joe2006
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The charger is a 25 amp unit and had been operating a couple of days before it decided to apparently, just keep on going. I don't want to throw away 500 or so bucks on a new one if it's ok but also don't want to ruin 2 new deep cycle batteries or know who can test these things? Then again, a lot of the new chargers are lithium compatible if I want to go down that path later.
There is a master switch in the van which has tricked me when someone has inadvertently turned it off. That might be a good place to start and then check each of the fuses as you have suggested. The pumps are switched off most of the time. The fridge is a 12v compressor unit with a 240v power supply. Apparently the 240 power supply is prone to failure. Mine ticks like a time bomb but because the fridge automatically switches between 12 and 240 volts, I don't know whether mine has failed. That 240 volt supply is another thing that I better check or get rid of all together.
Our previous van had the Dometic 8300 awning and the current van (the one you saw) has the 8500. The 8500 has the much better latching mechanism and thicker vinyl etc, so I assume that;s what you now have? That said, it won't be too long before I will have to replace the vinyl on ours. A $15k repair bill would hurt. Hopefully it was only an excess on your part. Some use velcro straps to secure the arms. I am not sure whether that is as an added precaution or whether they have the style of awnings that use those dodgy plastic clips to secure the arms?
I still have my Chev powered Volvo although now thinking it needs to go because there are too many registrations to pay. The Volvo club of which I am a member, had a national get together in Mudgee, which like all the other events, we didn't attend. That planted the Mudgee seed and how we finally ended up there. We found it a really pleasant place and somewhere to return.
Yes time does fly. The little guy is heading to high school while our daughter has just finished high school and is taking a gap year. Like ours were, your sojourns will be dictated to by school holidays. We are not out off the woods just yet either. She is due to start a job but has no licence and with just short of 3 hours driving on her L's, that's not going to change soon. Also with no public transport where we live and none too keen on my idea of riding the likes of a Vespa, guess who will have taxi duties?
It would be good to accidentally meet "on the road". Like to check out those suspension changes as well. We have our annual pilgrimage to a site in Tumut booked just after the main days of Easter. The plan is to head off before Easter somewhere, spend the main days of Easter at Coolamon where it's nice and quiet before heading to Tumut. That and any of our other journeys for a while are contingent on the requirements of the daughter's job and transport.
There is a master switch in the van which has tricked me when someone has inadvertently turned it off. That might be a good place to start and then check each of the fuses as you have suggested. The pumps are switched off most of the time. The fridge is a 12v compressor unit with a 240v power supply. Apparently the 240 power supply is prone to failure. Mine ticks like a time bomb but because the fridge automatically switches between 12 and 240 volts, I don't know whether mine has failed. That 240 volt supply is another thing that I better check or get rid of all together.
Our previous van had the Dometic 8300 awning and the current van (the one you saw) has the 8500. The 8500 has the much better latching mechanism and thicker vinyl etc, so I assume that;s what you now have? That said, it won't be too long before I will have to replace the vinyl on ours. A $15k repair bill would hurt. Hopefully it was only an excess on your part. Some use velcro straps to secure the arms. I am not sure whether that is as an added precaution or whether they have the style of awnings that use those dodgy plastic clips to secure the arms?
I still have my Chev powered Volvo although now thinking it needs to go because there are too many registrations to pay. The Volvo club of which I am a member, had a national get together in Mudgee, which like all the other events, we didn't attend. That planted the Mudgee seed and how we finally ended up there. We found it a really pleasant place and somewhere to return.
Yes time does fly. The little guy is heading to high school while our daughter has just finished high school and is taking a gap year. Like ours were, your sojourns will be dictated to by school holidays. We are not out off the woods just yet either. She is due to start a job but has no licence and with just short of 3 hours driving on her L's, that's not going to change soon. Also with no public transport where we live and none too keen on my idea of riding the likes of a Vespa, guess who will have taxi duties?
It would be good to accidentally meet "on the road". Like to check out those suspension changes as well. We have our annual pilgrimage to a site in Tumut booked just after the main days of Easter. The plan is to head off before Easter somewhere, spend the main days of Easter at Coolamon where it's nice and quiet before heading to Tumut. That and any of our other journeys for a while are contingent on the requirements of the daughter's job and transport.
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