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Recently it went to switch on the hot water system, and found the on/off switch behind the outside cover was stuck in the off position, so I sprayed some lanolin oil on the switch and surrounding area and operated the switch a few times and found it was moving again.so I turned on the system and found th...

We felt we had the security of our van covered to a certain extent with our padlock device on our a-frame coupling,well its not safe at all,the thieves simply by pass the coupling completely and drag the stolen van away using the safety chains , I saw a you tube video on a van being taken ,so the coupling lo...

The inventor of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Arthur Davidson, died and went to heaven. At the gates, St. Peter told Arthur, 'Since you've been such a good man and your motorcycles have changed the world, your reward is that you can hang out with anyone you want to in heaven.' A...

Hi there. Is it normal for the hws to automatically start heating the water everytime i plug into 240v? If so, is it fair to say that theres a water level sensor in the hw tank so as the element doesnt burn out if empty? Most importantly, how if possible can i turn this off without unplugging mains? There...

Hi all, Thanks for your replies to our posts. Today I awoke at 7am. The best sleep, in years 8 hours straight. Unbeliveable. My back has been giving me hell. At first I thought more Kidney stones. Sooooo took a bit of this and that ( all prescribed) to kill / dull the pain. Anyway I took Lambie back to the tra...

Hello to all I'm currently near Tenterfield looking for a nice area to stop for a few days or so...with mobile signal. Any suggestions please? I'm pulling a caravan with a Subaru ...so can't go too or rough or steep. Anything in a 150km radius is fine...just enjoying the area so much I want to stay longer...

Back in the early seventies when I was a young guy, speed boats were my passion and one of the boats had an interesting name and I was thinking it might be an interesting user name. but common sense prevailed! so I did not use the name Pork-Hunt . (But I was tempted )

How, all, There is a thread going in the 'General' section of the forum about "dish washing up liquid" by Briche that was starting to wonder onto washing machines so thought I would start another one here about using a vinegar mixture in the vans toilet canister to clean it out now and then. How do you thi...

Which is the best set up for Australian conditions Cheers kiwimagic

my Offroad van came with 3 water tanks. The front tank has plastic hose fittings and the back two have brass fittings. Of course the front tank fittings didn't last long and the tank drained on our first trip. I can't find a supplier of brass fittings for van water tanks. Would someone be able to help...

Hi All New van will be arriving in April next year. What must have equipment will I need to purchase to get on the road. New van only comes with factory standard fittings. I have thought about this and have come up with a couple of things. Never been caravanning before. So just guessing BBQ Privacy thingo...

THE MUSHROOMS The Wife wanted to serve her guests mushroom-smothered steak, But she had no mushrooms and no time to buy them. I suggested, "Why don't you go pick some of the mushrooms that are growing wild down by the stream?"No, She said, some wild mushrooms are poisonous." "Well, I see squirrels e...

Gday all, I want to start this by saying I am not the world expert on buying and using caravans. However I would like to share some of the things we did in picking a caravan for us and how we use that van. BTW our caravan is our home, we live in it 24/7 and drag it all about the place when we can. First. About 6 year...

I ordered a battery charger on eBay as a back up . Well all paid for . I tried to change address to SA. When I clicked on change of address .. The transaction went through ., I messaged the seller saying I would like it sent to SA . They said they couldn't . So I asked sale to be cancelled . As no one is at the addres...

Hi all. We have just bought a van, 2002 "Heritage 17" with a battery that we have never had before. Although it was flat it was supposed to have been a good battery. The van has been plugged in to 240volts with the switch to the battery "ON" for a couple of weeks now whilst I have been doing some reupholste...

Sorry to anyone that couldn't read my below update (separate post) but something went wrong during the cut and paste process. I am getting used to 'Windows 10' as I had to buy a new Laptop so the update is getting done a different way now.

You will find my July update in the 'Solo' section this month. Uncle Al got up first today. I'm a solo traveller so all good.

I've read the topics regarding using 10A home power socket to run a 15A power point for a caravan. My question is the opposite of this. For the first time in 15yrs I find myself going to a caravan park on a powered site. (Sharing a site with another campervan for an Outrigging Canoe Regatta) Seeing I'...

Hi all. Was hoping somebody could shed some light on a problem im having with the above charger. When i first switch it on the display reads r05. I never noticed if this came up before the darn thing no longer charges.. The display adter a few seconds reads 0.0v, the only info i can gather is that it cant...

A blonde man shouts frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnantand her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" asks the Doctor. "No!" he shouts, "this is her husband!"