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Vaseline on your studs helps, they do have a habit of becoming friends for life. ;)

Now you have shown a closer shot of your mats, I see they are the same ones as in Murky. I like the idea of the studs, I was planning on doing that for the drivers mat in Betty.

This was to generate mains electricity via some kind pre electronic alternator. Switched mode chargers like the victron ones are impressively efficient. I guess the only way to tell if a generator is up to spec. Is to put a resistive load on it. Then increase the load until it complains.

I can’t remember the numbers now, but when we were looking at running off grid the losses in a generator are horrible. Working in calories only about 10% resulted in electricity. The generator was better at making heat rather than electricity. My 1kva generator is rated at 900watts. Using two...

Mine bled doing the window blacking out. So don’t look to closely :(

You have one generator your happy with. The bigger one is heavier. Why not get another small one? Seems a cheaper option. And you don’t have to run both. If one dies you still have one.

We don’t want motor homes going faster, just this evening on our camp we saw one approach a blind corner on the wrong side of the road. Two way traffic and a 15mph speed limit. I’d say it was doing over 30mph.

Oh well I won't bother trying with Betty then. At least I can park in coach parking ;)

I'd like to have it good enough to MOT this year, but that's hoping.

It doesn't seem like a lot, but it feels like a big hurdle cleared to me. Now that the glass and aluminium panels are in place I can continue to insulate that side and think about building the shower room / WC area. I have already blacked out the lower part of the windows to allow for better...

Sounds like tiny vehicle to me ;) Good luck.

This is the little devil that kept Murky damp free last winter.

Have you ever thought about how far we've left behind camping in a tent. Carried by a bicycle, and cooking over a primus stove. There was a time when that was considered advanced.

I can't remember the name or even where it is, but for last winter when Murky was parked at home it was connected to the mains electric. Both Victron battery chargers spent all their time in storage mode. Into one of the mains sockets I plugged a little heater. 100 or 200 watts. Turns out it...

Sorry I've posted so much about rust holes, but I have found a lot :( I've tried to limit the doom and gloom, but older vehicles tend to have a lot wrong with them. Otherwise they'd be in service. I think stripping some of the gloss will show what it's really like to do a safe and strong self...

Too much work, it's over-running into Betty Build time :( Also waiting for the new window man to return and fit my windows.

Sometimes weather conspires against you. A couple of weeks ago I had some new window people remove some more glass. Very quick and the glass was intact. Better than me :( Then it rained and of and on continued to do so. Making it very difficult to repair the frames. The other problem was...

If that’s like the ones in Murky, it’ll pressure wash too.

Thank you for your input chaps. My intension is to use an underside locker. I really should take some measurements to see if they will really fit. At the moment the locker is in a very sorry state due to dangerous tyres being used. The hole in the locker has been repaired, but will need...

As Betty is running a 24 volt habitation electrical system I will be assembling an eight cell battery, looked after by a 200 amp BMS. At the moment I'm toying with what kind of links to use for making the battery. As the cells are prone to swell, more with aggressive use. (so I read) Some...