Techies' Corner

DMaxer · DMaxer

I have been busy over the winter with washing and polishing the caravan, cleaning up the vinyl stone guard all in preparation for taking off in just a few short weeks. Now that I have finished all the work it makes the A frame and chassis look pretty crappy. There is a little bit of surface rust on a couple o...

Tailor · Tailor

Hi, We have a Jayco Silverline 2016 and would like to change to Lithium batteries. The van is fitted with a Setec system which in itself is not compatible. I'd like to run a few ideas past the knowledgeable folk. 1. When connected to 240V power, this helps charge the batteries. If I unplug this aspect I wa...

Joda · Joda

For years I,ve used my indicators to communicate with truckies, works well, problem is my diesel ford territory indicators flash 3 times automatically what ever way You use them, I,m going to buy a handheld uhf radio to solve this problem, but as a matter of interest has anyone of you looked into chan...

DeanoCasino · DeanoCasino

Anybody towing a 2800kg.ish van with a Nissan Patrol Y62. How bad is the fuel economy. Low 20ltrs per 100k would be acceptable

FootlooseFizzers · FootlooseFizzers

Greetings all. I am wanting to remove the rear seats in my Jeep Grand Cherokee, install some frame work to allow dog to sit behind front seats and stop access to cargo area inrear. In the caro area I want to install slide out drawers wih a fridge slide as well. Problem being.... the spare tyre is under th...

laurieoz · laurieoz

I have two 100 amp AGM battery in parallel. 1. How do I determine the the capacity of the batterys as they are 8 years old Laurie

bushsong · bushsong

G'day all, The batteries went completely flat the other night in the van. Two 105amp Lithiums of good quality. I found that there was a 15amp load showing on the Bluetooth but couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Today, I sent one battery to the tyre service for charging and put the generator on...

archy · archy

i have a 2021 Ranger but i do not want to spend a lot of money on it, because i may move to the Ranger just released, anyway i want to feed the caravan fridge direct from the car battery via a circuit breaker and fused line to the fridge, but i still want to be able to run the caravan fridge off the caravan batte...

Branchie · Branchie

HI again, looking at upgrading the battery system from a 220 A/Hr Lithium (2 x 110) to a 520 A/Hr Lithium (2 x 260), what amount of solar panels woud you think I require to activly charge them ?

Derek Barnes · Derek Barnes

I belong to an e-scooter facebook page and almost all of them suggest that the lithium battery should only be charged to 80% of full charge if your storing your scooter for any length of time. I dont understand why as the battery will eventually slowly discharge anyway. In caravans lithiums will alway...

Elecmuso · Elecmuso

Long story but I will try to keep it as short as I can.In this instance I was towing with a BF Falcon fitted with Tekonsha Primus brake controllerAfter several hours of towing I experienced a disturbing brake fade. There was no traffic around but I had recently experienced a circumstance where I'd brak...

gmax · gmax

Hi folks Annie and I are in the middle stages of our coaster bus conversion. We decided to use the CMS electrical system and as such have got the 15Amp inlet with RCD. when it comes to cutting the hole in the bus to fit this unit the shape is complex and I cant think of an easy way to make a hole template for it....

dorian · dorian

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-22/electric-scooters-havana-cuba-fuel-shortage/101260164

Cisco kid · Cisco kid

Four years after seizing my Trail-A-Mate jack I took it on today Original Problem: The outer tube had crimped itself onto the inner tube after I had over tightened the jacking lifter changing a punctured tyre on the van Fix: open the jack release take the largest hammer you can find and whack the under s...

Magnarc · Magnarc

Hi all, Does anyone know the maximum distance the signal will cover?

62supersnipe · 62supersnipe

Hi Guy's; Have a query about a 3 way absorption fridge. Hopefully someone here with more knowledge about these things than me. I have a Dometic model RM4401. Name plate states the following. On 240vac 135w power consumption. On 12vdc 130w power consumption. From ohms law this gives us an element resi...

