Techies' Corner

aussietraveller · aussietraveller

The 120 a/h battery in my van has just died and I am wondering if the experts on the forum could advise me of which brand of battery you have found to be the best, and where in the Sydney area I can get the best price

Chalky · Chalky

Looking @ buying a nav system, was concidering VMS (told to be wary) also the hema. any thoughts

Vic · Vic

The campervan SWMBO bought has these items in it. The first one shown in the picture is one unit mounted on a bench for charging the auxillary battery when on power and needs to be plugged into an A/C socket on the bench.. The next pics are two items, one mounted under one of the seats (inverter) ...

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...

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	Deep Cycle Batteries (Preview) The 120 a/h battery in my van has just died and I am wondering if the experts on the forum could advise me of which brand of battery you have found to be the best, and where in the Sydney area I can get the best price	aussietraveller	27	20120	10:54 PM Jan 2, 2012 by PeterD
	Nav system (Preview) Looking @ buying a nav system, was concidering VMS (told to be wary) also the hema. any thoughts	Chalky	3	1134	05:40 PM Jan 2, 2012 by Peter_n_Margaret
	What could these have been used for please ( 1 2 ) (Preview) The campervan SWMBO bought has these items in it. The first one shown in the picture is one unit mounted on a bench for charging the auxillary battery when on power and needs to be plugged into an A/C socket on the bench.. The next pics are two items, one mounted under one of the seats (inverter) ...	Vic	50	15544	03:42 PM Jan 2, 2012 by Vic
	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	1465	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	1933	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	1325	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	1799	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	1615	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	1140	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	1207	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	1301	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	1236	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	993	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	1683	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	3339	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	9346	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	2198	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	1178	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	2516	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	3171	09:05 PM Dec 10, 2011 by oldtrack123
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