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Hi all I have a 96 toyota hiace with 2 deep cycle batteries of available storage plus the van battery. Am currently using 80 watt portable solar panel hooked to the first battery via anderson plug. have a 1100W inverter. I want to install a solar panel on the roof of the van and have an auto electrician av...

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Help please! 2 x 100 amp hour batteries (agm), a Steca solar charge controller advising the state of charge to be 78% and a 15 amp smart charger. Why would it take more than 10 hours to bring the batteries up to 100%? There was nothing running on battery at the time as we were on 240v. If the battery char...

Hi Phil C. Unfortunately my video camera battery has died and I have now to look for a new one. However, I have used my new exhaust bag jack and am very happy with the operation. I have found a Youtube video of a very similar bag and its operation is identical. Link below. There are two mats supplied, one for...

HELP. Any help with what i can claim for if I am travelling on a small super pension across Australia? I am not working just travelling solo Much Appreciated Cheers Di

A couple of months ago I bought some 6 B&S cable, well that is what I asked for. Today I went to buy around 15 meters of 6 B&S for van projects and the guy showed me several pieces that did not match what I thought was 6 B&S!!! He gave me a couple of samples of 6 and 8 B&S. The short bit is what I wa...

Planning a trip to Kangaroo island in September first time visit .. would like some advice on the council campgrounds over there apparently there are six being 1/ AMERICAN RIVER 2/ BROWNS BEACH 3/ DUCK LAGOON 4/ EMU BAY 5/ VVONNE BAY 6/ WESTERN RIVER COVE. Has anyone visited these sites and...

Pulled into Normanton today guna go on the gulflander In next couple days then look around the place. It's great to be on the rd full time.

Hi all I have been redirected from General forum and am posting this hereI have a 96 toyota hiace with 2 deep cycle batteries of available storage plus the van battery. Am currently using 80 watt portable solar panel hooked to the first battery via anderson plug. have a 1100W inverter. I want to instal...

I was trolling around the net yesty...when this little segmented box appeared up in the right hand corner of my screen. I highlighted it and it said "Windows 10".. so I opened it . It basically is an invitation to reserve a full version of Microsoft,s new system ...for free!! I contacted my g...

Calling all geeks As part of my lease arrangement with my new laptop I have a ongoing contract with DrPC My laptop decided to not let me on the internet OR emails or anything internet related. One phone call later I am back on line other than my ipad. Problem solved by uninstalling my antivirus (trend mic...

Hi everyone, we are at mataranka now for couple nights then Katherine to restock. As above 34 today but beautiful. Happy travels to u all. OMD

. Hi everyone, In October 2010 we purchased a Golden Eagle Hardtop 18'6 from a dealer at Burpengary Qld.It was installed with a baintech 25amp charger fitted to an AC DELCO 96ah battery. I know its too late to have anything done under warranty but within the first week of owning the Eagle the Baintech ch...

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Hi folks we really need to get our power situation right before we leave. We have been given 2 dry cell batteries Ritar 12v 75AH 10 hr we have another big batterie in van can't get in to see brand we just bought a 120 w power wiize solar panel kit from auto barn also purchased power tech 6 in 1 power station. We...

Hi, this is only my second post so a quick intro. We are Scott, Danielle & Declan with a combined age of 83. We recently decided on an adventure before Declan starts school so I quit Corporate life, we ordered a van and now we need a rig to tow it. After exploring the Dual cab ute scene I've decided I wan...

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A question for more experienced travellers, How do you store pantry Items? eg. flour, rolled oats, sugar. I have thought about plastic containers or snap lock bags or original packaging. But then got to thinking about weight and ease of use. What do others use?

We are new members in here and about to embark on travelling around our magnificent country, as soon as we sort out our finances and wheels. Just wondering out there for tips please on travelling with cats. We're purchasing a fifth wheeler so we're interested to find out what works best - inside the v...