What did you do to your van today?

[Landyseverywhere]

Not specifically the van but took delivery of an OBD2 power plug(Ali express) £2.50, removed the croc clips and attached it to the PWM solar solar controller that came with the 50w folding solar panel bought from ebay (very impressed with quality )£20 so can plug in car when we're away for longer trips or van if not in use

 

[The laird]

Started the engine and put heating on
Stripped one of the garage door locks/handle but it is knackered tried to look for one without crazy cost to n9 avail will look later having to pack things away as mother in law has just had a bad fall and hospital visit imminent

 

[marchie]

Riding the bike yesterday felt a little wobbly, which I attributed to the tyre pressures being slightly low. Inflated them by the light of the new external lamp over the hab door, ready for a gentle ride along the coast from Moncofa towards Xilxes for lunch.

The bike still felt a little wobbly, but I began to ride a little quicker after about 3kms and was able to change up the gears and get the legs working. About 300m further on, the bike began to shake quite violently at the rear wheel and it took me a wee while to bring it to a safe stop.

Wheel nuts were tight, so rotated the rear wheel slowly and noticed a broken spoke, flapping in the breeze; then another, and another, and so on. Eventually, 6 spokes in a row fell away from the rear wheel hub, in a domino collapse. 'Twas a long way back pushing a knackered bike of over 25kg for 3km+ ...

The spokes look to have sheared, with shiny metal where the hub fasteners used to be and gouges around the hub where the spokes scraped it as they worked free and rotated ... We have to move off the Aire tomorrow (but everyone seems to just drive a couple of hundred metres to the adjoining streets where high rise new builds have been abandoned, so we will probably join them and hope that we can get the rear wheel respoked, or buy a replacement on Monday) ...

The shopping trip to Consume, less than 5 minutes on the bike, is a good 15 minutes on foot, and the extra 20 minutes across the outward and return walks coincided with the start of the downpour

The bikes are 3 weeks past their guarantee, and the Biwbik Retailer in Benicarlo has a sign in his window last week indicating he was still on holiday (or retired?). No signs on New Year activity ...

Steve

 

[Lee]

I went to near Peterborough yesterday and had cruise control fitted to the van.
This will make all those miles going through France and Spain so much easier on my ankle, which after a motorcycle accident some years ago has now got rheumatism and can be quite painful after long drives.

 

[oppy]

Well we went to Bolton Wanderers football stadium to watch our 15 year old granddaughter have a driving experience in the vast car park. We went in the 'van to keep warm and also 'cos it has a bog !!She had a full hour driving a modern Corsa and only stalled once, it was our birthday pressie to her, heaven knows what her 16th will be, I guess we need to start saving now.

 

[Scotia]

Well we went to Bolton Wanderers football stadium to watch our 15 year old granddaughter have a driving experience in the vast car park. We went in the 'van to keep warm and also 'cos it has a bog !!She had a full hour driving a modern Corsa and only stalled once, it was our birthday pressie to her, heaven knows what her 16th will be, I guess we need to start saving now.
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Get them in the seat as early as possible.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

We should adopt the US system.

 

[andyjanet]

great experiance for her! We did the same at brands hatch for my son at 14! They drive the car parks for the first hour, then on the second lesson later in the day they take a BMW 1 series round the circuit , he only drove for a few years now lives in london where its easier without a car

 

[Burge]

Called in Campbells where we bought Burstner from, Fridge don't power on 12v when driving so has defrosted when we get Home, Apparently Control Board has packed up so new 1 ordered on Warranty , means another trip up North to get fitted when it arrives

 

[Scotia]

Hardwired in the inverter and fitted the remote switch.

 

[marchie]

Called in Campbells where we bought Burstner from, Fridge don't power on 12v when driving so has defrosted when we get Home, Apparently Control Board has packed up so new 1 ordered on Warranty , means another trip up North to get fitted when it arrives

We had the same problem when we bought our Burstner, Chris. A week to have it posted, and it took the Technician longer to the Van than it took him to fit the Control Panel ...

