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bigman0510

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You have to stop giving out all of these good ideas bigman. We have spent way too much money already....lol.
I have plenty more... but have to make the funds magically appear.

I have an idea (cheap one) to the left of the entrance door, underneath there are two joists clos together (about 250-260mm) close enough to slide a shoe basket/box in. This would mean when you are camping all your footware will (hopefully) be put in the backet and won't be scattered all over the place. I will put up pics once I have found and purchased a suitable enclosure.
 

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Hi Bigman,

have you thought about a tool box for the front of your van???
i have thought about it, but I am trying to avoid it. I don't really want to add too much to the draw bar, and to tell you the truth, I don't really have anything that doesn't fit somewhere at the moment.



Installed my LED lights tonight... AWESOME!!! so bright and use buggar all juice.. Thanks Boots!!
 

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when we ordered our van we asked about LED lights, but upon pick up the kights were standard lights, so we told Jayco to replace all the lights with LED which they did and made a big diffrence..
 

bigman0510

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my new battery arrives tommorrow...

Battery.JPG

230AH AGM Deep cycle battery.... weighs a small 63kg!!
525mmx243mmx230mm
full 2 year warranty
$479 delivered!!

Now join this with the second battery in my car and I now have 330AH with 240W of solar...... Looooooong free camping here we come.
 

MolongMick

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That is one VERY BIG battery, 63kg, that is alot of weight.

You should not run out of power now, hope the van doesn't go lop sided, lol.
 

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That is one big battery. Did u just install it under the seat and did u manage to get a battery case to fit. Hmmm... Wondering whether it will fit in our 16.49.1? We haven't put a battery in yet.
 

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Installed where the other battery goes in the 17ft, under the seat. I don't think they make a battery box big enough! Worked well on the weekend, very wet, muddy and overcast, I didn't put out my extra panel out (too lazy) and I only used 5% over the whole weekend! Wrapped!!

[video=youtube_share;mfgyDDMaBgM]http://youtu.be/mfgyDDMaBgM[/video]
doesn't look that bad but it was slippery!!!

[video=youtube_share;AcB57Yg-ufw]http://youtu.be/AcB57Yg-ufw[/video]
Same track same spot... only difference is that he doesn't beleive in following other tracks ("might get bogged") you be the judge!