What did you do to your van today?

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

A dehumidifier does not suck air in it only recirculates air in the room or van extracting any excess moisture. I am lucky as my van is parked in a workshop so run a dehumidifier for a day to remove the excess from the interior then rely on the natural ventilation from the vents etc. This year it will be off the road for two months then head out again in March. Once the daffodils pop out it’s time to crank her up again.

I use then weekly to dry rooms out and I can tell you if rooms not sealed .every night in ventilated room more cold damp air will get

Mite as well stick it in the garden.
L

 

[GreggBear]

Resealed the chimney stack. Its been letting a drop of rain through onto the stove top, think we've got it sorted now with some different sealer.

 

[roadroamer]

I agree totally.
But there again having recently had a stroke I'm not intending getting behind the wheel for 6 weeks. Hopefully some of you will forgive ne for that.

get well soon

 

[Sean]

get well soon

Thank you. You comment is much appreciated.

 

[GreggBear]

Away up north east tonight, first night out with new logburner. So far so good, frost on the ground outside, I'm sat here with the door open & lovely & warm. Interested to see how it performs overnight....

 

[trevskoda]

Changed the rear brake load regulator as the one I fitted a year and a half back is caput, I shall be getting a knighthood for brake bleeding at this rate.

 

[The laird]

Took ehu off ,secured all inside closed cupboards and then gonna take van a run as it ain't moved in ages
will fill up with gas
was gonna head to south queensferry but it's blinking heavy fog
will head round to my grandson as he wants us to see his Xmas tree




cancelled felt not well

 

[Greengrass]

North Devon 7c and dry all ready to go BUT where thinking of a camp site down at Mousehole for the new year but still looking

 

[GMJ]

Yesterday I repacked the awning which had been drying in the garage at home and put it back in the MH. We are supposed to be going to Spain on 11th January but looking increasingly unlikely.

Glad I drained down the other day when we got back on Thursday as we had a sharp frost last night,

 

[Campervanannie]

I went out opened the door -1 in there grabbed the dogs nail clippers from the cupboard and went back into the warm house, now to tackle the dogs nails.

 

[Lee]

I've just let the grandson come out after isolation, the dreaded virus.
The boredom being in the van was much worse than the effects of the virus.
Now hopefully we can get on with Christmas and Linda's birthday.

 

[GarethHowell]

We had to cut our trip to Barnard Castle short as the fridge packed up and the valve on the toilet cassette fell off . I'm pretty sure the fridge problem is electrical as there are no light on, so I've been tracing electrical circuits today. Fuses seem to be OK but I changed them anyway. I can't do much more without removing the fridge and as we are away for one night over New Year, I've deferred extra digging until then.
Gareth

 

[wildebus]

We had to cut our trip to Barnard Castle short as the fridge packed up and the valve on the toilet cassette fell off . I'm pretty sure the fridge problem is electrical as there are no light on, so I've been tracing electrical circuits today. Fuses seem to be OK but I changed them anyway. I can't do much more without removing the fridge and as we are away for one night over New Year, I've deferred extra digging until then.
Gareth

Without wanting to state the bleeding obvious, is there a thermostat inside the fridge that could be set to off?
Just thinking back to my last fridge where I would turn the dial accidentally as I took little baskets out the fridge and change the setting - and a couple of times did actually turn the fridge off entirely! (fixed the issue by taping the dial in position with duct tape so it wouldn't move so freely)

 

[The laird]

We had to cut our trip to Barnard Castle short as the fridge packed up and the valve on the toilet cassette fell off . I'm pretty sure the fridge problem is electrical as there are no light on, so I've been tracing electrical circuits today. Fuses seem to be OK but I changed them anyway. I can't do much more without removing the fridge and as we are away for one night over New Year, I've deferred extra digging until then.
Gareth

I had a few issues with our fridge and I removed the exterior vents and cleaned the electrical connectors made sure they were all pushed hard together and bingo never had a bit trouble since 18 months gone now
Hope this may be of assistance to you

 

[GarethHowell]

I had a few issues with our fridge and I removed the exterior vents and cleaned the electrical connectors made sure they were all pushed hard together and bingo never had a bit trouble since 18 months gone now
Hope this may be of assistance to you

Thanks. I'll probably start there.

 

[trevskoda]

Looked at battery voltages, all resting at 13.3 after a full 14.4 from the onboard numax 10ah smart charger.

 

[tonybvi]

No sooner had I got the van fully prepared for a New Year away in Findhorn that we got a call telling us Sue’s father in Preston was pretty ill and we decided to get down there sharpish in the car as we’ll need to have a car there to do a bit of running around. So van unpacked and drained down again and sitting looking sorry for itself unused in the garden. C’est la vie and family comes first.

 

[2cv]

Visited it again in the garden where it has served as an extra fridge over Christmas.

 

[trevskoda]

Visited it again in the garden where it has served as an extra fridge over Christmas.

That cold in the van.

 

[GMJ]

I plugged mine into the mains as it hasn't been used for a few weeks now and given the covid uncertainty I am not sure when we will be away next (all being well it'll be on the 11th to Spain but I can't see us going as things currently are)