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Our van is a 2017 Essential Exceed Series II from Essential Caravans. The van is 21 foot, model 6.1, with a Queen bed up the front, kitchen with full oven, 3 way 190L fridge, microwave,...
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Recently bought AlfaOBD for the Jeep so I could do some programming to fix a leak on the air suspension. It’s been brilliant.. For the suspension, I was able to transfer the gas from the...
After updating the water pump and separating the water tanks (link to that blog post), we only had the one gauge and it was only on the front tank, so once switched to the second...
How old are tyres allowed to be? This post was prompted by a conversation today where I was told that my tyres are too old and should I have a blowout my insurance would be...
Our van is a 2017 Essential Exceed Series II from Essential Caravans. The van is 21 foot, model 6.1, with a Queen bed up the front, kitchen with full oven, 3 way 190L fridge, microwave,...
Recently bought AlfaOBD for the Jeep so I could do some programming to fix a leak on the air suspension. It’s been brilliant.. For the suspension, I was able to transfer the gas from the...
After updating the water pump and separating the water tanks (link to that blog post), we only had the one gauge and it was only on the front tank, so once switched to the second...
How old are tyres allowed to be? This post was prompted by a conversation today where I was told that my tyres are too old and should I have a blowout my insurance would be...
Two topics covered here – firstly how to easily fill the tanks so that they are actually full, secondly how to refill the tanks when free camping without dragging the van back to town. Filling...
I see a lot of questions come up about “how much solar do I need to charge my batteries”? Whilst the general consensus is double you battery AH in Watts (so a 100AH battery ideally...
We have a cupboard that had odd sized shelving, as it was designed to be three pull out pantry units, however the original owners had it converted to 9 shelves. These shelves are only 220mm...
This post was first published 29th November 2022, less than 24 hours after setting up Starlink for the first time. At that time I was really, really happy with it (and many months later I...
So how fast are you allowed to tow a caravan around Australia? If you just want to jump down to the relevant speeds for the state you want to know about, use these quick links:...
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