Cisco kid · Cisco kid

Hi does anyone know how to get electric power to the element on top of the Swift 500 predominantly gas cook top ? It obviously works if you are plugged into 240 volts. For the life of me I cant get it to work . phil

Wmelrose · Wmelrose

Hi everyon, I have just installed a new C260 Thetford toilet but the wires are different on the new on. The old 260 had negative black and positive red and a white connected with negative black and a blue wire. The new one has normal positive and negative and purple wire and gray wire. Does anyone know how...

sir alvisar · sir alvisar

Hi All Have a white 5 litre diesel tank which was 3/4 full (its under a cover )- we havent used van for 4 months and now the diesel has stained the plastic I have drained diesel - does anyone have any suggestions how to clean Thanks in advance

Jmack · Jmack

Hello fellow travelers I own a Windsor caravan around the 80s would anyone know if the internal walls were made of laminated ply or veneer ply or how do I tell the difference as Im thinking of re staining Thanks jmack

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	Painting The A Frame (Preview) I have been busy over the winter with washing and polishing the caravan, cleaning up the vinyl stone guard all in preparation for taking off in just a few short weeks. Now that I have finished all the work it makes the A frame and chassis look pretty crappy. There is a little bit of surface rust on a couple o...	DMaxer	15	4144	02:24 PM Aug 30, 2022 by Aus-Kiwi
	Changing Jayco to Lithium Batteries. (Preview) Hi, We have a Jayco Silverline 2016 and would like to change to Lithium batteries. The van is fitted with a Setec system which in itself is not compatible. I'd like to run a few ideas past the knowledgeable folk. 1. When connected to 240V power, this helps charge the batteries. If I unplug this aspect I wa...	Tailor	23	9579	02:09 PM Aug 30, 2022 by Tailor
	Car indicators (Preview) For years I,ve used my indicators to communicate with truckies, works well, problem is my diesel ford territory indicators flash 3 times automatically what ever way You use them, I,m going to buy a handheld uhf radio to solve this problem, but as a matter of interest has anyone of you looked into chan...	Joda	16	1605	03:52 PM Aug 27, 2022 by Mike Harding
	Towing Nissan Patrol Y62 (Preview) Anybody towing a 2800kg.ish van with a Nissan Patrol Y62. How bad is the fuel economy. Low 20ltrs per 100k would be acceptable	DeanoCasino	12	4185	08:51 AM Aug 26, 2022 by DeanoCasino
	SPARE TYRE - INTERNAL TO EXTERNAL (Preview) Greetings all. I am wanting to remove the rear seats in my Jeep Grand Cherokee, install some frame work to allow dog to sit behind front seats and stop access to cargo area inrear. In the caro area I want to install slide out drawers wih a fridge slide as well. Problem being.... the spare tyre is under th...	FootlooseFizzers	5	1717	05:54 AM Aug 24, 2022 by shakey55
	AGM bateery capacity ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I have two 100 amp AGM battery in parallel. 1. How do I determine the the capacity of the batterys as they are 8 years old Laurie	laurieoz	32	2888	03:14 PM Aug 23, 2022 by Gus1949
	Water Pump Draw (Preview) G'day all, The batteries went completely flat the other night in the van. Two 105amp Lithiums of good quality. I found that there was a 15amp load showing on the Bluetooth but couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Today, I sent one battery to the tyre service for charging and put the generator on...	bushsong	23	2005	06:55 AM Aug 20, 2022 by TimTim
	running fridge on battery (Preview) i have a 2021 Ranger but i do not want to spend a lot of money on it, because i may move to the Ranger just released, anyway i want to feed the caravan fridge direct from the car battery via a circuit breaker and fused line to the fridge, but i still want to be able to run the caravan fridge off the caravan batte...	archy	9	2797	03:40 PM Aug 16, 2022 by Warren-Pat_01
