Tam & co the great winter escape

[Northernraider]

Well, made a mess of that, the attachment is Tams, his lunch stop today

Today lunch was at eurotunnel.....now in Belgium

 

[Northernraider]

As if I don't have enough probs with the van my phone is now playing silly buggers and isn't charging properly....

 

[Blossom]

Tam, I believe its not until January 2022 but you could start paying roaming charges on your phone, depending who your provider is.
I am with EE and it will be £2 per day if I use my phone whilst in the EU.

 

[Figaro]

Tam, I believe its not until January 2022 but you could start paying roaming charges on your phone, depending who your provider is.
I am with EE and it will be £2 per day if I use my phone whilst in the EU.

That would be really expensive on a decent length, ie 90 day trip £180 eek - we'll be needing a work around

 

[Riverbankannie]

That would be really expensive on a decent length, ie 90 day trip £180 eek - we'll be needing a work around

I phoned them up (EE) and asked for a code to leave. Refused all instant offers and said just send me the code. An hour later a manager called and offered a better deal than my old one and then I pushed for free EU roaming, which I got.
Always worth a try.

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[Figaro]

It'll be interesting when you go to EU next year to see if you actually get free roaming ?

 

[Riverbankannie]

It'll be interesting when you go to EU next year to see if you actually get free roaming ?

Yes, I have checked on my account details that it is there.
Sorry Tam, thread hijack alert, my fault.

 

[Ronny]

No

Never knew i had to but im here now im Tournai

Oh you missed Ypres, a fantastic place to stop but glad you’ve made it so far

 

[Eggs]

As if I don't have enough probs with the van my phone is now playing silly buggers and isn't charging properly....

It's a good thing that there is two kinds of luck or you wouldn't have any.

 

[Winger]

If it’s an iPhone it will probably have a little bit of fluff in the charge point, get something small like a pin to remove it

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[Jays2]

Not so sure on your fridge not working on 12 volts!
Ours does not work on 12 volts.
We live in Lockerbie, and travel the route to Dover in the day.
If we have put the frozen food in the freezer it will be still solid at Dover with no working freezer.
So if your freezer had not kept the temperature whilst driving ( assuming it was switched to gas whilst stopped and our night)
I would say it’s not working on gas as well.

 

[Northernraider]

Tam, I believe its not until January 2022 but you could start paying roaming charges on your phone, depending who your provider is.
I am with EE and it will be £2 per day if I use my phone whilst in the EU.

I am with ee but I was led to believe if you had an exsusting contract with them that they honoured the free roaming

 

[Northernraider]

If it’s an iPhone it will probably have a little bit of fluff in the charge point, get something small like a pin to remove it

It's a samsung but I've cleaned out the port etc ....but when I connect its saying nearly 3 hours to charge and it's at 50% already....normally about 40 minutes


3 different cables all saying the same. It should have been fully charged in the 90 minutes it took to drive here from calais

 

[Phill D]

I am with ee but I was led to believe if you had an exsusting contract with them that they honoured the free roaming

that is true Tam, and you can have a add on when you renew that allows all calls and txts and 50gb of data in the EU. its my belief that if you just allow your current contract to run on past its normal expiry date then your current allowance in the EU is maintained. however, how long that will last

 

[Phill D]

It's a samsung but I've cleaned out the port etc ....but when I connect its saying nearly 3 hours to charge and it's at 50% already....normally about 40 minutes


3 different cables all saying the same. It should have been fully charged in the 90 minutes it took to drive here from calais

is your van usb socket low current output? or are you using the charger on mains.

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[Blossom]

I am with ee but I was led to believe if you had an exsusting contract with them that they honoured the free roaming

Yes your right I’ve just Googled it to make sure. Thats Good for you, unfortunately I just changed to EE a couple of months ago and although I got a good deal will have to pay the roaming if I go to the EU

 

[BriannYe]

 

[gus-lopez]

It's a samsung but I've cleaned out the port etc ....but when I connect its saying nearly 3 hours to charge and it's at 50% already....normally about 40 minutes


3 different cables all saying the same. It should have been fully charged in the 90 minutes it took to drive here from calais

I had that with mine. It still needed more cleaning. I couldn't believe how much muck had got in thr in no time at all.
To stop it happening again I now use a magnetic adapter ,one half of which stays in the phone socket permanently. The other half on the fast charge lead.

 

[Just smiffy]

It's a samsung but I've cleaned out the port etc ....but when I connect its saying nearly 3 hours to charge and it's at 50% already....normally about 40 minutes


3 different cables all saying the same. It should have been fully charged in the 90 minutes it took to drive here from calais

I think your just not getting the amps where you have the charger plugged in to…

 

[Northernraider]

that is true Tam, and you can have a add on when you renew that allows all calls and txts and 50gb of data in the EU. its my belief that if you just allow your current contract to run on past its normal expiry date then your current allowance in the EU is maintained. however, how long that will last

Yes mine was due for renewal last December but i kept my old phone and just continued it but at £10 a month now with unlimited calls and texts and 20gb data

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[Northernraider]

is your van usb socket low current output? or are you using the charger on mains.

Its been on the fast 12v charger ive always used ... only started doing this today

 

[Lenny HB]

No

Never knew i had to but im here now im Tournai

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I think you need one for Germany as well.

 

[Just smiffy]

Its been on the fast 12v charger ive always used ... only started doing this today

But if the amps aren’t being pushed into your fast charger….. it ain’t going to go fast…

 

[Scotch mist]

I had a similar starting problem with my Renault master van , thought it was glow plugs but turned out to be a split in the rubber ball primer , I noticed it when a friend was cranking it over , I seen an air bubble through the clear fuel lines , easily missed , although it was drawing air it wasn’t leaking fuel

 

[Northernraider]

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I think you need one for Germany as well.

Does anyone ever look at them?

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[Northernraider]

But if the amps aren’t being pushed into your fast charger….. it ain’t going to go fast…

But why would it only start playing up today? Tablet charges ok just the bloody phone

 

[Just smiffy]

But why would it only start playing up today? Tablet charges ok just the bloody phone

Ah, I thought you only just tried it in the van for the first time….

 

[Colino]

But why would it only start playing up today? Tablet charges ok just the bloody phone

Maybe the charger or even the cable. Im was always renewing cables. I usually by a few at a time.

 

[Jaws]

Tam, I believe its not until January 2022 but you could start paying roaming charges on your phone, depending who your provider is.
I am with EE and it will be £2 per day if I use my phone whilst in the EU.

Depends on how long you have been with them.. Its quite complex but you have to read all the T's and C's

That would be really expensive on a decent length, ie 90 day trip £180 eek - we'll be needing a work around

£2 a day Orrrr £10 a month

 

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Not in our experience but it’s guaranteed they will if you don’t have them!

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