Recent content by Andrew_5089094

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    Camping Cheque disgust me!!!

    Having had lots of problems with the gold card that we had from the start of the CC scheme, we used paper cheques. When our renewal came we had to pay to renew even though we should have twice the amount of loyalty points required we even called CC in France but not interested. We had a number...
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    Truma Water Heater Tripping Out Main RCD

    It does not have to be a dead short! The RCD is only looking for 30ma of fault current and this is in total, some other items will also generate a little fault current too. If your passing my way (Slough) I could take a look?
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    Shh its a secret new gas

    Yes but these are from Truma/BP and not refillable
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    Problem with mains circuit breaker

    I'm an NICEIC electrician, I try to use professional blinkers on holiday, I used to spend time in restaurants looking at the lighting etc... There has been quite a lot of talk on this site of electrical problems (I've been trolling through old threads) I am increasingly worried at the 'iffy'...
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    Extra power sockets

    I'm an NICEIC electrician, I try to use professional blinkers on holiday, I used to spend time in restaurants looking at the lighting etc... There has been quite a lot of talk on this site of electrical problems (I've been trolling through old threads) I am increasingly worried at the 'iffy'...
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    Abbey lancaster 1985 spring clean

    Try Fabreeze spray on all the furnishings, canvas proof in the shower cubicle and 'Bounce' (tumble dryer sheets) in all the cupboards etc they also keep vermin out (mice not chavs!). I'd also recomend getting use of a dehumidifier, on the other hand it might be the smell from the waste water...
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    New charger

    Have a look at this thread http://www.caravantalk.org.uk/forums//index.php?s=&showtopic=8326&view=findpost&p=58625
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    New to 'vans (ex VW camper) first tow...Hmmmmm

    Ha! They were digging up the whole site for new roads, after navigating around JCB's dump trucks, cones and other debris the bridge was a piece of cake.....Phew!
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    Question for rob_Jax

    Now to realy start a whole host of agro...... I run a 1.9 diesel non turbo Escort van for work, purchased with a full service history from a known source with 70,000. I got as did the first owner about 330 miles per tank full. For the last couple of years my mechanic has been trying to get me...
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    Sat Nav problems - your views

    For those with a PDA based Sat-Nav system 'Copilot' from ALK www.alk.com allows you to set your vehicle as an 'RV' this does avoid the cycle path size roads it thinks is so cleaver to send me down.....
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    New to 'vans (ex VW camper) first tow...Hmmmmm

    Right having decided at the ripe old age of 34, that we (My wife (Denise) and myself (Andrew)) that we would sell our VW T25 camper and get a caravan. We have purchased a '96 Swift Archway Barnwell and a '97 Vectra 2.5 V6 CDX. Anyway, I'm going to pick the van up from the dealer (Cosgrove Park)...
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    Heavy noseweight - advice needed

    My first post! I have just converted from VW Camper to 'van and have a Swift Archway Barnwell '96 I would be very interested in the spare wheel carrier!