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 ·  Posted: 04.11.2020  ·  #641
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Steven....What size bottles have you currently got? I've got 2 x 6kgs and was hoping to fit 2 x 11 kgs ... but just not enough room in the locker.


My locker is big I have two 11kg cylinder in it 2 leveler. Hose and a few other bits
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 ·  Posted: 04.11.2020  ·  #642
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Steven....What size bottles have you currently got? I've got 2 x 6kgs and was hoping to fit 2 x 11 kgs ... but just not enough room in the locker.


Check out the dimensions of a standard 11kg to the size of the gaslow and gasit refilabiles as they also have detachable collars. Also what about an 11 and a 6 as a compromise
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 ·  Posted: 04.11.2020  ·  #643
A pea trap for our bathroom sink ,we had a bit of a smell coming back up from our grey water tank even after washing it out with disinfectant and sterile ingredients so hopefully it will sort it ,but wait till you here this and a bit of a warning ,don’t buy from dealers until you check out ebay ,the reason I found a pea trap on the internet ,great thought I £8.00 so started to go to checkout when I got to the end they where looking £20 delivery in total £28 when on eBay found the same pea trap £8 with free delivery from the same company ,so beware things seem good from company’s till you get the postage most eBay items freepost
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 ·  Posted: 04.11.2020  ·  #644
But even evilbay isn't immune to that sort of carry on, sending items by Royal Mail free to mainland but extra to NI when the cost is the same or won't send to NI for whatever reason. Hate them all but in current climes a necessary evil.
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 ·  Posted: 04.11.2020  ·  #645
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Standard red cylinder fitting i was told and half the weight of a red cylinder


They dont look like a standard fitting

 
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 ·  Posted: 04.11.2020  ·  #646
I hate it when your looking at something and you get to doesn’t post to Northern Ireland 😖
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 ·  Posted: 04.11.2020  ·  #647
Sometimes if you message the seller and explain it costs the same they will dispatch
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 ·  Posted: 04.11.2020  ·  #648
 
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Standard red cylinder fitting i was told and half the weight of a red cylinder


They dont look like a standard fitting

 



This is the flogas cylinder fitting.
The total weight of the cylinder including 11kg gas is 16kg, saving about 7 to 8kg on the red cylinder.
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 ·  Posted: 05.11.2020  ·  #649
Those are Flogas cylinders in my picture, we have been waiting on Flogas collecting them for over a year now which may explain why there could be a shortage
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What have you bought for your Motorhome recently?

 ·  Posted: 05.11.2020  ·  #650
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Those are Flogas cylinders in my picture, we have been waiting on Flogas collecting them for over a year now which may explain why there could be a shortage


what were they used on Forklifts?
I called Flogas to inquire about buying new cylinders when their website said out of stock, I was advised that they did have some but they were for staff useage and when asked where I lived, the Guy told me they didn't deliver outside of Dublin and he then proceeded to give me a courier number 066 ( Cahirciveen ) he didn't even know where the courier was from . About as usefull as Teat's on a Boar.
That's why I'm staying with Orange ones.
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 ·  Posted: 05.11.2020  ·  #651
Yes forklifts, but even then they needed an adaptor as the FL's had calor red bottles on them which were slightly different

Its all rather confusing
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 ·  Posted: 05.11.2020  ·  #652
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Yes forklifts, but even then they needed an adaptor as the FL's had calor red bottles on them which were slightly different

Its all rather confusing



Why would anybody want light bottles (reduced weight) on the back of a forklift :-/ , the weight on the back is all about counterbalancing the weight on the forks.
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Re: What have you bought for your Motorhome recently?

 ·  Posted: 05.11.2020  ·  #653
About half a tank of diesel, not that it’s needed ☹

Keeping it full over winter, it’ll probably go stale before we can use it 🤪
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 ·  Posted: 05.11.2020  ·  #654
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Yes forklifts, but even then they needed an adaptor as the FL's had calor red bottles on them which were slightly different

Its all rather confusing



Why would anybody want light bottles (reduced weight) on the back of a forklift :-/ , the weight on the back is all about counterbalancing the weight on the forks.


Colin you got there before me. but then we already know they haven't a usefull taught in their heads.( they did bring them out in the first place)
can you imagine what the cost of development and safety testing cost all for 8kg and a see trough bottle .
No One ever told them that the majority of people use a bottle untill it runs out and then you know its emply. :'(
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 ·  Posted: 05.11.2020  ·  #655
The reason why we got them was our bulk tank pump failed and it was going to take a couple of weeks to get the parts/replacement so Flogas provided us with these bottles to see us through as they didnt have enough metal ones!!!

