It's just a flap valve it works well. No spring designed for drains.
Tone's 17.56-2 mods
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Had some spare time so I got to a couple more things. First was some fans for the fridge hopefully will help up on the Murry in a couple of weeks with hight 30s the norm. The fridge worked fine in Ballsrat for 3 days of 36deg just thought would be more efficient. Two fans wired in series so run at half speed to make them very quiet. It's just wired onto a switch but going to experiment with a thermostat.
Second one was a light for the BBQ and double as a porch light outside the annex, it's just wired into the existing outside light.
Second one was a light for the BBQ and double as a porch light outside the annex, it's just wired into the existing outside light.
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Been deliberating this one for a while but finally did, put a Redarc bcdc 1225 running through an Anderson plug from the car battery. Used 6b&s cable right through. Also connected the fridge direct from the house battery via a relay so when the bcdc is charging the fridge is on. Now getting 13.8v ish at the fridge instead of 10.4v. Seem to work very well so far. With fridge on battery is still getting 12A of charge.
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Been contemplating doing this for a while wondering wether it was needed but got sick of the anti flaps and center awning bar. Made it out of the same 150mm tube as the bought ones but I put screw on ends so they are waterproof, also put locks in to keep them from coming unscrewed by themselves or others.
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I thought I would put an update on my shower mod, as great as it is we had some problems with it. The rear boot was wet when we got back from Euston after rain and after giving the van a really good wash I wasn't sure where it was getting in, did a lot of checking and assumed it got in from the pressure washer some where or from a plumbing leak on the internal shower on the pressure side. I put a pressure gage on the drawbar tap and pressured the system and didn't really drop over 5 days, I thought it was coming from the push on fittings on the back of the external shower so I had paper towel around the fittings as well. No leaks anywhere.
When we went to Ballarat for the service at the caravan park I was sitting having a bevy and noticed there was water dripping from the back of the caravan, I unscrewed the external shower and when the wall tap handle was on it was leaking past the o-ring dripping behind the wall plate and back inside and down the wall and also when the tap handle was removed the little bit of water would drain back in as well. I ended up puling off the wall plate off the main tap housing and found that there wasn't a seal between the two, out with the sicka and seal between the two pieces and also fill the back up as well, no more leaks finally. The leak was doing my head in.
When we went to Ballarat for the service at the caravan park I was sitting having a bevy and noticed there was water dripping from the back of the caravan, I unscrewed the external shower and when the wall tap handle was on it was leaking past the o-ring dripping behind the wall plate and back inside and down the wall and also when the tap handle was removed the little bit of water would drain back in as well. I ended up puling off the wall plate off the main tap housing and found that there wasn't a seal between the two, out with the sicka and seal between the two pieces and also fill the back up as well, no more leaks finally. The leak was doing my head in.
It would be better if it wasn't there to begin with
I picked up the same stuff yesterday but haven't put it on yet. The steps are pretty narrow aren't they and it should make it a lot safer.
... and treacherous in the wet. Having the shademesh type flooring and the uncovered gal step in wet conditions, you almost need a crash helmet and body armour to get in and out of the van
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That's looks like a great idea with that blind you have attached to the main door. Do you know the sizes of the blind by any chance? Also how did you attached the blind mount onto the door, maybe nutsirts or tec screws?
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The blind is just a universal one from Spotlight and cut down to size length and width and screwed on with self tappers, the corners of the door is plastic, to my surprise. The other thing that I didn't mention in the pic is a long handle on the door so you can close the door while inside, that is great too. How many time do you close the door standing inside by pulling on the curtain? All the time?
The legs come off and everything fits inside and carry like a suitcase. Now just need to try it out.
