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cruisaderhilton · cruisaderhilton

Today i spent time getting our caravan ready for a big trip down south to visit family in Newcastle NSW .I emptied the water tanks ,then made up a sanitiser mixture to add to the water ,refilled the both tanks and using a flow meter i put 75ltrs in both tanks ,on the tanks it is stamped 95 ltrs ,so were is th...

DMaxer · DMaxer

The vinyl stone guard on the front of my van is starting to look a bit "how's your father" and I am about to give it a bit of a spruce up, I have read that you can paint the vinyl with vinyl paint from the green shed and also was told that there is a product called Mother's something or other, Back to Black. I don'...

Vaughan · Vaughan

Has anyone ever had a problem with the fabric in a dometic awning delaminating within three years use

maids · maids

looking for advise. We have found the sealant around the antenna is cracked. What Sealand is it. How to remove and replace with ?

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...

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	water tank gauge (Preview) Today i spent time getting our caravan ready for a big trip down south to visit family in Newcastle NSW .I emptied the water tanks ,then made up a sanitiser mixture to add to the water ,refilled the both tanks and using a flow meter i put 75ltrs in both tanks ,on the tanks it is stamped 95 ltrs ,so were is th...	cruisaderhilton	13	7388	05:16 PM Sep 12, 2022 by Bobdown
	Cleaning Vinyl Stone Guard (Preview) The vinyl stone guard on the front of my van is starting to look a bit "how's your father" and I am about to give it a bit of a spruce up, I have read that you can paint the vinyl with vinyl paint from the green shed and also was told that there is a product called Mother's something or other, Back to Black. I don'...	DMaxer	6	2602	04:11 PM Sep 11, 2022 by watsea
	Dometic awning fabric (Preview) Has anyone ever had a problem with the fabric in a dometic awning delaminating within three years use	Vaughan	16	2952	10:53 PM Sep 8, 2022 by The Belmont Bear
	Leak in roof (Preview) looking for advise. We have found the sealant around the antenna is cracked. What Sealand is it. How to remove and replace with ?	maids	10	2686	08:17 PM Sep 2, 2022 by Aus-Kiwi
	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	4317	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	10012	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	1633	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	4526	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	1759	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	3006	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	2074	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	2902	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	2665	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	3050	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	3647	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	1682	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	1414	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	1280	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	1659	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	2709	09:36 AM Aug 6, 2022 by Possum3
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