	Solar requirements (Preview) HI again, looking at upgrading the battery system from a 220 A/Hr Lithium (2 x 110) to a 520 A/Hr Lithium (2 x 260), what amount of solar panels woud you think I require to activly charge them ?	Branchie	21	2599	09:04 PM Aug 12, 2022 by Noelpolar
	Storing lithium batteries at full charge (Preview) I belong to an e-scooter facebook page and almost all of them suggest that the lithium battery should only be charged to 80% of full charge if your storing your scooter for any length of time. I dont understand why as the battery will eventually slowly discharge anyway. In caravans lithiums will alway...	Derek Barnes	4	2931	01:44 PM Aug 12, 2022 by markf
	Brake fade and need to adjust van brakes? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Long story but I will try to keep it as short as I can.In this instance I was towing with a BF Falcon fitted with Tekonsha Primus brake controllerAfter several hours of towing I experienced a disturbing brake fade. There was no traffic around but I had recently experienced a circumstance where I'd brak...	Elecmuso	34	3554	09:20 AM Aug 10, 2022 by Gundog
	Template for cms 15a inlet with rcd CMS (Preview) Hi folks Annie and I are in the middle stages of our coaster bus conversion. We decided to use the CMS electrical system and as such have got the 15Amp inlet with RCD. when it comes to cutting the hole in the bus to fit this unit the shape is complex and I cant think of an easy way to make a hole template for it....	gmax	8	1622	12:58 PM Aug 9, 2022 by Whenarewethere
	Electric scooters -- gel and lithium battery fires (Preview) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-22/electric-scooters-havana-cuba-fuel-shortage/101260164	dorian	3	1377	02:26 PM Aug 8, 2022 by Cisco kid
	Trail-A-Mate fix (Preview) Four years after seizing my Trail-A-Mate jack I took it on today Original Problem: The outer tube had crimped itself onto the inner tube after I had over tightened the jacking lifter changing a punctured tyre on the van Fix: open the jack release take the largest hammer you can find and whack the under s...	Cisco kid	0	1239	02:09 PM Aug 8, 2022 by Cisco kid
	Wireless TPMS. (Preview) Hi all, Does anyone know the maximum distance the signal will cover?	Magnarc	5	1615	09:52 AM Aug 6, 2022 by JackoFJR
	Absorption Fridge 3 Way Fridge Power Consumption (Preview) Hi Guy's; Have a query about a 3 way absorption fridge. Hopefully someone here with more knowledge about these things than me. I have a Dometic model RM4401. Name plate states the following. On 240vac 135w power consumption. On 12vdc 130w power consumption. From ohms law this gives us an element resi...	62supersnipe	15	2603	09:36 AM Aug 6, 2022 by Possum3
	Electric element Swift 500 (Preview) Hi does anyone know how to get electric power to the element on top of the Swift 500 predominantly gas cook top ? It obviously works if you are plugged into 240 volts. For the life of me I cant get it to work . phil	Cisco kid	11	3898	07:20 PM Aug 5, 2022 by TimTim
	'Thetford C260 toilet (Preview) Hi everyon, I have just installed a new C260 Thetford toilet but the wires are different on the new on. The old 260 had negative black and positive red and a white connected with negative black and a blue wire. The new one has normal positive and negative and purple wire and gray wire. Does anyone know how...	Wmelrose	3	1654	07:12 PM Aug 4, 2022 by KevinC
	Cleaning stained diesel heater tank (Preview) Hi All Have a white 5 litre diesel tank which was 3/4 full (its under a cover )- we havent used van for 4 months and now the diesel has stained the plastic I have drained diesel - does anyone have any suggestions how to clean Thanks in advance	sir alvisar	6	1808	02:05 PM Aug 4, 2022 by kgarnett
	Internall walls (Preview) Hello fellow travelers I own a Windsor caravan around the 80s would anyone know if the internal walls were made of laminated ply or veneer ply or how do I tell the difference as Im thinking of re staining Thanks jmack	Jmack	2	1187	05:33 PM Aug 2, 2022 by Jmack
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