Techies' Corner

Dougwe · Dougwe

Compliments of the season's to all. I have a Navan My 75T and can't seem to input GPS co-ordinates, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Elle on Wheels · Elle on Wheels

Sorry all, I know there have been lots of posts on this but what is the best and moster user friendly gps thingie to get for a techonophobe? I see navman and garmin and tom tom on ebay for prices ranging from $250 to $550. I've decided to go with the brand names rather than the ones that combine gps with rever...

Going gone · Going gone

Does anyone have any knowledge about home made Bio Diesel? I'm really interested to hear from anyone who's used it and if they had any 'problems'with it...

Going gone · Going gone

Here are the promised photos of our Dometic/Waeco Drawer Fridge which we've installed into the caravan.

milo · milo

hi, any one have an easy way of cleaning out your computers C drive, with out reinstalling windows, after my last effort id rather not go thru all that again..

Going gone · Going gone

Well everyone I told you obout buying a Waeco "Caravan fridge" in our case Well my clever husband has just about finished putting it in,he took out the drawer under the lounge, which required a lot of sawing, it was not easy at all,and he did not swear once,that I heard anyway. We just need our...

dibmau · dibmau

We are about to purchase a 23 ft caravan, I will be towing it with a Toyota land cruiser, will this be too long to go on free camp sites, from Perth around the top to Queensland, and any advice on free camp sites would be appreciated, Thanking you for any advice dibmau

milo · milo

hi guys, im usually pretty good on my computers.. but somethngs stuffing me around.. I reinstalled windows 7 home premium on my pc, acer desktop,quad core i7 and some how in the mix the c drive dissapeared and i managed to get it back, but since then i get sometimes a blue screen dump thingy on the monitor...

Going gone · Going gone

Can anyone help us please, we are thinking of putting one of these 12volt draw fridges in our van. We are wondering if any one has done this, and how its working. Sorry guys should have given a bit more info. Its proper name is. WAECO 30 LITRE COOLMATIC DRAWER FRIDRE. We are hoping to install it in our drawe...

03_troopy · 03_troopy

My monitor screen seems to be going haywire, so I tried to google: do a barrel roll .... and it's still crazy.

chuckie123 · chuckie123

Hi - does anyone know how to stop annoying wind noise on a 2008 Jayco Conquest? It only starts when I get to around 90kph and sounds like it is coming from somewhere on the front LHS - thought it might be from the mirror or windscreen wiper - but have eliminated both of those as a reason. Help appreciated...

lesk1946 · lesk1946

a curly question , if i buy a bus with a gvm of 5000kgs unregistered and then refit it as a motorhome with new weight [from w/bridge] under 4500kgs can it then be legally driven on a car license ??? WOULD ANYONE KNOW PLEASE..THX LES

Elle on Wheels · Elle on Wheels

Hello all I'm looking at replacing the poptop skirt on my old Viscount. The current one is vinyl and someone mentioned canvas might be better. The current poptop has a couple of tiny holes and a couple of the zippers are starting to come away. There is not a significant price difference between the two m...

bill12 · bill12

I have been having trouble getting enough amps into my main battery,a 150 amp/hr deep cycle and thought it was the cheap($20) reg I was using. Bought a programable Reg for $89 off ebay and It works?As you can see from the pic, I have plenty of volts and this one tells you how much is going out and into the bat...

bill12 · bill12

I don,t know whether this should be on this forum, but I just calculated my power bil, up to now, and I am $87 ahead!I have a 1.52 kw panel setup on the roof of the house, and was worried about using the aircon as its been bloody hot here of late.It was a pleaseant surprise when it worked that I was ahead.I won...

