Discovery Our Jayco Discovery
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Have moved batteries from front boot to under van to free up boot space and decrease tow ball weight. Only going to run one deep cycle battery for now but tray will hold two. Front of battery box will cover whole battery for protection.
Ok, running 2 120w panels I removed one 100ah deep cycle battery and now only run one. Last weekend we went away and had very limited sunshine but the single battery coped great, charged up quicker and didnt seem to drop anymore(according to our solar controller) so one battery it is. Saves a heap of weight, quicker charging and still plenty of reserve.
Also one 9kg gas bottle does us pretty much a summers camping so I have also removed one 9kg bottle and now carry one 9kg and one 4.5kg bottle(for webber), again a big weight saving.
Also one 9kg gas bottle does us pretty much a summers camping so I have also removed one 9kg bottle and now carry one 9kg and one 4.5kg bottle(for webber), again a big weight saving.
Interesting location for a battery. Exposed to the elements. Not sure I like that idea. Especially after the damage I saw inflicted on various Expanda's on the Cameron's Corner run.
Couldn't understand why everyone wants so much power when with leds, gas fridge and HWS ,one battery and an 80w panel gives us heaps I suppose if you run a TV all day with dvd going thru an inverter you would need heaps but then if your going to use them why leave home anyway.
My old G60 patrol had the battery out in the weather not to mention numerous 4x4 trucks, a decent rack and good as gold.
My old G60 patrol had the battery out in the weather not to mention numerous 4x4 trucks, a decent rack and good as gold.
Batterys like to be cool, its cool under van. Batterys sometimes explode, safer to explode under van than in van. Some batterys give off gas while charging, better to vent gas under van than in it. Its better to carry weight down low than up high.
And its sitting in a 3mm thick steel cradle with 3mm thick front, it'll take a massive impact to damage battery which Im happy to risk. It is also near 400mm from ground so has more ground clearance than vehicle and caravan axles.
And its sitting in a 3mm thick steel cradle with 3mm thick front, it'll take a massive impact to damage battery which Im happy to risk. It is also near 400mm from ground so has more ground clearance than vehicle and caravan axles.
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Fitted some gas struts to front boot lid, simple mod and oh so worth it. Ebay $30pr
G'day Moto Mech
I think your strut in photo is up side down & won't lubricate the shaft enough. Hence they will fail too soon.
Otherwise all looks good mate.
jvp
I agree with @jvp, @Moto Mech. I had the roof struts refitted on our van when repairs were carried out to our roof. In less than 12 months the roof would not stay up and it was because the struts had been mounted with the cylinder at the base and the piston up to the roof. I ended up with 4 new heavy duty struts under warranty and now the pistons face down.
Yeah true, didnt give it a thought when fitting them. Ill change them round sometime but at $20pr Im not to fussed
One of these arrived today, hides a scratched/rusty gas bottle and cheap to, $23+ postage.
www.coverworld.com.au/gas-neoprene.html
One of these arrived today, hides a scratched/rusty gas bottle and cheap to, $23+ postage.
www.coverworld.com.au/gas-neoprene.html
Gee's they look alrightYeah true, didnt give it a thought when fitting them. Ill change them round sometime but at $20pr Im not to fussed
One of these arrived today, hides a scratched/rusty gas bottle and cheap to, $23+ postage.
www.coverworld.com.au/gas-neoprene.htmlView attachment 27497
They take like 2seconds to fit so no problem there and with 9kg gas bottle diameter s varying I dont swap and go because not all bottles fit my holder
My holder adjusts to whatever bottle I use thankfully, on my camper I recall I had to mod my racks with an adjustable latch to cover that sort of thing but then the original was a pain anyway.
Bought a couple of these off ebay but am yet to fit them, instead of being a tank level gauge, you enter the tanks capacity to the screen and it counts the litres used. $89 each
