burner gas stoves. Replaced it wit...

Mr B2 · Mr B2

Is there any where in Victoria that you can get corner weighing on a Coach, Thats weighing the four corners of the Coach Individually, The four wheels, I have taken out the 150 Gallon Propane Gas tank, and replaced it with a Carrrier Frame and five Swap and Go, Gas bottles, Sheeted the lot in 3 mm Steel P...

Wirroff · Wirroff

Folks, so....here we are, our Electrolux 4400 has all been fixed and has been running great to be honest. The techo put in an extra vent, fixed the flu, flushed everything out and put an outlet on the roof also for heat escape. I know it's not the best fridge (1999 vintage and not designed for the tropics a...

rastas · rastas

Hi all Thinking of up grading our caravan and I am interested to know if any one knows about AI-KO electronic stability control. Is it worth the extra cost or not regards Rastas

KFT · KFT

Hello everyone, I am having some issues with the weight of our caravan, the story goes like this; On the way home from our last winter trip I ran the rig over a weighbridge near home just to see what we were weighing in at and got the shock of my life. GCM behind the Navara was ok but the van was 600kg over the AT...

Yuglamron · Yuglamron

My old water heater ,a Carver which Coromal from WA used to import from the UK a few years ago but no longer do. Well it's decided it's had it's day and is leaking badly. No hot water so have been looking at a replacement unit. I had been checking out this so called super-duper gas endless hot water system...

GaryKelly · GaryKelly

G'day, g'day, g'day. Just had two under tray tool boxes delivered, awaiting fitting by a local engineering company (plus a few other jobs). I was surprised that no fitting instructions came with the boxes. Looks like I need to supply my own bolts, etc, and figure out where and how to attach them. I'll l...

valiant81 · valiant81

Hi every one; Well i have finaly cracked it !!!!! My jayco caravan is now one year old and has just been in for it's first service and a couple of things that needed to be attended to under warrentee, nothing major, but my main issue is with the three way fridge that is a standard fitment...

SnowT · SnowT

Hi all.. Not sure if anyone has done this Before.. So I thought I would do so.. I'm hunting for Batteries for my future project.. So I thought I would ask what type of Battery people have in their setup's..? The information I'm after is.. - Brand / Model - Size [Ah] - Voltage Other comment's.. Any issues...

