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 ·  Posted: 15.08.2021  ·  #1761

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Sounds a bit weird but since I put the solar on my side step goes out and in quicker

Could be the higher voltage helping the motor run faster

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 ·  Posted: 15.08.2021  ·  #1762

Cleaned the inside of the van, ……well helped swmbo to do it, in reality. A right woman with a cloth . Ready for next weekend

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 ·  Posted: 15.08.2021  ·  #1763

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Sounds a bit weird but since I put the solar on my side step goes out and in quicker

Not weird. Your battery is sitting at a higher voltage when the sun is out. This was a small concern for me when running the 12 Volt TV, which now receives 14 to 15 volts when the sun is out. But nothing has blown up yet. I’m sure your step won’t mind.

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 ·  Posted: 15.08.2021  ·  #1764

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Sounds a bit weird but since I put the solar on my side step goes out and in quicker

Not weird. Your battery is sitting at a higher voltage when the sun is out. This was a small concern for me when running the 12 Volt TV, which now receives 14 to 15 volts when the sun is out. But nothing has blown up yet. I’m sure your step won’t mind.

Which is why you should have One of thesr for safety sake

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 ·  Posted: 15.08.2021  ·  #1765

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Solar Taking down 227 watts as of 11am this morning... .. very pleased with its performance

 

It looks a great setup John I love the controller slick

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 ·  Posted: 15.08.2021  ·  #1766

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Go with what works for you Dave .... I personally love my Tridents....yes they are massive feckin yokes!

Ps..... could've given you a new set of Fiamma ones had I known

Ah jaysus. I’ll keep the the tridents in the boot just in case, this van doesn’t have air suspension, doesn’t need it for comfort in fairness, so might be a call for them somewhere

I seen Fiamma ones in the shop in wolohan's can't remember the price but at the time I thought they were cheap maybe worth a phonecall?

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 ·  Posted: 15.08.2021  ·  #1767

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Go with what works for you Dave .... I personally love my Tridents....yes they are massive feckin yokes!

Ps..... could've given you a new set of Fiamma ones had I known

Ah jaysus. I’ll keep the the tridents in the boot just in case, this van doesn’t have air suspension, doesn’t need it for comfort in fairness, so might be a call for them somewhere

I seen Fiamma ones in the shop in wolohan's can't remember the price but at the time I thought they were cheap maybe worth a phonecall?

Got them delivered from Charles camping. €32 I think

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 ·  Posted: 16.08.2021  ·  #1768

 

Pretty isn't it

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 ·  Posted: 16.08.2021  ·  #1769

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Pretty isn't it

Big anyway

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 ·  Posted: 16.08.2021  ·  #1770

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Pretty isn't it

NO , don't think I'll bother, take the risk, they just look ugly on the van

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 ·  Posted: 16.08.2021  ·  #1771

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Go with what works for you Dave .... I personally love my Tridents....yes they are massive feckin yokes!

Ps..... could've given you a new set of Fiamma ones had I known

Ah jaysus. I’ll keep the the tridents in the boot just in case, this van doesn’t have air suspension, doesn’t need it for comfort in fairness, so might be a call for them somewhere

I seen Fiamma ones in the shop in wolohan's can't remember the price but at the time I thought they were cheap maybe worth a phonecall?

Got them delivered from Charles camping. €32 I think

Three for less than a tenner in France

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 ·  Posted: 16.08.2021  ·  #1772

Should the signs be in English? (Where the mh is registered)

The locals here wont have a clue Wtf angle morts means,

Seen a German Dethleffs last week with the signs on but who knows what they mean when they are in French/German or what ever

Id say the English ones can be got in the local commercial motorfactors,

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 ·  Posted: 16.08.2021  ·  #1773

Its just for the French, doesn't matter what the locals think. I ll probably take them off when I get back. They look stupid on the side of the van. Hope nobody sees me

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 ·  Posted: 16.08.2021  ·  #1774

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Go with what works for you Dave .... I personally love my Tridents....yes they are massive feckin yokes!