A continuing theme.......lack of bottles and thats with both main suppliers
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 ·  Posted: 21.11.2020  ·  #657
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Got a 2nd leisure battery during the week and fitted it today



You CAN'T do that, you MUST fit 2 identical batteries at the same time, if you haven't done this you should take the new battery out immediately and get a second one

Oops just realised it was you Steven and you have a brand new van, but the new battery should be identical to the one you have already
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 ·  Posted: 21.11.2020  ·  #659
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Yes it is an exact battery


I added a second battery soon after I got mine Steven....an exact match. No issues so far .
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 ·  Posted: 22.11.2020  ·  #660
Been looking at levelling ramps and saw a pair of Milenco Quattros on Amazon Warehouse, not brand new but described as

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Condition: Used - Very Good - Small cosmetic imperfection on top, front or sides of item. Accessories may have cosmetic damage. Item will come repackaged.


Free returns if it's worse than described... what could possibly go wrong at £42.29
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 ·  Posted: 22.11.2020  ·  #662
Good things come to those who wait,
I recently bought a pair of brand new in the packaging on eBay from a lady having a clearout for £18.10 and they were the Milenco quads.
Put a saved search in eBay and get email notifications and wait your chance
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Re: What have you bought for your Motorhome recently?

 ·  Posted: 22.11.2020  ·  #663
60 amp b2b charger fitted, to help with winter camping when solar is little use. Not any chance to try it out proper;y yet, seems to work well in back garden
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Re: What have you bought for your Motorhome recently?

 ·  Posted: 22.11.2020  ·  #665
Check Donagheys for the millenco quattro,
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 ·  Posted: 05.12.2020  ·  #666
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60 amp b2b charger fitted, to help with winter camping when solar is little use. Not any chance to try it out proper;y yet, seems to work well in back garden


What make of 60amp B2B charger did you get and is there much to fitting them. I want to increase my charging capacity for my Ebike and maybe to upgrade to LiPro eventually.
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 ·  Posted: 15.12.2020  ·  #667
 
 

Got an early Christmas present yesterday .Job for Christmas break 😀
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Very very nice Paul :up:
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 ·  Posted: 15.12.2020  ·  #669
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Got an early Christmas present yesterday .Job for Christmas break 😀



Good to see that Santa is still full of surprises.👍😂
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Was browsing some hifi ads on Adverts.ie and seen these little turntable level indicators. 9 euro for set with 1 euro delivery. The larger one will be used in the Mh....I can amuse myself for hours seeing if I can level the van perfectly!😂
 
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Was browsing some hifi ads on Adverts.ie and seen these little turntable level indicators. 9 euro for set with 1 euro delivery. The larger one will be used in the Mh....I can amuse myself for hours seeing if I can level the van perfectly!😂


If your can dosent slide off the table the mh is level enough ;-) ;-)
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #672
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Was browsing some hifi ads on Adverts.ie and seen these little turntable level indicators. 9 euro for set with 1 euro delivery. The larger one will be used in the Mh....I can amuse myself for hours seeing if I can level the van perfectly!😂


If your can dosent slide off the table the mh is level enough ;-) ;-)


Dems true words John! 🤣
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #673
 
 

Got around to changing our pwm to mppt charge controller seems to be working really well.Not a great time of year for testing but it looks good 👍
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #674
Lovely looking Mppt controller 👍
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #675
I got this 1,500w pure sine inverter from Santa via Ali Express in Poland for €119.79.
Now I must say I was VERY sceptical about its specs considering the price so I ran a few tests.
First, to see how pure the 'pure sine wave' was I connected a 40w house fan. These fans will not run smooth and a little slow on quasi sine wave power. The result, perfect running, same as connecting to the grid, so I'm happy that the power delivered is, in fact, pure sine wave.
Second, I checked the power consumption when idle (with nothing plugged in) and was please to see the unit only consumed 1 amp, at a displayed 12.2v input voltage, to keep itself live. When running with the 40w house fan plugged in the power consumption came in at 3.8A, at a displayed 11.8v input voltage, a very acceptable level of efficiency.
The units two cooling fans are load/temperature-controlled and did not run during the tests.
The low input voltage readings were possibly because my power source was a lithium-ion jump starter which has a resting voltage of 12.5v.
 
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #676
Hi Colin,

any chance you could put link or send me a PM with it.

Many thanks
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #677
Would you dare to run a hairdryer off it baguette and see how hot it gets (the inverter, not the hairdryer) ? 😬
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #678
My wife runs a hairdryer from our 1500watt inverter with no issues.
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #679
I bought a cheap Chinese 1800W inverter for that purpose. I tried out the hairdryer for a couple of minutes and decided to call it a day. There is only so much PVC outgassing one can tolerate in side the van. 1500 W load, @ 125 Amps. The cables were hot!

You must have a decent enough inverter + cabling Daffy?
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 ·  Posted: 06.01.2021  ·  #680
Waeco inverter. 50 sq mm cables. Auto disconnect on low voltage. Settable, it works well
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