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	GPS co ordinates into Tom Tom and POI's (Preview) Hi, I,m trying to load Gps Co Ordinates into my Tom Tom 620. I type in 29.41.03 S 152. 56. 24 E Should be Grafton Showgrounds but its coming up a different location nowhere near Grafton. I got the co ordinates out of camps7 , they don't have a dot in between numbers , however Tom Tom does not have a spacebar ,n...	goldcoaster	8	675	07:21 PM Dec 11, 2013 by 03_troopy
	STONE DEFLECTORS (Preview) HI WONDERING WHAT SORT OF STONE DEFLECTORS EVERYONE USES LOOKED AT ROCK STOMPERS , ETC HAS ANYONE FITTED OR USED THE CLEAR , PERXPLEX TYPE MATERIAL OVER THE WINDOW OR WINDOWS ON THE REAR OF TUG , THERE IS A SHOP IN MELB SELLING THESE TYPE WITH SUCTION CAP OR STICK ON TAPE , CURIOUS THANKS GRAE AND DEB	grae and deb	6	1114	12:53 AM Dec 9, 2013 by Jonathan
	bugs (Preview) Hi everyone. I'm an experienced caravaner and outback traveller but have been off the road 4 years. I have had 3 vans and a KK off road trailer. I thought I could work this out but it's got the better of me so ideas please. I have an 07 Supreme Territory, I have been over all the screens and hatches, vent...	bushfly	7	976	09:24 PM Dec 10, 2013 by Plendo
	Glow Plugs ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Folks, not sure if there are any 'diesel experts' out there but this issue we have is this; Mercedes Sprinter MH with only 68,000kms on it (one private owner) and starting about two days ago, the glow plug light comes on AFTER I start the engine! It comes on after 2 seconds and stays lit for only about 30 se...	Wirroff	31	3993	07:06 PM Jan 2, 2014 by Wirroff
	Battery chainsaws (Preview) Pretty much confused here as whether a battery chainsaw is a good idea? We only really need a mini one - don't have room ( or want to carry the fuel etc) for a full blown chainsaw just to cut a bit of wood into nice chunks to fit into the campfire! We sometimes buy wood along the way as we travel - and then find th...	Marnie	15	5507	09:26 AM Jan 16, 2014 by moblet
	TV Pole (Preview) Can any of you talented GN tell me how to or what to use as a pole to attach my TV antenna to. I was thinking of an extension pole like a pool cleaning extension thingy and some brackets on side of van.........??? Many heads are better than mine, Thanks in advance........Sarg.	sarg	8	1001	11:53 PM Dec 13, 2013 by Aus-Kiwi
	CPAC Machine 12/24 volt (Preview) Hello All Can anyone inform me to what is the extent of wattage use for a CPAC machine operating via 12 volts. And how long would I expect to get running off 2x120 Ah batteries. Have one 130 watt solar panel on roof as a recharging medium, backed up by generator, if necessary. Happy Caravanning	Two Strays	4	711	06:36 AM Dec 6, 2013 by sarg
	Aerial access (Preview) Is there a simple way of determining where to drill the hole in the van wall without hitting some vital part, especially the electric wiring. Thanks for any advice.	Caister70	4	438	03:39 PM Dec 6, 2013 by Caister70
	Wheel carrier (home design) mounted on top of a Hayman hitch (at long last) (Preview) Nothing worse than NOT having a spare wheel on the road. Although there is a lot of storage in the bins the wheel was too big to even mount underneath due to LPG tanks etc. no space left any where. I got some 8 mm steel plate and 80 x 80 mm angle iron, 50 x 50 mm RHS HD, and some flat 8 mm bar, and after some thinking...	Vanderee	9	1040	09:54 AM Feb 2, 2014 by Vanderee
	Auxiliary Battery circuit in Patrol (Preview) Hi all, With so many learned souls on this forum, any chance of some comments on the following circuit I have set up in my Nissan Patrol for charging auxiliary battery and caravan battery. I use the auxiliary battery as a backup in case of significant winch use. The van battery is charged using a batte...	Feral Errol	4	630	04:52 PM Dec 5, 2013 by Feral Errol
	Amps and watts and stuff... ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Blowed if all that a/h watts stuff will stick in my brain. I have a stick blender I use for my toothless diet - smoothies and stuff like that. It's a 250 watter. My house battery is an AGM 105ah and the inverter is 300 watt (max 600). If I use the blender once or twice a day for two minutes each time, will the sky...	GaryKelly	40	2129	10:00 AM Dec 13, 2013 by native pepper
	Flexible Gas Hose (Preview) Hi Everyone, Firstly one of the gas hose (armoured flexible line) failed on my camper the first night of a trip a few years ago. Looked like it had been crushed somehow. Blamed the cooks son as he was the last to use it. Great cooking for two weeks on one of those single burner gas stoves. Replaced it wit...	freefish1	13	3050	06:37 AM Dec 9, 2013 by oldbobsbus
	Corner weighing (Preview) Is there any where in Victoria that you can get corner weighing on a Coach, Thats weighing the four corners of the Coach Individually, The four wheels, I have taken out the 150 Gallon Propane Gas tank, and replaced it with a Carrrier Frame and five Swap and Go, Gas bottles, Sheeted the lot in 3 mm Steel P...	Mr B2	7	948	11:38 PM Dec 6, 2013 by Mr B2
	Fridges.......One more time! ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Folks, so....here we are, our Electrolux 4400 has all been fixed and has been running great to be honest. The techo put in an extra vent, fixed the flu, flushed everything out and put an outlet on the roof also for heat escape. I know it's not the best fridge (1999 vintage and not designed for the tropics a...	Wirroff	30	2025	09:20 PM Dec 10, 2013 by mr glassies
	AL-KO (Preview) Hi all Thinking of up grading our caravan and I am interested to know if any one knows about AI-KO electronic stability control. Is it worth the extra cost or not regards Rastas	rastas	14	1612	09:24 PM Dec 8, 2013 by Baz421
	Weight Worries (Preview) Hello everyone, I am having some issues with the weight of our caravan, the story goes like this; On the way home from our last winter trip I ran the rig over a weighbridge near home just to see what we were weighing in at and got the shock of my life. GCM behind the Navara was ok but the van was 600kg over the AT...	KFT	21	2017	10:44 PM Dec 30, 2013 by KFT
	Endless hot water. (Preview) My old water heater ,a Carver which Coromal from WA used to import from the UK a few years ago but no longer do. Well it's decided it's had it's day and is leaking badly. No hot water so have been looking at a replacement unit. I had been checking out this so called super-duper gas endless hot water system...	Yuglamron	13	15415	03:45 PM Dec 7, 2013 by PeterD
	Under Tray tool boxes (Preview) G'day, g'day, g'day. Just had two under tray tool boxes delivered, awaiting fitting by a local engineering company (plus a few other jobs). I was surprised that no fitting instructions came with the boxes. Looks like I need to supply my own bolts, etc, and figure out where and how to attach them. I'll l...	GaryKelly	4	6052	11:34 AM Dec 1, 2013 by GaryKelly
	Dometic RM2350 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi every one; Well i have finaly cracked it !!!!! My jayco caravan is now one year old and has just been in for it's first service and a couple of things that needed to be attended to under warrentee, nothing major, but my main issue is with the three way fridge that is a standard fitment...	valiant81	38	12496	05:16 PM Dec 2, 2013 by rockylizard
	What Brand of Battery..? (Preview) Hi all.. Not sure if anyone has done this Before.. So I thought I would do so.. I'm hunting for Batteries for my future project.. So I thought I would ask what type of Battery people have in their setup's..? The information I'm after is.. - Brand / Model - Size [Ah] - Voltage Other comment's.. Any issues...	SnowT	17	2199	11:14 PM Dec 4, 2013 by Baz421
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