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Blog to Book
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I am planning to do a travel blog which I hope I can just print into a book at the end of the trip. Is there a simple blog site that can take my photos and comments while I travel and then be printed easily?
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extreme potato
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Kiffens Reserve Cod opening
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Well have been at Kiffens Reserve near Yarrawonga Vic Lovely spot but if you like a quite weekend at the Cod opening well forget it. Some camper at these Cod opening spoil it for others like shouting when drunk and leave there mess every were and us Nomad Campers get the blame. One person from one cam...
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GPS with reversing camera
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Has anybody tried the gps that comes with a reversing camera built in. They are selling 7 inch versions on ebay for about $150. My van is a big box and a camera would help.
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BATTERY CHARGER
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Would you believe it, just had to replace the charger/power supply in the van for the second time in three months. Has anyone had similar problems with their ELECTRO brand charger. Electroserv were great with warranty, no worries, were happy to swap it. It is juist the inconvenience -- Edited by goin...
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Battery jumpstart units to run Waeco fridge
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Hi all, I would like to ask the question about using a jump start unit similar to the supercheap model to run our Waeco fridge. Not sure of all the issues at stake about this so I thought I would ask the question. Are they suitable or not. We would be running 2 x 80 watt panels when we are away from the van and I'...
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more about inverters please?
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We don't plan to do a lot of unpowered site camping but would like the option. hubby uses a CPAP machine so we need some kind of power supply.we can get one from the mob that supplies the CPAP machine but now we don't know what to use as the power source. so is it best to use a battery or a power/ jump start thing...
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Vinyl colouring
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I have previously posted about the difficulty in removing tar stains from the front of my van. Google reveals a product called tautflex which is said to be suitable to cover vinyl and it comes in an almost infinite range of colours. It is also said to be used to decorate the taut liners on semi trailers...
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Winding Back Speedometer Readings ??????
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There have been a couple of instances on TV where they have shown unscrupulous people who wind back km reading on cars, including a couple of dealers. I always thought this could only be done with the old style mechanical mileage meters. If this is possible with the new electronic meters, what hope hav...
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Tar removal
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Any one with suggestions to remove tar from the vinyl stoneguard at the front of a van. Have used kero, peanut butter (suggested on internet - I think they must have been kidding) turps bleach napisan. The kero takes off the main part of the tar but there is a brown stain left. Thanks to the council tru...
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what size genny
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Am sure there is alot of experince in this area out here,looking to get a genny for free and bush camping, does anyone know how to calculate what output would be required? I have a 2 way ( 12v and 240V) fridge , lighting, and 12V TV to run. Prob only camp off road up to 4 or 5 nights at a time ( max)
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power to a tent- again
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have just read a previous thread on this topic and am thoroughly confused. when we bought our tent the salesperson told us just get a powerboard and plug it in and that's it. it would seem that this isn't correct(shock horror a salesperson not giving correct info?) so googled the suggested device and w...
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Suburban Hot Water System
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Did I tell you about my HWS ...... (Direct start Suburban USA made) Well ... For some years my HWS has been a bit cranky ... pilot always lit but the 'woffer' ... main burner was always a bit iffi. On the first night of the latest 8,000km trip it just refused to start. Then after finding a local gas fitter a...
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fridge not working to well
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Hi guys, I have a Waeco fridge and it dosent seem to work that well, when Im am pluged in to mains power its fine,but I have 2 x 200amp hour batteries and as soon as the volts drop a bit it stops working, it is supposed to cut off when volts drop below 11.5v . I'd love to free camp but I cant because of this, i also...
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hi guys ,i know you may have seen my tent thread in the main forum but thought id post a tech q here.. i know when we had the tardis ,motor home at the caravan parks we pluged the big 15 amps (i think that was the ones) into the power inlet on the van, but when your tenting and you want power for your laptop,tv, fr...
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Flushing Oil Concentrate
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We have 4.2 lt Nissan Patrol TDI, towing 3.5t van. Like many patrol drivers, we have overheating issue when towing up long steep inclines. This problem can be conquered by keeping the revs close to 3000 RPM, but at times, this is not possible, hence my question: Does anybody have any comments positi...
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Towing with a VE commodore
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Just a little help here please. As a nomad with a small van at present towed by an valued and loyal Toyota I am hesitatingly looking at replacing my car after recently getting into strife on a steep drive while towing. Toyota being front wheel drive lost all traction of course.... I never considered tha...
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Austar
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Is anyone travelling with a Mystar box or just the standard box. If mystar could you tell me your setup,I know it has 2 coax cables coming from your dish or lnb. Or should I stick to the standard box,which is easy to hook up. Cheers.
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solar panels revisted
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hello this topic has been discusted a millon times but has any one had a bum steer in the solar panel department,and what brand so i dont buy onei was looking at 80w for the roof of the car ,so many on line ,but who do you trust as in quality ,there all spinning the sales pitch theres is the best. im in mackay al...
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ALDI TV?
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Can anyone tell me if this TV is the right type for my caravan? Ignore the other items, I couldn't seem to isolate the TV ad only. The ad says it comes with a ciggie lighter attachment.
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Does the Search Facility Work?
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I have been trying to do a search for a particular topic, but no matter what I enter in the search box the results only show me 5 topics, with no option of scrolling to the rest of the topics that may match. For instance, if I search for 'free', it tells me that there are 77 topics that match the search, but it...
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