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Household cleaners - make your own
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A year or two back I grew frustrated with domestic cleaning agents such as surface spray, laundry powder and such; not only are they mostly bad for the environment they are also expensive and often not effective so I did some research and now make my own. All the following ingredients are available fro...
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Mike Harding
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Cleaning awnings
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Does anyone have a good tip for cleaning a caravan awning? We have some grubby grey sections which may be mouldy from being damp under a cover.
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Johnnym
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Transporting Water
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I saw a brilliant idea recently whilst going for a wander around a campground I was in. I imagine some of you already use this system but for those stuck in prehistoric times like myself it might be something to consider. When I travel to areas where water might be an issue I usually fill the two water tank...
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DMaxer
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Physical keyboard with Android mobile phone
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I bought a USB A to USB C standard cable (Belkin (NOT a USB OTG cable)). My 2007 Mac keyboard works very well on my Sony phone & also on other half's Motorola G31 phone.
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Whenarewethere
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Keeping water tank breathers clear
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As you pump water into your caravan tanks the air must escape in order to allow the water to fill the tank, to this end all tanks have breather pipes and in many vans these pipes terminate in the filling nozzle area, in my van that is a small (5mm) hole at the top (12 O'clock) position of the fill inlet, you'...
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Mike Harding
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Android: audible notification for calls and text messages
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Many mobile phones nowadays do not provide a "Notification" LED, this omission drives me nuts! The notification LED flashes every 10 seconds or so as an indicator of a missed call or SMS, however because most people under 50 seem to always have their noses in their phones many manufacturers decided t...
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Mike Harding
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Defrosting Plate
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Very handy if you forget to put out in time. This one is a repurposed heat sink, (part of) from a Grundfos Pump Panel. So may be heavier than store bought, but works well for us. Takes at least an hour off defrost time on chops or chicken or steak. Dont know about tofu.
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Craig1
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Whilst I'm on the subject of mobile phones...
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It is a good idea to "power cycle" (ie. turn off, wait two minutes, turn on) your mobile phone, tablet, notebook computer etc every so often, I usually do mine about once a month. All these computer type items *will* have bugs in their software and these bugs may, over time, lead to issues arising which m...
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Mike Harding
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Spray Can of Paint- Maintenance
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Make sure it is stored upside down After use, then also spray it upside down till it runs out, maybe 3 seconds? Then, wipe the nozzle with some thinners on a rag and restore upside down.
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Craig1
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Tow Hitch Two High
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When your rides is so high that you need a drop hitch for your trailer but adaptors are so much cheaper!!
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Paintar
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Two, too handy things
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The Sidchrome is a rotator as well as conventional ratchet. The handle will twist to rotate the bolt or nut if you are in a tight spot. The black ring rotates to change direction. Red button to easily emove socket.
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Craig1
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Reducing tyre noise swapping left right
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I have 6 (2 spares) Pirelli all terrain plus tyres, to date I had only done 1 swap putting the 2 spares on the front to share the wear between the 6 tyres. The front tyres were still extremely quiet to date. I swapped the tyres to the opposite sides of the car & front rear, while putting on the 2 used spar...
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Whenarewethere
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Anti theft, sort of
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I keep a $100 and a $50 banknote in the top drawer of my caravan kitchen drawers such that the notes are on full view when the drawer is opened, my theory being that if a thief enters the van he'll probably find the money fairly quickly and make off before wrecking the van or finding other stuff of greater va...
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Mike Harding
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the alpine way
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Looking at taking a trip from Adelaide eventually, crossing the snowy mountains via the great alpine way, looking for advice, is the road suitable for a caravan, and is the last week of October okay, meaning will the roads be clear, towing with a ford ranger , not a big caravan 18 ft thank you
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archy
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Large Windscreen Shades for bigger vehicles
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I had been looking for bigger windscreen shades both for my Outlander and Ford Transit. The ones I had were not tall enough at the top to be held in place by the sun visor and kept falling down. Yesterday I came across these in a Repco store in Morley WA, although the size is 145cm wide and 97cm high they com...
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Ruler on mobile phone
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I photographed a ruler, scaled it exactly to fit the phone's screen.
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Whenarewethere
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POLISHING BLACK CHECKERPLATE
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Hello, we have black checkerplate on the front of our caravan. Over time it has become quite dull. What suggestions are there for polishing it to make black and shiny again. So far we have tried Tyre Black (looked good but washed off with first shower of rain, WD40 (attracted dust), Nu Look Once a Yea...
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Trojan
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Knife Sharpener
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Anybody have a good solution to keep a knife sharp or a really good sharpener? We have the usual knife block for carving, slicing, vege knife etc, and have a sharpener that you drag thru and a small steel to hone. I can get an edge that's okay, but just doesn't last more than a few days. Have tried a stone in t...
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Bobdown
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ON the pension, travelling around Au , and renting your home
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If you get the pension and intend to travel around AU and also maybe if you intend renting out your home this may interest you ...... My husband and I are thinking of renting out our home so we can travel in our caravan for 12 months. Both of us are on the Age Pension. We think we could earn $450 a week in renta...
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Car acoustic insulation
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My car was pretty good acoustic wise, but I wanted to improve it regardless. Still going to do a bit more when I find the time, but it is really not absolutely necessary. I have added about 1.8m2 of butyl, you don't need it everywhere. So far about 5.4m2 of acoustic foam & have about another 1.8m2 read...
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