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Having finished the camper structural build, i'm now thinking about add ons, including evaporative cooling. Key question is: do these things work best recirculating air inside the space, or should they be mounted in a window or vent where they can pull in and cool fresh air in from outside the...

Its 4 months since I mounted my solar panels and almost all the mounts have cracked The questions now are why and what to do about it. The mounts were supplied by a solar panels supply company listed as specifically for motorhomes and caravans and so far their response is "its the screws...

Is it just my ignorance not searching for the right thing, or is there no form of standardised or common 12v power socket other that a cigarette lighter? That has to be one of the least fit for purpose designs ever, but unless you want to plug in a fork lift truck with an anderson plug i'm not...

i couldn't find this information on line anywhere before i took the plunge and bought them, so I figure others may benefit from my experience.....this is not an advertisment or a recommendation. Carbest seem to be a common alternative choice to Dometic Seitz S4 in Europe - similar look and...

Having seen a number of articles covering a paper on Cold Tube radiant cooling i wonder if it could be adapted for use in campers https://scitechdaily.com/cold-tube-invented-to-beat-the-summer-heat-more-efficiently-than-air-conditioning/ as far as I can tell its basically using cool water...

Should i fit an isolator switch to my solar panels in the same way i have one to the battery so i can disconnect all power to the camper wiring for storage/maintenance? And if so should it go between the panels and the controller or between the controller and the rest of the wiring? My guess is...

How feasible would it be to mount flexible solar panels onto something like a corrugated/trapezoidal section aluminium roofing sheet to make a lightweight panel that can then be mounted like a rigid panel with an air gap below? it would mean that there would be some parts of the PV panel...

Has anyone any specifically tried rivnuts as a blind fixing into fibreglass skin/ composite panels? I'm figuring that they would probably give a larger, more consistent flange on the back side than pop rivets and be stronger all round than self tapping screws into thin sheet material. But i'd...

i'm about to invest in a solar system for the roof of my slide-in camper. I'm planning on using Victron energy 175 watt panels as they are a good fit to my roof shape and dimensions and will allow me to add more pairs if I need to. The key question is whether to go monocrystalline or...

although its more of a barge than a yacht...... A couple of years in the planning, and now 6 months into the actual build Campalot (".......its only a model" - Monty Python quote-ish) has finally made it onto the truck for a successfull test drive Having spent much of the last 7 years on...

I've just discovered Google Timeline for the first time. Apart from the corporate big brother concerns this is so cool - its pretty much tracked my movements since Jan 2015 as we travelled through Canada the US, central and south America and now to Europe. Has anyone else played with this at all...

What are peoples' thoughts on buying into LiFePo4 batteries at the current price point, or are they likely to drop in price in the next year or so to the extent it would be worth buying an AGM now and upgrading in a year or two? for reference amazon UK is listing 100ah batteries at GBP160 for...

Having read this thread regarding stick on PV panels vs mounting with a clearance https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/solar-panel-roof-adhension.207666/ and seeing the comments about temperatures and panel efficiency, i've been thinking about combining a PV panel with a way of...

In preparation for my camper build, I'm thinking of making my own tie downs - I like the happijac tie downs as a neat looking system but to get some shipped to the UK more than doubles the online price with shipping and import taxes, and I hate giving the government any more money than I have...

Based on something sassthathoopie mentioned in another post, some countries (Europe, South Africa for example) limit a vehicle rear overhang to 60% of its wheelbase. UK legislation, probably europe-compliant, allows loads on vehicles to extend upto 1m behind the vehicle with no special...

Anyone done any 3D printing of camper components and have any lessons learnt or tips to share? I'm thinking of things like switch mountings, swivel fasteners/restraints. even up to roof fan ducts, extendable towing mirrors, fold down washbasin and custom window frames. Given the price of so many...

Starting a new thread away from the questions about extending vehicle heat/coolant circuit to the camper.... Could you extend the vehicle cab air conditioning to the camper space? I'm thinking could you take a dash aircon matrix (evaporator) and blower fan from a scrap vehicle, fit it into the...

I'm thinking of making some camper jacks myself from fibreglass pultruded profiles "inspired by" the basic Rieco Titan mechanical design attached - concentric tubes, single direction threaded rod, top thrust bearing. I'm UK based, so jacks this long are not widely available to buy, and are so...

After a day of steep and twisty mountain road driving i've just discovered my front brake pads on one side had started to squeal and turns out are now down to the rivets. I've got it just in time to save the disk and have managed to get some new pads, but it looks like the contributing factor is...

Short version - should i use pultruded fibreglass beams to build the floor and subframe of a hardside cab-over camper with cleated, bolted and glued joints? long version - i'm in the design phase for building a slide in cab-over camper design criteria hardside 3 season demountable - 30-40%...