We refilled the M/home before leaving the Aire today, and with unbroken sunshine, have recharged both Bike Batteries, the electric toothbrushes, and used the induction hob for boiling the kettle.

The Roamer Lithium is still sitting at 13.44v and harvesting 4.68 amps, so we should be able to use the lights tonight!

Steve

 

[Burge]

We had the same problem when we bought our Burstner, Chris. A week to have it posted, and it took the Technician longer to the Van than it took him to fit the Control Panel ...

We refilled the M/home before leaving the Aire today, and with unbroken sunshine, have recharged both Bike Batteries, the electric toothbrushes, and used the induction hob for boiling the kettle.

The Roamer Lithium is still sitting at 13.44v and harvesting 4.68 amps, so we should be able to use the lights tonight!

Steve

Seems like a Common Problem Steve

 

[Patrick1]

I fitted a Thetford 2000 series compressor fridge in place of the domestic 3 way fridge to deal with the hot Spanish summers. Everything was great until the 40+ temperatures this summer. The filter was blocked so cleaned, but the fridge was fussing so opened the bottom 3way external vent and the fridge was as happy as can be EXCEPT being a cabinet installation it blew the hot air straight into the cabin and sucked up a lot of dust. Normally that's OK but at 40+ you really feel it. Later coming home in December it was cold, so I put the winter cover on the external vent. The fridge worked well but became very noisy. It was too cold to remove the winter covers from the vent so the noise was endured. Today I did some engineering. I moved the filter to the out side of the internal vent. I turned the fan around to blow out intead of in. I put a cloth over the in side of the internal vent and made an opening in the external 3way vent with insect netting. Now it will suck air from the cabin and blow the hot air out side through the external vent. Since the fridge doesn't work in cold ambient temperatures, using the warm cabin air intake should do the trick. I am now hoping it will be less noisy with the good air flow and not so hot.

 

[trevskoda]

We had the same problem when we bought our Burstner, Chris. A week to have it posted, and it took the Technician longer to the Van than it took him to fit the Control Panel ...

We refilled the M/home before leaving the Aire today, and with unbroken sunshine, have recharged both Bike Batteries, the electric toothbrushes, and used the induction hob for boiling the kettle.

The Roamer Lithium is still sitting at 13.44v and harvesting 4.68 amps, so we should be able to use the lights tonight!

Steve

Electric t brush, next you will be buying a electric comb.
Changed the batteries in the van temp to house sender unit, thats me knackered, blinken heavy those 2 AAA batteries.

 

[AlyJay]

We have the same one I think, what was it like to get out? heavy?

There was 10 or 12 self tapper screws holding it in place, 1 gas pipe, a 240v plug to unplug and a 12v what looks like a gas safety switch (2 spade terminals) to disconnect on back of unit, so was pretty easy.
The oven its self isn't as heavy as a normal house one, I could lift it easily my self however it was very tight to squeeze out of hab door so a friend helped carry it out to avoid doing any damage to interior.

 

[marchie]

Electric t brush, next you will be buying a electric comb.
Changed the batteries in the van temp to house sender unit, thats me knackered, blinken heavy those 2 AAA batteries.

I know, Trev, but it saves taking the teeth out to clean them ... I can drop my teeth off at the Dentist, my specs at the opticians, and my hips at the hospital, and collect them later. Of course, there is some work to do with the reassembly, but can't have everything ...

Steve

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Sounds like a problem I can live with, two years ago it would have been done by now.

 

[AlyJay]

Sounds like a problem I can live with, two years ago it would have been done by now.

What's wrong with your oven?

 

[RoaminRog]

I’m hoping to change our three way fridge for a compressor fridge in the next few days, but I’m still looking for the retaining screws, any clues please?

 

[andyjanet]

I’m hoping to change our three way fridge for a compressor fridge in the next few days, but I’m still looking for the retaining screws, any clues please?

Pictures please might have some blanking caps inside