Recent content by graham_somersham

Whoops - Apologies, my brain was not working again and I went off about CO2 Back to topic though, I spoke to an chemical engineer friend last night and she said that for all intensive purposes in a real world situation the relative density of air and carbon monoxide are very similar and due to...

Are you sure about that Damian? I always understood CO2 to be 1.52 times the density of air. I can remember visiting a CO2 spa in Hungary a few years ago and the CO2 was certainly forming a layer under the surrounding air.

A voltmeter would give the output voltage of the charge controller if panel is connected in daylight. Either wait until it is dark or if you really have to know use a hydrometer as in old school battery testing. TBH it never concerns me too much as the charge level of the battery in going to...

Are you sure the Alde heating/water heater was on gas as it takes power from 240V by default and unless you set it the electric to off it will carry on using it. In my Delta I can get through 6kg of gas in 3 days when not on ehu which could indicate the Alde was drawing mains power for some of...

I normally take the wheels off myself and leave the caravan on axle stands and winter wheels while getting the tyres changed. I normally get a bit of extra discount for taking the wheels in as it saves the fitters a lot of agro and they can do the tyres when they have a few minutes to spare. It...

Obviously reading a different version of the magazine to me!

The black streaks are only grime that has washed down from elsewhere on the caravan so rather than constantly cleaning the streaks it is easier to wash the rest of the caravan down with a decent quality shampoo such as Autoglym and then give it a good polish. I normally use the Autoglym resin...

I have a 2010 Delta and on the 2kW setting it does struggle to get up to anything above 20C in very cold weather without some form of supplemantary heating or going to gas. A Delta is a big caravan to heat on just 2kW and for some reason Lunar decided not to fit the 3kW heating elemement which...

I doubt that you will get very far trying to get a warranty claim on this. If you think where the stones are coming from it is probably your towing vehicle trowing them up into the fron of the caravan. Should the vehicle manufacturer be responsible? Should the towbar fitter have advised that the...

IO have found that a piece of fine wet and dry rolled up will normally fit the female part of the connector but as others have said a quick spray with silcone will help prevent the corrosion as does keeping it in a dry state when not in use.

There was another company, could have been Suncamp or siimilar who had something like this but as far as I know they discontinued them last year or year before. I can't really see the point of them as they dont increse the storage area, you can't sit under them and the rain will still make the...

I can't think of anyone that would only use 250W a day when on ehu. In the winter I can pull as much as 50kW in a day in cold weather. 250W would not keep my fridge going for much more than an hour. I think you should try to get a better grip on the requirments and practical implemantion and...

PV panels are pretty cheap now. There were some 120W panels on ebay recently that went for about £90 or slightly less. 80W are even cheaper. Its simple to make a basic stand yourself and the controllers can be picked up easily for not a great amount (MPPT are still a bit dear). An hour spent...

It depends a lot on the condition of your battery and how much charge it will take which may not be the same as when you purchased it. Additionally if you are charging it on the built in charger you are unlikely to get a full charge due to the nature of most inbuilt caravan chargers. I have a...

I think I would be more critical of the caravan manufacturer than of Alde for specifying a pump that is not up to all year round caravanning. I probably get more use out of my Alde system than most as I caravan extensively during the winter months and the pump does get used a lot but despite it...