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Comment on Long range wifi aerial a big success by Gromett

Gromett — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:08:35 +0000

Not sure what you mean sorry. It does work long range but no way would it reach from Scotland to Manchester. Thats just impossible…

Comment on Long range wifi aerial a big success by Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:57:59 +0000

I want know if it is working long range wifi antenna laptop internet from manchester to soctland please let me know as soon as possible thanks

Comment on Still jobs left to do, total lack of motivation. by Darren

Darren — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:27:28 +0000

Hi Karl

I hope you’ve found your motivation and got back into the van. My last conversion took a long time to complete, and I lost focus at times.

The last 2 times I have left home on a trip my dad has been in hospital, but now he is fine.

Hope you’re feeling better today

Cheers

Darren

Comment on Disaster today. Battery failed no power, central locking failure and door locks broken. by Gromett

Gromett — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:16:44 +0000

Thanks Popeye. Do you keep a Motorhome related blog?

Comment on Disaster today. Battery failed no power, central locking failure and door locks broken. by Popeye

Popeye — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:12:14 +0000

Fascinating blog Grommet, keep it coming…..Griff

Comment on Top 10 questions for fulltimers by Gromett

Gromett — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:02:03 +0000

I will try and put a little post together about this for you. Neighbours tend not to be much of a problem if you pick your sites correctly.

Comment on Top 10 questions for fulltimers by odelya

odelya — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:48:13 +0000

I was wondering if you can tell us about the daily life in the rv parking. how do you get along with the neighbors and so on.
thanks alot

Comment on Battery monitor Victron VS Nasa by Matt Hamilton

Matt Hamilton — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:26:46 +0000

Karl, great to ready this review. I’ve always lusted after the BM-1 and never quite justified the cost of it. The main thing that put me off was it was hard to find any actual specific experieince of people using it. For instance, it give you a run-down time on the display until you are out of power. But does that mean until the batteries at 0%, 40%, 50% or what? No-one (including suppliers) have been able to tell me that.

I bought a Stecca PR2020 solar regulator due to the fact I liked the graph display of Ah left, but then found in reality it is useless if you have an alternate charging source (e.g. alternator) as it can’t account for that an gets confused, so you have to put it in ‘voltage mode’ in which case it is just a voltmeter… an expensive one at that. Also to get it to measure current you need to wire all your negative paths back through it, a waste in a metal bodied van.

So maybe now I’ll just start lusting after the BMV-600 instead.

-Matt (mfoobar)

Comment on Clattering Noise Update…. by Gromett

Gromett — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:58:30 +0000

They do come up for sale on the SBMCC quite frequently but you would have to be aware that these are custom build and the layout/facilities are probably not going to match what you want.
I am guessing your van is probably worth around £20,000? With a budget like that you could make a cracker of a van probably a lot newer than 2002. However you would probably want to build the new one before selling the old one which would make things tricky for finances.?

It is possible with some hard work to get a van liveable within 6 weeks.

If you are practical and logical a self build is not hard to do and the assistance from the SBMCC is brilliant.

Because of your height it is unlikely you would be able to get a satisfactory bed across the van so you would need to look for layouts that have a bed down the length of the van.

I think some people may assist either voluntarily or actually do jobs for cash. However they are not legally allowed to do the Gas or Electrics as I understand the law and this is likely to be the area where you would probably want others to do it.

I will contact you via email with some suggestions.

Comment on Clattering Noise Update…. by Gary Box

Gary Box — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:41:47 +0000

Hi Karl,

We have spoken before and trade links on our blogs. Wanted to pick your brains about something. I have a Hymer B564 1998 which as of next year will not comply with the London LEZ. I cannot really afford another similar model that is post 2002 registered so need to consider my options.

I currently work within London and no campsites close by. I’m happy to wild camp though and know of a few quiet and safe locations, one only 5-10 minute drive to work. I’m thinking of downsizing slightly to a panel van. I need somewhere to sleep, a desk to work at and eat at, small cooking area and a toilet and small shower. Since I’m 6’2″ I guess I need to be looking at high top LWB vehicles but need to look around at options.

It would seem the cheapest way to get something post 2002 that would comply would be to do a self build. Not having any experience do you think vehicles built by other self builders come up for sale very often? Would self builders from the SBMCC be worth contacting and would any of them be likely to help for payment?

Hope life is treating you well.

Cheers
Gary