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Using Reo Mesh for a Frame to Fabricate A Caravan Stone Guard
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Have this ticking away in my head as a cheap way to fabricate the frame to support the shade cloth used to make a caravan stone guard. If viable I will apply protective coatings to the mesh to inhibit the steel corroding. Thoughts please.
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Gravy73
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lithium batteries
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i am planning to buy a 12volt trolling motor for my dingy, and have told by the manufacturer not to use a lithium battery, why is this.
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beaul
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Anderson Plug Set up on 2019 Pajero sport.
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Good afternoon Nomads, We have purchased a 2019 Pajero Sport to tow our Avan 55 Aspire and I need to fit an Anderson plug to run the fridge in the van while we are traveling. I do not need to charge the house battery as the solar sorts that. I have read so much on this sublject and I am completely confused , I u...
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Knackers1928
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Screws unscrewing from pop-top handle
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Happy New Year Everyone! Hopefully it will be better than last year! I have a problem with some of the screws holding the rear pop-top handle in place in my caravan. They both keep unscrewing and cannot be tightened. See the attached photo. My caravan is a Golf 390 Savannah Maxxi. I don't know whether th...
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Derek Barnes
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Using inverter with Batteries
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Hi People Looking for some expert advice from you all I am looking at using either AGM batteries or Lithium to run all 12 volt appliances My plan was to keep a solar blanket connected to the batteries [ Keeping them charged ] Then connecting my Inverter to the caravan allowing me to use the power points to...
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Redesdale10
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Electronics help?
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Hi, I have no name power supply that came with my camper trailer. It is mains input and 12V 10A DC output through a lighter socket. I want to use this to power a Coleman 12V quickpump to inflate airbeds. Yes, I can use the car lighter socket while camping but when visiting relies, i'd rather not run that o...
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Sailfish
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Swift Water Heater Annode
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I have a Swift gas/electric water heater in my van. The tanks in these Swift units are a stainless steel and do not have an annode in them. What they have instead is a length of aluminium tube that slips over a plastic holder and slides in the inlet line. (Swift told me it was for bacterial use???) These t...
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Farmhat
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Englaon TV and Vast satellite system
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We've just bought an Englaon smart tv and after connecting it to our vast sat system, we've found the picture to be very snowy. We've tested the sat system on 3 other tvs and have had no snow. Is there something we can do to fix this or is is possible just a fault with the tv. We'd like to cover all possibil...
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missfiggy
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my new rig cant seems very slow up hills
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any advice on what might be slowing me on hills please.??? Regards
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orid
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Inverter
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My problem is back. Whilst running my foxtel box and tv off the 600w Projecta inverter the Hb (high battery voltage) alarm sounds and shuts the inverter off. This is not consistent, 15min or 3 hrs. We thought it may be ventilation but sadly no, thats not the cause. Any thoughts or ideas?
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Bas + Eve
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The Great Reset.
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About a week ago I had reason to leave my van unoccupied for a few days so I turned off the water and the HWS. Upon my return I turned the water and HWS back on and all was well for a couple of days and then, no hot water. I remember from past experiences if the element is blown then it trips the 240 volt and that ha...
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DMaxer
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Gas ring on Thetford cooktop
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The gas ring can be lit but when you release knob controlling gas the gas goes out lite again and sometime stays a lite . any ideas what indeed to do? Just unrealisable.
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jeepnudger
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Black series Alpha electrical issues
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Hi all, I'm looking for some advice/help with the electrical service board in our alpha camper. Ever since we got it in 2017, there has been ongoing electrical gremlins. I guess the first problem was intermittent power. I traced that to a spade clip connection between the battery and the 50amp circui...
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bcd8238
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Gross Combination Mass for Hyundai Tucson 2WD 2019 Model
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Hi there I am trying to establish car manufacturer's Gross Combination Mass (GCM) for a 2019 Hyundai Tucson 2WD for a friend of mine who is new to towing. The vehicle does not have the GCM listed on any plate attached to the vehicle. The vehicle does not have the GCM listed in the manufacturer's vehicle m...
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GlobalTraveller
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A Question About Awnings.
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I have a Carefree awning on my Windsor van, the van being just under 18 feet long. When I put the awning out I set it at an angle of about 75 to 80 degrees, (as in 90 degrees would be straight out parallel to the ground). I use two double guy ropes, one on each end of the roller, at an angle of about 45 degrees out f...
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DMaxer
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cleaning solo panels
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hi guys l got 2 X 135AH Battery in caravan and 200Wso;o panel on roof what the best way to clean then
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fredcam
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pop top canopy lifters
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hi am thinking about fitting the jayco canopy lifters to my van my van has the 4 scissor lifts around the roof has any one fitted these? and do they work well? thanks terry
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terrola
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Mounting 12/240 Comressor Fridge
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Good Morning all, I am in the process of removing my old Electrolux 3 way Caravan Fridge, I am tired of Fighting with it. I am replacing it with a 95 litre upright Brass Monkey branded Fridge. If you have any thoughts or experience with same I would love to hear them. However the reason for my contact is on a...
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Keith W
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PROTECT A HITCH
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Hi all, Came across one of these gizmos. Has anyone got one or know anything about them. Look very interesting indeed.
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Dougwe
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Fridge in ute
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I have a Styleside ute and want to carry a fridge in the rear. I need to buy a tonneau cover but I am thinking the fridge will struggle because of air flow so was wondering if any one has a method that will work..
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