Ps..... could've given you a new set of Fiamma ones had I known

Ah jaysus. I’ll keep the the tridents in the boot just in case, this van doesn’t have air suspension, doesn’t need it for comfort in fairness, so might be a call for them somewhere

I seen Fiamma ones in the shop in wolohan's can't remember the price but at the time I thought they were cheap maybe worth a phonecall?

Got them delivered from Charles camping. €32 I think

Three for less than a tenner in France

Three levellers for less than a tenner

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 ·  Posted: 16.08.2021  ·  #1775

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Go with what works for you Dave .... I personally love my Tridents....yes they are massive feckin yokes!

Ps..... could've given you a new set of Fiamma ones had I known

Ah jaysus. I’ll keep the the tridents in the boot just in case, this van doesn’t have air suspension, doesn’t need it for comfort in fairness, so might be a call for them somewhere

I seen Fiamma ones in the shop in wolohan's can't remember the price but at the time I thought they were cheap maybe worth a phonecall?

Got them delivered from Charles camping. €32 I think

Three for less than a tenner in France

Three levellers for less than a tenner

I should have seen that coming, maybe it was my Angles Morts

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 ·  Posted: 19.08.2021  ·  #1776

My waste pipe hit a rock and broke while I was trying to find “the view” when wild camping (lesson learned) in West Cork so i went full McGyver. A trip to the all in one local Pub/Garage/Village shop & hardware store to source what ever plumbing kit they had and I managed to put together a rather elegant bodge job with a much better placed tap.

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 ·  Posted: 20.08.2021  ·  #1777

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My waste pipe hit a rock and broke while I was trying to find “the view” when wild camping (lesson learned) in West Cork so i went full McGyver. A trip to the all in one local Pub/Garage/Village shop & hardware store to source what ever plumbing kit they had and I managed to put together a rather elegant bodge job with a much better placed tap.

As they say, if you can’t fix it with Duck tape - you didn’t use enough. Great job on the road.

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 ·  Posted: 20.08.2021  ·  #1778

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As they say, if you can’t fix it with Duck tape - you didn’t use enough.

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 ·  Posted: 21.08.2021  ·  #1779

Should the signs be in English? (Where the mh is registered)

Max I just read up on it, it has to be in French, just hope none of the other countries think it’s a good idea as the MH will be covered in them

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 ·  Posted: 21.08.2021  ·  #1780

Just fitted 21w/5w LED bulbs to the rear, they are quite a bit brighter than the ordinary ones

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 ·  Posted: 21.08.2021  ·  #1781

@TommyS I was guessing that they wanted them in French alright,

I was just curious if the English version would do them,

I wonder what the French will want after the angle morts signs

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 ·  Posted: 21.08.2021  ·  #1782

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@TommyS I was guessing that they wanted them in French alright,

I was just curious if the English version would do them,

I wonder what the French will want after the angle morts signs

Blackout's on the windscreen if you drive more than 10 kph

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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2021  ·  #1783

Cleaned it and installed a fire extinguisher. It can be accessed from the cab or the habitation area, the bottom "boot" is a coupler for 150mm waste pipe.

 

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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2021  ·  #1784

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Cleaned it and installed a fire extinguisher. It can be accessed from the cab or the habitation area, the bottom "boot" is a coupler for 150mm waste pipe.

 

That sure is a very good bit of kit to have in the motorhome.

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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2021  ·  #1785

@Flipperdipper
Nice work, lets hope its never needed and just an ornament

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 ·  Posted: 11.10.2021  ·  #1786

Been having an intermittent problem with my reverse camera going to bluescreen lately...always at the time you need it most!.... The roads of west Cork was the final straw as the camera gave up the ghost and never came back to life on the entire journey home....anyway...my last roll of the dice to fix myself before it went back to dealer was whip the camera itself off and check connections....sure enough...very loose spade connectors that came apart at the slightest touch...I crimped them up tight and now camera working again!..... im going to wait till a few trouble free trips are under the belt before I celebrate 🤪

 

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 ·  Posted: 11.10.2021  ·  #1787

If any road was going to do it it THAT road I'm still rattling

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 ·  Posted: 11.10.2021  ·  #1788

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If any road was going to do it it THAT road I'm still rattling

Road from Castletownbere to Kenmare was worse , never again

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 ·  Posted: 11.10.2021  ·  #1789

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Cleaned it and installed a fire extinguisher. It can be accessed from the cab or the habitation area, the bottom "boot" is a coupler for 150mm waste pipe.

