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  1. SquirrellCook

    Looks like I might have to get around to fitting solar panel soon.

    Looks like a lot of panel for your pennies :)
  2. SquirrellCook

    Violating a Princess!

    Slow progress, but it is progress. Bags and air chambers removed to aid cleaning and painting. Structure has been added to have a gas locker on the left hand side and a home for the calorifier on the right hand side. The Gas locker will be panelled on the inside to help with the inevitable...
  3. SquirrellCook

    Solar fitted 🤣🤣

    If you haven't done so, or don't have access, mastic over both sides of the rivets that penetrate the roof. The have a habit of leaking through the rivet.
  4. SquirrellCook

    Floor covering

    I find mine very cold when wandering around with naked feet.
  5. SquirrellCook

    OMG - NOT ANOTHER Solar panel question !! ??

    Remember I didn't type this!! Use a sticky backed panel and stick it to your ribs. Try not to let it sag too much. In the spaces under the panel, spray foam insulation. You can get versions that don't expand too much. When fully set trim the escaped foam with a sharp knife. Seal the edges...
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    OMG - NOT ANOTHER Solar panel question !! ??

    https://www.onboardenergydirect.co.uk/shop/New-Victron-MultiPlus-Inverter-Charger-24-1200-25-16.html#SID=41 I'd have liked to have smaller, but it's knowing how low can you go with it making objectional noises. I just switched on my fridge in Murky to try and load the panels, but it only pulled...
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    OMG - NOT ANOTHER Solar panel question !! ??

    With each coach I have very big windscreens and I had thought about a couple of small panels to hold up the 24 volt engine batteries. The Betty build is getting a mulitplus, so that will look after them if I leave it on all the time.
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    OMG - NOT ANOTHER Solar panel question !! ??

    The wave form of my undulations are very slight. Over 300 - 400mm maybe a rise and fall of about 10mm. The flatter I can get the roof the less chance of hearing that horrible crunch sound that suggests you've damaged the panel.
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    OMG - NOT ANOTHER Solar panel question !! ??

    The Miasol have not been fitted yet due to a mixture of poor weather and an undulating GRP roof. The uneven roof I'm fixing by packing PU insulation under the steel work. The next bit is in the hands of the gods. The paint is pealing, so it needs a heavy sanding before recoating. Once cured...
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    OMG - NOT ANOTHER Solar panel question !! ??

    The reason I went down the Miasol route was not primarily the fact they were flexible and had an adhesive backing. I'm interested in the adverse condition performance. In ideal conditions all the panels I've tried seem to work well. I do see a problem for you Robert. By the time you sanded...
  11. SquirrellCook

    Selecting the right inverter for an AC Fridge

    This is the little devil that makes domestic fridges hard to play with. http://www.carbonbrush.com/8ea.pdf
  12. SquirrellCook

    When it comes to van you converted, what was your worst decision?

    For me, deciding on how long it was being kept for. Nothing worse than going back to fix a problem you knew was going to bite you.
  13. SquirrellCook

    Violating a Princess!

    You are correct Trev, but remember I'm working in a housing estate. There is only so much you can get away with outside. As I've typed before the steel that would most benefit from shot blasting is impossible to get at without stripping of the body. Yes hot rolled hollow section mill scale...
  14. SquirrellCook

    Violating a Princess!

    Still progress is slow. This is from Saturdays efforts and Sunday's was not much better. Anita assures me I'm making progress, but think I'm just making a mess :(
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    F$%$K What an Idiot I AM - Just Blew the Inverter !!!

    No local recycling centres?
  16. SquirrellCook

    Sprinter switch removal

    I don't know if it's possible with the Merc switch, but sometimes it's possible to remove the switch face and reverse it.
  17. SquirrellCook

    Cheap Little Battery MONITOR - But How Good Is it ?

    The maxim chip size http://www.vishay.com/docs/83247/83247.pdf
  18. SquirrellCook

    Cheap Little Battery MONITOR - But How Good Is it ?

    I purchased something like that a few years back for a power supply project. When it turned up and I finally found it in the packaging I couldn't see it's legs!!
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    F$%$K What an Idiot I AM - Just Blew the Inverter !!!

    Good job it was fused then. Let's hope the fuses were fast enough and the inverter survived.
  20. SquirrellCook

    Solar Panel Questions

    I doubt if the price will drop, since I've been looking at them the price has risen. That said in the US they are much cheaper, it just a case of getting sensible postage.
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