Recent content by Duckato

eBay classified is ok, I sold my last van via that, buyer gave me a £500 deposit and paid the balance via bank transfer prior to collection so no hi risk paypal involved. FB marketplace can get quick results only downside is dealing the some very weird or often completely illiterate people so...

Personally I would have used contact adhesive bondit is reasonably priced for a 5l can it is instant stick so a one shot go though so probably using smaller pieces of pir would be sensible. If one of the surfaces had been porous then bog standard dirty cheap vinyl flooring adhesive is...

@SethsVan Move your negative to the bottom battery for better balance. It is good practice to connect an inverter direct to the battery using the shortest and thickest cables possible especially if the intention is to use it near max capacity (not really recommended at 12v other than very...

Yes, if any warm moist air can get to the void then they can suffer from massive amounts of condensation, I work on many ex Ambulances and people are often told by sales persons they are well insulated which for the vast majority they are absolutely not, most PVC conversion have voids...

My vote is bright! Far safer on our plebiscite filled roads and Sulphur Yellow (RAL1016) does stealth ok as well!

@contravertial You need to better qualify your reasoning if like me you have a lithium bank plus a high output b2b then the ability to charge at high current during a drive can to a degree negate having solar, however I would never be without solar simply because we are then free to be off grid...

Yep it’s probably an ex minibus/welfare van, it was badly registered by the supplying dealer with the DVLA so lots of info missing online it may be an M1 so that could be expensive VED. Most post 2012 minibuses are a bad purchase now because of the potentially expensive Ved.

Main problem with mains lighting will be safety and integrity of the installation and reliability. Domestic light fittings are large and awkward to use most aren’t designed for being rattled to death. Once upon a time I had intended to adapt some nice copper domestic fittings for 12v using gu10...

After tripping and cracking my margarine tub thin plastic garbage shower tray and before I fitted a Stainless Steel shower tray I bought a small roll of this stuff just in case! It might be overkill for something as simple as a cracked roof light but could be very handy for things like water...

@Squiffy I have mixed views of SV tech, Steve there messed me about something rotten after I discovered two of their previous customers had not sent the paperwork off to the DVLA on two separate occasions. He refused point blank to provide copies of the original paperwork, it was all a bit...

@Darcar Don't use Stick pins as a permanent fixture they do not hold very long when something like the van roof gets hot in the sun. FYI there are still plenty of places doing spray foam, look for companies that do refrigerated vans and boat hulls e.g. https://www.mpinsulations.co.uk/ If you...

I had a camos dome on my sprinter, same thing happened dome went brittle and cracked, I bought one from road pro fitted it and promptly drove it into a low branch, thinking the worse I was surprised to find it was ok! They are quite flexible when new! I too now have a mechatronic 85cm dish as...

@Darcar That’s an interesting bit of fabrication only striking thing me is the extensive rear overhang with no departure angle, but obviously that would only be a problem in rare circumstances.

yep the mot is a bit of a pita, as an Ambulance it would have been class IV but when presented as a private commercial vehicle it becomes a bit more involved, my 5000 dually sprinter had one HGV test done by the trader I bought it from with tacho exception but all the rest once it could be...

@Squiffy, funnily enough personally I have seen a few bonded windows becoming detached or partially detached its probably more common than than solar panels becoming frisbees but usually without the potentially dangerous consequences. Occasionally there's some history before the failure that if...