Recent content by paulsutt

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    Awning size for Fleetwood Colchester 1500-2(berth) yr1990

    Hi I wonder if anyone can help! We are looking to buy an awning for our caravan. But we aren't sure of the size. We've been told an 850cm will fit but was wondering if someone could confirm this before we buy the wrong size! As caravan is not here we can't get to it for a while so can't...
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    Sealed battery

    We have two, one as you have described and another which has seperate plugs...so both are not sealed. Thanks for replies! Cheers Paul
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    Sealed battery

    Sounds like a really daft question again! We've just bought a diamond leisure battery and new charger. Is this a sealed battery? As charger has a switch for normal/sealed thanks
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    Replacing skylight

    Must admit I prefer this option! Van is fleetwood Colchester with 400mm skylights.
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    Replacing skylight

    Should say shower one was offset!
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    Replacing skylight

    This may seem like a daft question? I've already replaced one of the old skylights on our van. However I'm wondering how I go about replacing the one that is smack in centre of roof ( the shower one was odder so I could get to it on roof simply by leaning over using ladders) obviously there is...
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    Electrics/genny/battery question

    ..thanks ..er just wondering (sounding thick again!!)...the switch on charger says MAINS on one side....does it need to be switched to mains to charge?...or the other way?
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    Electrics/genny/battery question

    :-) ..i've no idea in db how much quieter the Honda is, but yes obviously it is...but in our case paying another
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    Electrics/genny/battery question

    Hi, ..yes genny is definately 4 stroke with 50hz output, so shouldn't be a problem with electrics
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    Electrics/genny/battery question

    Hi, ..yes sorry the genny is an IG1000, we purchased it brand new for
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    Electrics/genny/battery question

    Hi, ..yes sorry the genny is an IG1000, we purchased it brand new for
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    Electrics/genny/battery question

    ..we've just bought a Clarke 1000w generator. The main reason being to charge up our battery in the day as we are on a long waiting list for ehu! Our van is a Fleetwood Colchester 1990 and we are very new to this! ..now i've done a lot of research before buying this and i realise that these...
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    Gas shut off valve locations

    hi Tony Thanks for your reply..i think by the sounds of it our van just has the valves by the cooker..can;t see any anywhere else!...fingers crossed everything should work once gas is hooked up on weekend Cheers Paul
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    Gas shut off valve locations

    Hi, only joined yesterday and this is my second question already so apologies! We will be connecting the gas up on the weekend on our Fleetwood Colchester (all pipes etc ok)..however after looking at the instructions (these are fairly generic ones not just for the Colchester model) they give...
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    12v

    ..thanks everyone for the advice..makes sense now! i don't want to run before i can walk but i'm fairly sure (can't check caravan today) that we only have approx 3 240 sockets in the van. I can't remember seeing any 12v cig type sockets at all. ..we do know a very good electrician..i was just...