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Vehicle Fire Extinguishers
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I checked my vehicle fire extinguisher the other day and although weight wise it appeared full the gauge showed it needed attention (in the red). I gave it a good shake up but still remained the same. Looks like I have to buy a new one. Not sure how old it is as it was in the vehicle when I bought it 2nd hand. A...
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Nulon additives
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I was most interested in what PeterInSa had to say regarding using Nulon products. I used to listen to Brian Wilshire 9pm -12midnight on am radio and he used to advertise it, but also said he used the product in his vw's and found it worked so from that had them advertising on his show. I always thought and...
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Has anyone had any thing to do with this device ?
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What is the PowerPot? The PowerPot is a thermoelectric generator, so it converts any heat source directly into power that charges your USB handheld device. Add water to the PowerPot and place it over a heat source. Plug in your device (don't worry, the cord is flame-resistant!) and it'll charge jus...
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herbie
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Charging a deep cell battery
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My Nipper is parked up at my ex's place, and last week I was heading away for a few days, so asked my son to plug her in to cool down the fridge, and put the battery charger on the in house battery. Which he did. When I went to turn on a light on the first night, no light. I had my solar light so it wasn't a problem t...
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VAST SET-UP NOTHING I DO WILL MAKE IT WORK, HELP!
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Well were do I start, trying to get my Vast sat to work again in North Qld, every time I try and set it up I can not get a signal any were strong enough to make it work, sent the box away to Vast and they found 5 things wrong and fixed them, getting it back I still could not get the thing to work#%@##$%%, so I took th...
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solar panels , the soft kind
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Does anyone have an opinion on the soft rollup kind that get.stuck down on the roof of the van. Not sure what they are called.
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Happywanderer
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UHF Coax Cable Joining
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Hi fellow GN's, To keep this short I have a UHF Radio fitted in my Prado and need to redirect the coax cable under the hood, my question is, Can you join the Coax Cable successfully? I would use correct fittings if available and solder where possible. Edit....Sorry, forgot to ask, with the join mentio...
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Which battery charger ?
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My motorhome has two 105 AH deep cycle batteries in parallel that provide the power independent of the vehicles starting battery, I need to buy a new battery charger to keep them in a state of charge at home during long periods when I don't use the vehicle. I have been looking around and don't know if I...
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Solar Panel Identification
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G'day All' I have a Roma van bought from Christies Beach which we have used for about 7 years in caravan parks, having spent a life time in tents and camp trailers. We are now getting ready to start free camping and making sure we have everything in place, which brings me to my question. When we bought the v...
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Cracked Chassis....................
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Sorry, I tried to find the previous thread but couldn't locate it, hopefully the original poster will see this and think again. The original thread was discussing the virtues of buying, a demountable, motorhome, caravan or a pre-owned Ex-Rental vehicle that had already been converted and, since...
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Mark
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Awaning gutter brkt
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has any one seen this for sale in Australia i found in on Ebay USA but they wont send to Australia good to collect rain when free camping Regards Paul T
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Tele reception
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I have just found out the quickest way for direction for your tv antenna when in the outback or anywhere disregarding the dish,go to apps download Antenna Mate ,this would be the fastest way of finding the wright direction to turn your TV antenna for reception , it is a ripper. Lance C
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Oricom UHF portable radios $29.00
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Just got myself a set of the Oricom UHF portable radios at Repco today. Not to bad for $29.00. Basic but work well. Brett
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New Battery Required
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My battery has been confirmed as "dead". Has anybody got any recommendations please for a good quality dry cell 100 ah battery. SuperStart Batteries are recommending the new lithium batteries. Whilst they are much lighter and last longer they come in well over the $1,000 mark and I...
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crack in front of storage box
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Back again. A crack has developed in the outside skin of the front storage box, looks like started from the top rivet. Any ideas how to fix/seal this? All advice greatly appreciated. Also, the front gas struts aren't working in the same culprit of the storage box. Do you get these re-gassed or cheap...
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VoIP Performance Loss
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For some time we have used a router to drive both home phone & broadband internet....internet & VoIP cordless phone while travelling is fine, but while at home the phone is almost useless....this has caused me to wonder why is it so ?......would the introduction of an external antennae hel...
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Suyspension on Fiat Ducato 180
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I have a Birdsville Elite, late 2011, with a Ducato 180 engine. The front suspension is now giving cause for serious consideration to change the front to the 'Kings springs' as per recommendations from other Ducato owners. Before doing so I am wondering about installing air suspension and would wel...
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Replacing interior light
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Hi again. Went to replace a globe inside the coromal campac 401 but found it is the fitting itself. Have unscrewed everything but can't see how to get the whole light off short of cutting the very small amount of the 2 wires coming out of the caravan front. It is the small swivel light over one side of th...
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tug vechical
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has anyone got a ford territory and how good is it towing
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Van batteries charged by car?
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Can you tell me if the caravan batteries are meant to be recharged while driving? Thought they did but ours doesn't and we don't know why? Don't really want to spend every 3rd night at a caravan park if we don't need to.
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