Tam & co the great winter escape

[Northernraider]

Man its bleeding roasting in here. This oven heats the whole van .

 

[mikebeaches]

Good luck with the new wheels Tam - soon be ready for more adventures. Looks a cool outfit.

 

[Littlewheels]

Moving house is seriously stressful . Ive been at it for hours.

This is one battery bank.
View attachment 605697the othe one is under the floor , this is the b2b charger View attachment 605698this is the water filtration system and tank.....feck knows how that all works.
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I'll take other pics later once im finished moving in

I believe its a Osmosis filtration system that provides crystal clear clean water,pretty much takes care of itself although the three filters that you can see need changing periodically. We have the same system fitted……but in a house.

 

[CazPaul]

I believe its a Osmosis filtration system that provides crystal clear clean water,pretty much takes care of itself although the three filters that you can see need changing periodically. We have the same system fitted……but in a house.

Sounds an expensive system.

 

[Littlewheels]

Tam a few days ago you appeared in a bit of a depressive state so many issues to deal with,home life,Dogs,Vario,Caravan,Work consideration,and so on, l personally am both amazed and delighted that in pretty short order you have turned it around. Congratulations,happy days ahead… and more entertainment for your followers.

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[Minxy]

Tam ref a bed, how about making the front dinette up as a bed and leaving it like that with the dogs beds on the side sofa then using the rear lounge for slobbing around, meals etc?

 

[Jamesh]

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Sounds an expensive system.

Expensive to install, but useful if going off the beaten track where water quality is deli belly inducing...

You'll only need to replace filters on a usage basis which on a MH isn't going to be massive.

 

[pagey]

Just thought the organ hoist aka the desk could you utilise the electric motors to tilt solar panels but having not seen them I may be talking out of my exhaust

 

[Northernraider]

Tam ref a bed, how about making the front dinette up as a bed and leaving it like that with the dogs beds on the side sofa then using the rear lounge for slobbing around, meals etc?

Im gonna try the drop down for a few nights and see how that works out

 

[Minxy]

Just thought the organ hoist aka the desk could you utilise the electric motors to tilt solar panels but having not seen them I may be talking out of my exhaust

I had the same thought but don't think the motors will be strong enough to lift his massive array.

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[pagey]

Not talking about his wallet just a couple of panels

I had the same thought but don't think the motors will be strong enough to lift his massive array.

 

[Minxy]

Im gonna try the drop down for a few nights and see how that works out

I noticed it actually comes down quite low and with the seating to use as steps to get in and out I should imagine you'll be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to use, your own little Bedouin tent ... just don't go filling it with loads of concubines.

 

[Langtoftlad]

I've lost count... how many vans has Tam got on his poor Mum's drive...?
3, 4?

 

[Feltwell]

I think you're missing an obvious opportunity with the "sunken lounge" at the back - get hold of those actuators for the desk, you could have your own Wurlitzer organ rising from the depths, like in Blackpool Tower!



I've got my coat.....

 

[Northernraider]

I've lost count... how many vans has Tam got on his poor Mum's drive...?
3, 4?

Just the vario and caravan. Im out in the street in the euramobil. But heading south tomorrow teatime. Vario will be going when i get back .. caravan hopefully not long after that

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[Carol]

You don't mess around Tam, so much better to sort problems out than worry about them for to long, well done you.

 

[Jamesh]

I've lost count... how many vans has Tam got on his poor Mum's drive...?
3, 4?

You can see his MHs from space!!!

 

[Northernraider]

You can see his MHs from space!!!

You actually can

 

[Northernraider]

Right off to bed . My 2 battery monitors tonight read 292ah and 379ah. They were at 300ah and 400ah when sun went down.

Fridge is on the big circuit , only a few lights and water pump etc used on the smaller circuit.

Be interesting to see how long it takes tomorrow to put back to full.

 

[Bustup15]

Looks brilliant for fulltiming, congratulations on your wise purchase. That water filtration system would turn p!ss into drinking water, stay off grid even longer.

I think you missed the point. Can the filtration system turn Tennants into something drinkable

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[tonyidle]

Don't they recommend you don't use stainless fasteners in aluminium because of the galvanic reaction ? I think passivated bolts are the way to go, but I could be wrong and not for the first time !

It's a theory I've often heard. Galvanic reaction is a fact and afflicts steel as well. It has never caused me a problem or even been noticeable except when using stainless self-tappers in aluminium. Self-tappers force their way into metal-to metal contact and invariably cause corrosion in aluminium - but then so does any other metal. In the case of exposed bolts in the back panel the heads will be against coated aluminium and, more importantly, they'll survive Winter salt spray.

 

[MaidinDevon]

Tam, I think you could have a sideline career, sourcing and negotiating deals on vans for the funster collective. Maybe even international!



Karen

 

[Northernraider]

It's a theory I've often heard. Galvanic reaction is a fact and afflicts steel as well. It has never caused me a problem or even been noticeable except when using stainless self-tappers in aluminium. Self-tappers force their way into metal-to metal contact and invariably cause corrosion in aluminium - but then so does any other metal. In the case of exposed bolts in the back panel the heads will be against coated aluminium and, more importantly, they'll survive Winter salt spray.

On this van the body isn't aluminium the hymer was but this is grp.

That said i don't want to leave the bolts in so i will try to fill with GRP filler. And then ill figure a way to discreetly cover them.

Fortunately they are in 2 straight lines so a wide pinstripe to match the original graphics would likely do the job.

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

I think you missed the point. Can the filtration system turn Tennants into something drinkable

You would have to change the filters after every can, so not cost effective!

 

[Dutch 68]

We are waiting for a picture of tam and wissel with lots of tools and a detailed report of works to be carried out really

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[nicholsong]

We are waiting for a picture of tam and wissel with lots of tools and a detailed report of works to be carried out really

Who is going to volunteer as camera man?

 

[Northernraider]

We are waiting for a picture of tam and wissel with lots of tools and a detailed report of works to be carried out really

Well the rear lounge currently looks like this.

Its full of mercedes parts.

Just having some lunch before i head south. Will need to fill up with lpg on route.

Vario is now empty, batteries charged and ive had it out for a wee drive. Boy is it noisy with thise window panels in ...but it started first flick of the key , air tanks full in under a minute .. and drives ok ... tyres are hard as no weight in it but its ready to go.

Mums in a foul mood today im starting to wonder if its brain deteriation as she was happy and full of beans yesterday z today she's a bloody misery.

I also discovered its not rusty steel brackets hes used on the solar they are just painted brown. But regardless id rather lower the panels a bit as dont need to be that high up.

 

[jannyman]

Just having some lunch before i head south. Will need to fill up with lpg on route.

Safe journey Tam! Keep us posted please. (This saga is better than any telly programme!! )

 

[gus-lopez]

But i took the bigger frankia all around Spain and Portugal and never felt i missed anything

& the mayor of Cartagena has just posted " Oh God that Tam Northernraider has just bought another tag"

Just thought the organ hoist aka the desk could you utilise the electric motors to tilt solar panels but having not seen them I may be talking out of my exhaust

I was going to ask whether when you strip out the motors you could post some photo's so we can see what was used?

 

[Wissel]

Northernraider If you can't get LPG on the way, there's a place 5 mins from here.

I know they had a new delivery yesterday as I filled up myself this morning.

They are open tomorrow and Saturday.

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