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Just as quick note to say Phil (Millie) that my daughters van has been repaired and it's a great job they replaced the bottom side panel and replaced the complete drivers door, it now looks in fine fettle and the daughter is over the moon with it. Phil

I put one that I bought off Amazon into my Daughters build, the exhaust I made up from diesel heater exhaust and fitted dometic fridge vents and it's working beautifully. These cheap Chinese fridges have the same exhaust as the more well known big brands but are a lot lower down due to the...

I have found that very little water ever enters the fridge vents on any of the vehicles I have converted, yes some enters if the rain is horizontal through gale force winds but then very few if any vents are going to prevent that. So short of adding a closing vent or small opening/closing...

Hi Phil, yes the site as it stands does not now host as many posts as it used to, wether this is because self builds are having a decline is not certain but certainly I have noticed that it now seems days between posts and nowere near the amount of newbi questions to keep the site busy, I...

Just as quick search and found this but there are many more. https://share.google/N1SFGgvyNXsPwNuoW Phil.

If you only want the inverter to charge your laptop, then cut out all the hassle and just use a cigar 12volt type socket with a small plug in type 300w inverter ( Pure sinewave, but I've never found it necessary) because that's all you need for any laptop/phone or tablet. That's what I've used...

I haven't done an MOT test for 24 years now but I feel sure that the testing rules have not changed significantly as far as modifications are concerned. I feel that any spacer put into the steering column to extend the hieght of the steering wheel would be down to the MOT testers discretion...

Sorry Phil, I don't often check out the site now a days as there doesn't seem to be many posts going on, don't know if there are less folk building thier own now or they are confident enough to go it alone. Still my daughters van is being repaired at this point in time by a "Specialist"...

But this was posted mainly because of this spray foam vs insulation board discussion and just goes to show that you never know when welding is going to be required. Phil

Unfortunately Trev the police were not involved, my daughter was at work when it happened and so knew nothing of what had happened until she got home. Luckily there was such a loud crash that it brought out all the neighbours and so the girl was forced to leave her phone number by the folk...

Would you believe it, you couldn't credit it, yesterday evening a daffy 17year old girl side swiped my daughters motorhome (The one I've just spent 5 months building) it was parked up on a wide road where cars and vans can park on both sides of the road and still have plenty of room for two way...

With drug laden pillocks aside, I have to say having been in the repair trade mechanical and bodywork, the fact that spray foam can not easily be re.oved before welding was the main part of why I chose Celo tex or equivalent for other vehicles that I've built because sods or Murphys law in...

This weekend we are off as a family en convoy to a C+C rally in Cheddar and as the daughters new van has reached the 90k mark and is well into its second 5 year period for cambelt, I decided Yesterday to change the belt and tensioner. The belt kit from my local factor was £108 a Gaites belt so...

Thanks Phil, to be honest I only put the photos up because I'd started the thread and thought I should show the finished product. But the photos don't show the technical head aches I went through on this one, as the space usable made it difficult to fit everything in. Phil

Thanks Mates, I have convinced myself that this really will be the last. Phil

I know I stopped posting about my daughters van build but I thought I'd post some photos of the finished article. My daughter on site with us in Darley Dale near Matlock this weekend, on a Camping and caravan rally. Phil.

As I said there is always a reason, glad you finally sorted it. Phil Very odd though as the two 155s that I have installed in the past both switch on and off the front and rear light power when the power switch is operated.

Just as thought do the other lights extinguish when the power button is pressed off? It could be if they do but the touch sense lights don't that the touch lights have a capacitor and don't turn off immediately till the capacitor has disopated. Have you waited any time after you have pressed...

I think you will have to do as I suggested in cutting the slate wire close to the unit, that way you know for sure that there is no other connections in the circuit and if it still does not go on and off with the power button there has to be a fault in the unit itself. If it does go on and off...

When you say you re earthed it, are you saying that there was a short to earth then?