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29-12-2021, 09:01 PM | #1201 | |||
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Personally I'd stick with 3way simply because if you run in to trouble with your 12v you still have LPG option. |
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30-12-2021, 03:16 PM | #1202 | |||
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Over winter bought a new large gas frig for my offgrid place. ("Warrior" from Coffs Harbour way) perfect 5th wheel alternative. Can not believe how efficent it is at cooling in the heat, I'm running it on only 2 9kg bottles with switch over. Each bottle gives me 5 weeks of use, ts a very well made unit with a alternate shore power lead and 4 AA's running the inside LED lights. In this heat its currently running on the setting of 1 (goes to 5) freezes ice cream etc.
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01-01-2022, 02:43 PM | #1203 | |||
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02-01-2022, 08:59 PM | #1204 | |||
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You are looking at around 70-80Ah of battery a day for a 180L 2 way fridge excluding what solar puts back in. As a general rule of thumb you want double the solar compared to battery capacity so 200W of solar for 100Ah of battery. Keep in mind an AGM battery should only be run down to 50% SOC. Lithium is far greater so you would nearly want double AGM capacity compared to lithium. There is a massive weight saving when using lithium compared to AGM but lithium is very pricey compared to AGM. Having said all of the above we only have a 100Ah battery and 120W of solar and have never run out of power (LED lights, water pump, exhaust fan, 12V TV, charging devices) but with a 3 way fridge. When ordering our next van I will increase solar and battery compared to what we have now. Please note this is easy telling you what you should be doing when it isn’t our money. |
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02-01-2022, 09:09 PM | #1205 | |||
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never had a problem, but anyway . . . . . . . good luck
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03-01-2022, 08:35 AM | #1207 | ||
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03-01-2022, 08:39 AM | #1208 | ||
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fair crack of the whip, Ive never seen so many caravans, camper trailers, on the road before.
managing a camp conference centre part time position, if I take less than 10 ph calls day, 'yeah hi, need room for a caravan.....need room for 4 tents ' our website clearly states this but do these toe rags listen.... had a guts full last night one guy wanted room for 2 tents, I asked if he was from Adelaide, his reply was yes so I suggested he return home and take the blood y virus with him. Not good for business I know, we have the place fully booked and its already fully booked for Christmas - January '23 & '24
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03-01-2022, 12:20 PM | #1209 | |||
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03-01-2022, 01:38 PM | #1210 | ||
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Mate when we have family groups 40 - 90 and they book 12 months in advance, I meet them on site, chat like old friends do, seriously why do I need the hassle of daily campers with their van that think they are the only ones on the road and very surprised we dont have vacancies.
Dont get me started on freedom campers,
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03-01-2022, 02:09 PM | #1211 | |||
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If you should catch covid though, and you will im sure, us city dwellers have a nice near new hospital for you to recover in should you need it. You're welcome.. |
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03-01-2022, 03:20 PM | #1212 | ||
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and if that did happen we have easier access than you guys do, all thanks to Flying Doctor,
mate of mine ripped 3 fingers off in a farming accident couple of years ago, VERY fast trip to Lincoln hospital via chopper, got him stabilised, chopper up to airport, flying doc there, arrive Adel airport then chopper to RAH rooftop. I know lesser serious cases that come in via Flying doc also get preferred treatment. Now if only they had a hotel next door......
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03-01-2022, 05:05 PM | #1213 | |||
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04-01-2022, 08:56 PM | #1214 | |||
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08-02-2022, 06:08 PM | #1215 | ||
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Just completed the rear drawer install in my Ranger ready for my camping trip to Lake Bonney next month.
Bought them with the wing kit from 4wd Supacentre and then had to fabricate the two pieces behind them as the 1300mm set leaves a 100mm gap to the front of the tub. Just got to reroute one of the Anderson plus from the towbar up into the tub for charging the Arkpak and Im good to go. |
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08-02-2022, 06:27 PM | #1216 | ||
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So....
I sold my van on the weekend. Got an expensive year this year, not least of which is paying for a wedding (eldest is getting married in December) and we weren't planning on using the van much this year anyway. Given my eldest no longer is keen to camp with us either we've been thinking about upgrading to a pop top in the near future anyway. So given the market is high we decided to cash in. Put the ad on gumtree Saturday and it went live around midday. Got a call around 4pm, someone wanting to come and look. Sunday morning they rang back and offered a price I was happy with. Sold in less than 24hrs of uploading the ad. Wow. Very happy with that. Basically got what I paid for it roughly 6 years ago. Hopefully in a years time, international borders will open up and the market will ease and I'll find a nice pop top for the 3 of us left.
