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Engel 57 Litre Combi Fridge / Freezer
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Have a 57L Combi which was only used for 6 months on extended trip around the block in 2007. Was mounted in back of HiAce and not treated harshly at all. Been in storage (spare bedroom) for past 4 years and now will not cool at all It has the LED readout and I am in the process of replacing the battery for...
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Big Gregg
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Caravan 3 way fridge
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Has anyone had experience fitting computer type cooling fan behind fridge to help cooling in hot weather.I would like to hear from anyone who has tried this ,also how to do this mod.
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Mikedozer
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Posting Pictures
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How do I post a large photo in the topic instead of the thumbnail ?
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Big Gorilla
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Anderson Plug
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Hi, I am a Newbie to this site and need some help please! I have just brought a 4WD to tow my Caravan, the Toyota has an Anderson plug but the van does not. My old rig charged the vans battery through a normal 7 pin round plug but I would like to wire up the van with an Anderson plug. How do I go about this? I have l...
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Cellery
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Which antenna???
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Hi All, we have just brought a new tv to put in our van and was wondering which antenna are people using and have the least problems with as far as getting reception and tuning. Not that we watch much but to catch up on news and daily events, mainly to not lose track of the real world while enjoying our wonder...
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Sue - Steve Gazel
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aircondioner thoughts
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looking at buying newairconditioner for ourcoachtossing upwith a aircommand or a coleman replacing our8yr old electrolux also tossing up aboutputting a spilt system in butwilltake abit of messing around thought oncoleman or aircommand willbe appreciated cherylle and wayne
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retiree
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Gas central heating or diesal?
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Hi all, after spending 6 weeks in the UK in a motorhome with central heating it has made us think seriously about putting heating in our van. Live in central Victoria. We often like to go away in winter, but not necessarily north as it is so busy. Most of the time we book into caravan parks because of heatin...
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golivers travels
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Looking for a Sat Nav
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Is Garmin the way to go. Anybody purchased one lately. Terry
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tcp99
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looking for spilt system installer inmelbourne
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thinking very serious about putting spilt system in our 11mt.motorhome we doknow this can be done as we we have seen on our travels in melbourne at present but unable tofind anyone interested in doing it for us they all seem to only wantto talk roof ones which are not big enough to cool our motorhome down...
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retiree
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Battery storage
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I need to move some batteries around to make space for more. To do this I need to stack a couple of batteries to use vertical space that is wasted. These are sealed batteries and I was wondering if I could seperate them top from bottom by using a block of timber to ensure that there is no contact of teh termin...
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Trotsky
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satellite tv
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I am going to buy a sattelite system for the vast system can anyone recomend any particular brand Grandad Malcolm
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15 amp outlets revisited
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I have done searches and read all posts I could on recharging 12 volt batteries and running my fridge on gas whilst I have my van plugged into 10 amps. Set the scene, retiring later this year, bought a van before Christmas, went interstate over Christmas, wife and her family thing. For those fishos, I...
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Boothie
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Turbo Diesel Rodeo Auto - Towing 1200 KG Van (loaded weight) up very steep mountains
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The other week I was towing the van along the old Armidale Road from Grafton NSW to Armidale. By the time we got to the top of the plateau the heat indicator was showing well up into the hot area although not in the red. My quetion is, should I be towing up very steep and long inclines in drive, 3rd or 2nd g...
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petengail
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fuel consumption on 2011 nissan narvara st duel cab 4x4
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how all for those of you who have one of how much diesel do you use a trip and whats your average fuel consumption towing 20 ft van
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magraret
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TV aerial?
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What do Grey Nomads recommend for the best TV antennas for coverage? We have a bus, and are tossing up between some of the commercial RV antennas or a digital regional (house) antenna on a pole. We have had a few people tell us that they were disappointed with the commercial RV antennas. Just after ot...
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RosieW
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Triton Springs
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Hello all. Just recently purchased a 2012 Mitsubishi Triton to tow our Caravan. It looks like to me, that I will have to upgrade the rear leaf springs as they are too soft to handle the constant load(fridges, batteries, genny etc) of apprx 350kgs. I fitted some Ironman Loadplus springs, and they did as...
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Curl
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TELSTRA .....BIGPOND
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Hello I am a bit confused ..can someone tell me difference between TELSTRA AND BIGPOND MOBILE BROADBANE .. I thought both were same but seen no so which is best for on road for on the road ...and also which is best WIFI or UBS stick
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Towing With Automatics
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Hi guys, Hope every one had good christmas and have a good year,now my question with automatics do you tow in drive or lock in other gear some say in drive some say lock into gear,also on more modern cars have been told no need for transmission cooler????. The car in question is a ford 1 ton cab chassis au...
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Mr Red
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4wd
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good morning we have a hiluxsr5 diesel with part time 4wd, it is possible to use low speed without engaging the 4wd ? cheers
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gerard gue
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Phone/Data Best of both worlds.
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There are now a number of good cheap data plans available on the Optus network through Amaysim,and these will work in most areas. BUT there are still areas where only Telstra is available, but recognise that you pay a premium for the Telstra (or bigpond) service. Now you can go totally prepaid and use A...
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