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Help wanted - running with the fridge on
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Our Eagle camper had a 3-way 90L Dometic fridge in it. I would cool it down on power the afternoon before we left. My wife added three frozen water bottles in a couple of shelves & that would keep the fridge cold (the freezer still frozen) after a 700Km drive eg to Rockhampton, Emerald. Milk never we...
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Location of The Tow Secure Control Module On a Jayco 25Ft Silverline
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Jayco 25Ft Silverline I have found the Tow Secure Switch (Sealed Unit on The Draw Bar) I have the Wireless receiver in the car I cannot see hide nor hair of the Control Module Please help as haven't used this thing for 12 months and Breakaway system won't work. Believe flat, but if I can't find it I can't c...
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Plastic Water Tank Repair ??? Plastic Welding ???
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Dare I say it, I was fixing a cupboard to a lower inside wall of a bed in my campervan and misjudged the length of the screws. To cut a long story short, the screws went right through the wooden panel and it looks like two of them have pierced my black plastic water tank which was fixed flush up to the wooden...
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Incorrect go juice added
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Hey, driving long time, as we do. But came out of hospital last week and took my 2012 BT-50 for a little run along the beach front, and noticed she only had 60 Kms to empty. So stopped at the servo on way home and inserted 12 liters of super(You know the ultra spensive) Petrol and realized my stupidity and th...
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Travellers
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New hot water
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very happy today finally fitted new tank hot water system. Got rid of the instant gas system junk . The new ones 20 ltr gas electric took 30 mins to heat fully of the batteries . It's just nice to have a shower and get a constant flow of good temperature water . Might even put the shower water save in and the in...
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mr glassies
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satellite internet connection on the move
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On the road again after a spell, want to know what is the best way to go for internet connection on the move over all of OZ,, thinking what brand of sat phone connection and costs, for 2 laptop, 2 phones 1 ipad Mike and Fran
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Flashing stop lights
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We have a new Fortitude caravan (made by Safari), with led tail lights. When I am stopped and I apply the brakes the stop lights on the caravan remain steadily lit. However when I am moving and I apply the brakes the stop lights flash On and off at a steady rate (similar to indicators). Can anyone tell me wh...
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Jayco Gray Water outlet
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Hi All, I have a Jayco 16 footer, at present the gray water outlet has two pipes exiting the van. I have to push two clear plastic pipes onto the outlet and then conect it to the black discharge line all of this is a pain in the but. Can any body tell me if there is a better system. I have been thinking of using r...
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12v fridge
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Has anyone got an evakool 12v 210lt caravan fridge and are they any good looking at changing our domestic 3 way we have 650 watt solar and 400ah battery cheers for any help mick
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ironhore
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WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION HITCHES
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The finace dept and my good self arre setting up to do the big trek 2014 Mazda bt50 van supreme executive 2015 need some advice on the best or views on anti sway nd weight distribution
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Roof top A/C
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Has any one had a Denso roof top A/C fitted to their van. If so are they any quieter than the Dometic, Ibis and others. Would love to get something a little les noisy. Phil
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Best hand held UHF for on the road, and I searched posts!
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Looking for a hand held UHF for use on the road, mounted unit is not an option. The unit has to be user friendly. Any suggestions would be helpful! -- Edited by Lancelot Link on Monday 31st of October 2016 01:44:24 AM
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Mc Hitch Automatic Coupling 3.5t.
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Has anyone had any experience with this coupling [3.5t Automatic McHitch Coupling ].We are considering converting from ball coupling.Would therefore be very appreciative of any comments fellow forum members might have.Our van has a ball weight of approximately 320kg. Gross being 3250kg.Shou...
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Caravan Camera
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I am currently in the process of setting up the monitor for the new van's rear camera. The auto electrician has told me that the cable will protrude from the driver side windscreen pillar so that the monitor can be connected and mounted by suction cap to the windscreen. This seems to me that it is going t...
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The Belmont Bear
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Time to clean the water tanks!!!!
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Hi every one; Grey water tanks, the wife and my self have been talking ( this alone can get me into trouble ) and it's time to clean the water tanks. Our caravan has two tanks and both will need doing. Have heard that bleach or bi carb soda and even vinigar can be used but the last time we...
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USB and Cig sockets
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Hi all Neatly mounted in my recently purchased van is a socket combination with one cig type and two usb slots. Went to use the cig socket for the dust buster and no power. When I traced the wiring I saw it was disconnected from the battery. After thinking I'd simply re-connect it I had one of those "light...
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Dave Jezza
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Got the blues
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pulled into a service service centre today like most of us with vans the best place is the truckies section, there was a guy just finishing putting fuel in his diesil it was that add blue stuff, I had to tell him that from what I have heard You can't run that stuff through your engine and not to drive the thin...
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Towing Mirrors
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Can anyone recommend a good set of towing mirrors, I have a Pajero Sport with external mirrors that automatically fold in whenever the doors are locked and I don't want them to hit on the car ? I heard somewhere that Mitsubishi maybe able to disable the auto function so that the mirrors will only fold in m...
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The Belmont Bear
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Domestic vacuum flush toilet VT2500
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Production of this model has been discontinued. Has anyone found a compatible alternative for bathroom and cassette spaces without major renovations?
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Thetford 3 way 185L fridge power consumption
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Hi, I've been trying to find out some information on the Amps drawn by using this fridge on 12Volt. I understand it depends upon a number of factors such as temp of fridge and freezer compartments, but I can't even get a starting point. All I can find is an general average of about 13 A/H in the day, and abo...
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