Ian and Shaz · Ian and Shaz

Hi Everyone Need some advise if possible ,we have just purchased 2 200 watt solar panels for the roof of our coaster as we want to power our fridge.The plan is 2 solar panels, battery charger regulater then 1 125 amp deep cycle battery.The fridge uses 5amps.We wish to also run off this uni...

oldtrack123 · oldtrack123

Hi The use of a 240v t0 110v step down transformer is still a common practise by some importers In fact one Aus transformer maker openly advertises a transformer for that purpose & claims a clause in the standards allows such use Such has never been approved by the relevant standards :AS/NZS 3001...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Has anyone got an ICOM-40S Hand Held UHF radio. Iam looking for a user manual, lost mine in a recent house move. I have the IC 440 in the vehicle by the handheld to keep intouch with my base camp while out exploring or in the boat . Will meet all the cost of creating and posting a copy. Have been on the ICOM ...

villatranquilla · villatranquilla

have been using the Engle (29 litre and 30 yrs old) as second fridge as the caravan fridge is small but now need to use it as a freezer as I'm catching fish. So would like to buy a new one with split compartments for freezing/fridge use simultaneously. Don't want to run two. Any advice or recommendations w...

bill12 · bill12

I have just aquired a vast box, and want to know how much power it uses,so I can get the right size inverter.The govt subsidised the install to my house, and all I had to pay was $220.

