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Have you measured the battery box to confirm the max size of battery it can hold? You may be surprised that it's bigger than you think🤔

I use Greased Lightning and lots of Micro Fibre cloths works well for the whole van. You need to change the application cloth on a regular basis. Being waterless it means I can clean the van anywhere, even on site 😱 For getting rid of green there is nothing better than Patio Magic, just spray...

Check hitch weight before I leave home 80kg Weigh car and caravan 3200 kg Drive forward until car is off the weighbridge Weigh caravan 1420kg Caravan total weight = 1500kg. (1420 +80) Car weight when towing 1780kg (3200-1420)

Schh don't tell everyone. We have been there a few times visiting friends in the area. Lovely site I have spent ages talking to Roy 😉 Don't forget the site has decent WiFi as well🤔

The alarm I had on the boat used to send me a SMS if it was triggered. Simple thing to add for most alarms

I have one of each🤔 It's only the colour that is not UV stable in the blue ones so they can fade but still work ok

Specialised Cover for our Affinity. Wish I had got the taller one that covers the front roof window. Other than that it's great.

I've cut mine down as much as I can. USB sockets off TV off at the wall Solar controller in cupboard so hidden Radio TV amp etc in cupboard so hidden Not noticed the CO or smoke alarm flashing Things that do shine Fridge I hang a tea towel over the display WiFi router turned round so lamps...

Not only that it affects fuel consumption. Coming up Thursday with a following SW breeze achieved 34mpg, going back last time with the similar wind but head on it was 29mpg.

We came up to Cambs on Thursday, due to leave Tuesday to go back to Devon, may consider delaying a day for the winds.

We never use flush additive as I see no need for it, you don't add it to the cistern at home🤔 Also as it's only water and 10kg will take us over the MTPLM I empty it every time before moving the van, the same with the Aldi hot water tank.

Just be careful not to run the battery down too far. I have some decent monitoring equipment on my system so know exactly how discharged the battery is at any moment in time, so I can sail close to the wind with it all. At present:

Who said it was a lead acid battery 🤔 Whilst what you say is true for LA batteries I prefer LiPh. I could take it down to 5% and so long as I didn't do it every day it will still outlast me😉 I prefer 10 to 20% as it gives the battery an easier life...

I turn my charger off, and leave the solar panel on taking care of the charging, only switching the charger on if the battery gets down to less than 20%. Tonight it's a 74% it may still be above 20% on Monday when we leave. Only things on EHU are the Fridge, microwave and heating all the rest...

When our TT was written off I asked the ins co to replace it as I couldn't get one the of same spec for the money they offered. They tried and failed then spent £6.5k repairing our one £2.5k more than they had first offered and £2k more than we paid for it in the first place.