 

Have a look at the Fire Safety Stick. Yes they are relatively expensive but they work with any type of fire, leave no mess and are compact. They don't have any compressed gas so don't need to be secured in the same fashion as a regular extinguisher.

I've mine stored in the habitation door pocket and I got it here
https://ears.ie/fire-safety-stick-extinguisher/

As their performance, I saw one put out a vehicle engine fire that two ordinary extinguishers didn't dampen the fire at all.

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 ·  Posted: 12.10.2021  ·  #1790

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If any road was going to do it it THAT road I'm still rattling

Road from Castletownbere to Kenmare was worse , never again

That's not a bad bit of road, it's just that of it is hard to find because a lot of it is under the foliage of overgrown hedges

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 ·  Posted: 12.10.2021  ·  #1791

If you want to experience a perfect stretch of road in Cork, take a trip from the village of Kilgarvan to the N22 Cork/Killarney road. This was Jackie Healy-Raes bargaining chip project a few elections ago.

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 ·  Posted: 12.10.2021  ·  #1792

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If you want to experience a perfect stretch of road in Cork, take a trip from the village of Kilgarvan to the N22 Cork/Killarney road. This was Jackie Healy-Raes bargaining chip project a few elections ago.

And they say Father Horan was a smart boyo,
Those mafioso Ba****d,s have it all ready, to use it as a runway for planes from Columbia, they just have to lower the Hedge rows,

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 ·  Posted: 13.10.2021  ·  #1793

The lighting at the cab seats was always crap for reading or studying a reliable paper sat nav, (a map). So today as I had a lazy day in Sneem I installed a couple of overhead reading lights.

 

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 ·  Posted: 13.10.2021  ·  #1794

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The lighting at the cab seats was always crap for reading or studying a reliable paper sat nav, (a map). So today as I had a lazy day in Sneem I installed a couple of overhead reading lights.

 

Every day is a lazy day with you retired folk

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 ·  Posted: 13.10.2021  ·  #1795

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The lighting at the cab seats was always crap for reading or studying a reliable paper sat nav, (a map). So today as I had a lazy day in Sneem I installed a couple of overhead reading lights.

 

Nice work for a lazy day

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 ·  Posted: 13.10.2021  ·  #1796

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The lighting at the cab seats was always crap for reading or studying a reliable paper sat nav, (a map). So today as I had a lazy day in Sneem I installed a couple of overhead reading lights.

 

Didn't have to be a lazy day Liam, you could have washed my van while you were looking for something to do

PS head home via Killarney could be a good option for you ,N 71 still closed between Kenmare and Glengarrif

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 ·  Posted: 13.10.2021  ·  #1797

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Every day is a lazy day with you retired folk

Too true, now get out and earn some tax money to cover our massive pension increase.

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 ·  Posted: 13.10.2021  ·  #1798

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Didn't have to be a lazy day Liam, you could have washed my van while you were looking for something to do

PS head home via Killarney could be a good option for you ,N 71 still closed between Kenmare and Glengarrif

I could have easily washed it here in Sneem, just drive it down the slip and wait for high tide.
I have to pick up someone near Bandon on my way home tomorrow so it'll be cross country from Kenmare.

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 ·  Posted: 14.10.2021  ·  #1799

Got One of These in Lidl for €49.99.
It collected a surprising amount of water in the first 48 hours.

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 ·  Posted: 14.10.2021  ·  #1800

new starter motor(delco remy)). and 2 litres of engine oil.and more tec 7

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