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Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	GPS problem (Preview) Compliments of the season's to all. I have a Navan My 75T and can't seem to input GPS co-ordinates, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.	Dougwe	12	1209	09:21 AM Jan 2, 2012 by Dougwe
	quick gps question (Preview) Sorry all, I know there have been lots of posts on this but what is the best and moster user friendly gps thingie to get for a techonophobe? I see navman and garmin and tom tom on ebay for prices ranging from $250 to $550. I've decided to go with the brand names rather than the ones that combine gps with rever...	Elle on Wheels	19	1698	08:19 AM Dec 29, 2011 by _wombat_
	Bio-Diesel (Preview) Does anyone have any knowledge about home made Bio Diesel? I'm really interested to hear from anyone who's used it and if they had any 'problems'with it...	Going gone	6	1090	09:00 PM Dec 27, 2011 by davkar
	Photos of our Drawer Fridge (Preview) Here are the promised photos of our Dometic/Waeco Drawer Fridge which we've installed into the caravan.	Going gone	6	1590	07:19 PM Dec 27, 2011 by Happywanderer
	cleaning out your c drive?? (Preview) hi, any one have an easy way of cleaning out your computers C drive, with out reinstalling windows, after my last effort id rather not go thru all that again..	milo	14	1413	08:47 PM Dec 25, 2011 by _wombat_
	Our Waeco drawer fridge. (Preview) Well everyone I told you obout buying a Waeco "Caravan fridge" in our case Well my clever husband has just about finished putting it in,he took out the drawer under the lounge, which required a lot of sawing, it was not easy at all,and he did not swear once,that I heard anyway. We just need our...	Going gone	2	934	11:55 AM Dec 25, 2011 by Going gone
	The North West (Preview) We are about to purchase a 23 ft caravan, I will be towing it with a Toyota land cruiser, will this be too long to go on free camp sites, from Perth around the top to Queensland, and any advice on free camp sites would be appreciated, Thanking you for any advice dibmau	dibmau	8	998	11:46 AM Dec 24, 2011 by dibmau
	blue screen on pc (Preview) hi guys, im usually pretty good on my computers.. but somethngs stuffing me around.. I reinstalled windows 7 home premium on my pc, acer desktop,quad core i7 and some how in the mix the c drive dissapeared and i managed to get it back, but since then i get sometimes a blue screen dump thingy on the monitor...	milo	9	1104	11:09 AM Dec 22, 2011 by _wombat_
	caravan draw fridge. (Preview) Can anyone help us please, we are thinking of putting one of these 12volt draw fridges in our van. We are wondering if any one has done this, and how its working. Sorry guys should have given a bit more info. Its proper name is. WAECO 30 LITRE COOLMATIC DRAWER FRIDRE. We are hoping to install it in our drawe...	Going gone	1	1038	06:00 PM Dec 21, 2011 by Yuglamron
	Inverted computer screen. (Preview) My monitor screen seems to be going haywire, so I tried to google: do a barrel roll .... and it's still crazy.	03_troopy	3	772	01:47 PM Dec 20, 2011 by bill12
	Jayco Conquest wind noise (Preview) Hi - does anyone know how to stop annoying wind noise on a 2008 Jayco Conquest? It only starts when I get to around 90kph and sounds like it is coming from somewhere on the front LHS - thought it might be from the mirror or windscreen wiper - but have eliminated both of those as a reason. Help appreciated...	chuckie123	8	1474	04:17 PM Dec 18, 2011 by chuckie123
	Car or Truck license (Preview) a curly question , if i buy a bus with a gvm of 5000kgs unregistered and then refit it as a motorhome with new weight [from w/bridge] under 4500kgs can it then be legally driven on a car license ??? WOULD ANYONE KNOW PLEASE..THX LES	lesk1946	24	2705	12:14 AM Dec 18, 2011 by PeterD
	Pop top skirt - vinyl vs canvas (Preview) Hello all I'm looking at replacing the poptop skirt on my old Viscount. The current one is vinyl and someone mentioned canvas might be better. The current poptop has a couple of tiny holes and a couple of the zippers are starting to come away. There is not a significant price difference between the two m...	Elle on Wheels	29	8865	11:07 PM Dec 17, 2011 by yeoeleven
	new solar regulator (Preview) I have been having trouble getting enough amps into my main battery,a 150 amp/hr deep cycle and thought it was the cheap($20) reg I was using. Bought a programable Reg for $89 off ebay and It works?As you can see from the pic, I have plenty of volts and this one tells you how much is going out and into the bat...	bill12	19	1937	04:17 PM Dec 17, 2011 by bill12
	Household solar (Preview) I don,t know whether this should be on this forum, but I just calculated my power bil, up to now, and I am $87 ahead!I have a 1.52 kw panel setup on the roof of the house, and was worried about using the aircon as its been bloody hot here of late.It was a pleaseant surprise when it worked that I was ahead.I won...	bill12	9	988	02:02 AM Dec 16, 2011 by milo
	Solar for fridge (Preview) Hi Everyone Need some advise if possible ,we have just purchased 2 200 watt solar panels for the roof of our coaster as we want to power our fridge.The plan is 2 solar panels, battery charger regulater then 1 125 amp deep cycle battery.The fridge uses 5amps.We wish to also run off this uni...	Ian and Shaz	29	2280	05:01 PM Dec 12, 2011 by Ian and Shaz
	Imported vechicles & 240v to 110v step down transformers (Preview) Hi The use of a 240v t0 110v step down transformer is still a common practise by some importers In fact one Aus transformer maker openly advertises a transformer for that purpose & claims a clause in the standards allows such use Such has never been approved by the relevant standards :AS/NZS 3001...	oldtrack123	10	2966	09:05 PM Dec 10, 2011 by oldtrack123
	ICOM - 40S UHF Manual Wanted (Preview) Has anyone got an ICOM-40S Hand Held UHF radio. Iam looking for a user manual, lost mine in a recent house move. I have the IC 440 in the vehicle by the handheld to keep intouch with my base camp while out exploring or in the boat . Will meet all the cost of creating and posting a copy. Have been on the ICOM ...	Wombat 280	6	2401	06:58 PM Dec 10, 2011 by dorian
	portable fridge recommendations (Preview) have been using the Engle (29 litre and 30 yrs old) as second fridge as the caravan fridge is small but now need to use it as a freezer as I'm catching fish. So would like to buy a new one with split compartments for freezing/fridge use simultaneously. Don't want to run two. Any advice or recommendations w...	villatranquilla	14	8918	07:08 AM Dec 10, 2011 by jimricho
	how much power does a vast box use? (Preview) I have just aquired a vast box, and want to know how much power it uses,so I can get the right size inverter.The govt subsidised the install to my house, and all I had to pay was $220.	bill12	6	3087	08:33 AM Dec 9, 2011 by _wombat_
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