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08-02-2022, 06:29 PM | #1217 | |||
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08-02-2022, 06:37 PM | #1218 | |||
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Congrats on the sale, I sold mine in November, we bought it as the Wife wanted more comfort but in the end she never wanted to go so I figured what's the point in just me using it, rather tip the money into a house deposit which we've since done. I was at West Beach from the Friday until the Monday, put it on Gumtree on the Saturday afternoon, had a few messages that night and one early Sunday morning who asked to view it Monday afternoon so I booked an extra night. They came by, didnt even hesitate to buy and dropped a deposit on it there and then, I dropped it off for them on my way home on the Tuesday. Got 3k more than i paid for it but I spent a little on modifications so not all profit. Im thinking the same thing, get the house build out of the way and hopefully the market will start to settle as people begin holidaying overseas again. Best part is, I can polish up the factory mirrors for the Ranger now and take those Clearviews off for while as although they are a great towing mirror they look bloody ugly. Last edited by BENT_8; 08-02-2022 at 06:43 PM. |
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09-02-2022, 04:25 PM | #1219 | |||
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Victorian inland gets bl**dy hot, works beautifully, I have icecream in the freezer at -19 with the rest of the frig running at 4 deg. As it should be. Biggest problem I have seen with caravan/motorhome installations is there is not enough inlet and more critically, lack of outlet ducting. I've seen crap installations with the entry door opening over the main inlet and outlets on well known builders, others have some vent grille's and thats it, no heat ducting to take the hot air out with the usual cause being frig running to hot. Others I've seen have big vents just cut into the side of the wall, thinking this will pull the heat out....nah it won't. Some motorhome/5th wheel installs are totally crap, just airspaces running up through a pantry or cupboard to a vent that usually sited to low. With gas the ducting has to literally start directly above the heat source and run in a direct line (or slightly curved) to the vent. This along with the lower vent (better in the floor not wall) will allow it to draw properly. (bit like a well built chimney.) Its worth the extra time to get the ducting right first time than just shove it in with some vents and complain how it won't chill your beer for happy hour.
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09-02-2022, 04:37 PM | #1220 | ||
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When there was talk of a campaign to stop free campers from staying within 20km of a caravan park in QLD, I wanted to start a cause for all those small country motels where their business was stolen away by greedy caravan parks changing out all their sites with cabins.
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10-02-2022, 07:06 PM | #1221 | |||
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Neither had a return earth and we're instead earthed to the chassis at the rear. Not sure I like the idea of no isolator as it may lead to a flat starter battery. Decided to strip both Anderson runs out of it and start from scratch. Plan is to run 2 new cables down the back through a couple of fuses and Redark isolators, one to the towbar for future use and another into the tub connected to a Redark 25a DC-DC charger and then to the Arkpak to harness the best charging capabilities. Will probably mount the charger on one of the Kings control boxes and turn it into a complete power hub. Will have to be an ongoing project as thats about $1k worth of equipment required for the install. |
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10-02-2022, 08:13 PM | #1222 | ||
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$1k? sheesh, but then, I'm on one of the camper trailer FB groups and the amount of money people are spending at the moment on BMS's and Li batteries makes my eyes water. Meanwhile, I just have a basic Traxide dual battery setup, my trailer draws from the aux battery, and there's a MPPT/blanket if I'm not going to be driving at all when camped. Alternator takes care of the charging on the way down and back up. Seems to be doing the job.
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10-02-2022, 09:51 PM | #1223 | |||
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A DC -DC charger is $400 alone, the Kings power board is another $130 but comes into its own for its 'all in one' ability to provide a location to mount the charger and its fuse protected sockets. Then tbe 2 isolators are $180 each and then youve got 2 lengths of cabling, 2 anderson plugs, lugs, fuses and split tubing. It all adds up but the finished product is worth the effort. |
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11-02-2022, 12:24 AM | #1224 | ||
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Not a problem with the right isolators. The poster 'drivesafe' is the guy that makes the traxide kits BTW...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-disc...ml#post2111211 |
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12-02-2022, 07:26 PM | #1225 | |||
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I called into Home of 12v today and asked for advice, was told a Redark 25A charger eliminates the need for both an isolator and a solar regulator as it does both and is compatible with the Rangers smart Alternator. So its an all in one neat package. I can either buy it already fitted to one of their battery boxes with 8mm cabling and all fittings for $849 that includes 3x12v sockets and 2x50A plugs and 2xUSB sockets or buy it individually and fit it to the Kings 12v control box and cable kit for $672 to charge my existing Arkpak giving me 7 x12v sockets and 3x50A plugs plus the 300w inverter and USB charging. Not sure which way I'll go yet, probably option 2 for versatility. |
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12-02-2022, 10:29 PM | #1226 | |||
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And that was the whole point, getting away from all the new gadgets at home and simplicity was the key, not any more, when I stopped for a few hrs sleep driving Sydney to Perth on the Nullabor I pulled in at midnight on the edge of the Great Australian Bight, there were 2 camper's there, one had a satellite dish about a metre dia on the ground, held down with sandbags, the other a small dish on top, I got going early, to keep the sun at my back, the sun was rising in the East and I was looking South across this massive ocean, got some good sunrise pics, but the folk in their vans were watching TV? I wondered why they dident stay home and watch TV, stop clogging the roads up, I know there will be opposition to that viewpoint, but you go away to get away from the luxuries of home, isn't that the point of camping |
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12-02-2022, 10:37 PM | #1227 | |||
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Id be right next to you taking in the scenery SS, with a cold beer for us both and not a bag of ice in sight. Convenience costs money., |
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12-02-2022, 10:42 PM | #1228 | ||
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Got to wholeheartedly agree with that!
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12-02-2022, 10:52 PM | #1229 | ||
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Had a 40L Waco fridge, I put 2 light beers in cans in it at noon if I was prospecting, my need for cold meat was vital, but at the end of a day driving on the blacktop I would get my beer from the Roadhouse I fuelled up at, at the bar
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