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by rubberrat
November 20th, 2016, 9:14 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.
Replies: 15
Views: 11908

Re: Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.

I can get to mine with the Tischer. Do-able but not quite so easy on old SKarosser.
Suppose its not the end of the world to demount temporarily if ground is good or not on outside lane of motorway
by rubberrat
October 24th, 2016, 10:07 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: What are you up to?
Replies: 672
Views: 312916

Re: What are you up to?

Trying to make a Sanyo projector work on laptop - any laptop! Always has 'No Signal' Anyone else do Power Point type stuff and not have to shout at techonolgy?
by rubberrat
October 17th, 2016, 8:43 am
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: So, yet another picture thread
Replies: 4474
Views: 1878826

Re: OK so a picture thread not necessarily campers

^ Wonder if theyll emply the same tech as Swiss mountain trains where the energy created by braking is converted into electricity that is fed back into the system. The old ones just used to heat up a massive electric fire on the roof until they glowed!
by rubberrat
October 17th, 2016, 8:40 am
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: What are you up to?
Replies: 672
Views: 312916

Re: What are you up to?

Stacking 3 M2 of logs - need another 3 cubic metres when the early winter buying panic slows. And looking at warm places away from the winter.
by rubberrat
October 16th, 2016, 9:19 am
Forum: Popular Q's & buyers guides
Topic: Apollo demountable camper review (Campervan) magazine
Replies: 3
Views: 4269

Re: Apollo demountable camper review (Campervan) magazine

The flood wasn't catastrophic for their business. Campers standing in three feet of waterf no more damp than their usual stock offerings anyway.
by rubberrat
October 16th, 2016, 9:16 am
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: LED Bulbs
Replies: 3
Views: 2783

Re: LED Bulbs

Just ordered another set as the ones I first fitted were clearly on the budget side and started flickering after a month or so. New ones are the yellow panel type (techy talk here) . Let's see how these go. I find the LED ones brighter than the old halogen or incandecent ones previously fitted.
by rubberrat
October 4th, 2016, 6:15 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: What are you up to?
Replies: 672
Views: 312916

Re: What are you up to?

Just home and unpacking after a weekend away not too far from home.
Initiating friends/neighbours who picked up their first ever motorhome on Saturday.
No very much went wrong but we endured the second wildest storm while camping ive ever experienced... That was a baptism of fire for them.
by rubberrat
September 14th, 2016, 8:49 am
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: New member needs advice on Apollo camper purchase
Replies: 2
Views: 2344

Re: New member needs advice on Apollo camper purchase

I don't think Apollo have much thought to winterising their campers. Will need to be treated as a basic caravan and add lots of insulation to pipes etc. My Tischer trail is a basic model and the approach to that simplicity gives a few good pointers to winterising. No main internal water tank..it has...
by rubberrat
September 14th, 2016, 8:43 am
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: Knots (difficulty level 9)
Replies: 3
Views: 2931

Re: Knots (difficulty level 9)

Timber hitches.
He's not really a master of such things though is he
by rubberrat
September 4th, 2016, 1:12 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: S.Karosser Wiring
Replies: 3
Views: 2807

Re: S.Karosser Wiring

TBH if you do damage the wiring it's not such a bother to put right.