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Thank you both, yes, definitely Chinese import item, I've contacted seller. It's a sealed unit, with one Negative wire coming out of it, wired straight through to the car. I'll check but I'd imagine that nothing would work if it was an earth issue. My speculation would be: 1) it is...

I had a cup of tea. Maybe an idea. If the running and brake lights are the same LEDs with some internal witchcraft to make them brighter when braking, and the brake light wire from the car is at 0v (as opposed to floating), and I connect them up, it would cause the other lights to go out. So...

Hi Ok, I admit this is nothing to do with a caravan....but the concept is the same. I just changed the lights on my little box trailer for LED units. The problem is simple, it all works until I connect the brake wire (red). The lights seem to be designed to use the same LED's for running and...

Our older van (1993 Abi Marauder) is more or less as you describe, a double bed/dinette with curtain one end, and a huge dining area/bed the other end. Bedtime is therefore no problem. As we have four kids, two of them go in £20 halfords pop up tents inside the awning (this avoids arguments...

A good article. My only comment (and I admit I'm nit picking) is that I take slight exception to the suggestion that a stabiliser hitch can improve the basic physics to a degree that a heavier load can be safely towed. I feel stabilisers are best viewed as devices to make a safe combination...

Thanks - the journey was Oswestry to Eastbourne, my longest tow yet. The original thinking behind M1 (which I agree is not intuitive) was avoiding the horrendous M5 roadworks and providing many more services options for young family that need regular toilet stops! At least that was the idea. In...

A moment of carelessness led to a small tear in the roof of our Compactalite 400 awning. Any recommended repair products or techniques, either temporary or longer term? Or even accounts of what hasn't worked! thanks.Tim

Never had a Land Rover. Always fancied one... They seem to be totally 'marmite' vehicles; love them or hate them. Forgive me for being totally pedantic but the original Shakespeare phrase is "all that glisters is not gold". An earlier sentence in the same speech might equally apply "O hell...

Welcome! :)

Unlike my first trip, I managed to park everywhere I tried to this time. I actually found Cobham pretty full on way there (I took last space) and full of motorhomes on journeys back, but I agree it's nicely setup, though spaces are a little bit short. The surprise was finding Oxford services...

Thanks all. (I would never stay more than 2 hours, I get tetchy after 20 minutes in service areas!) I've settled on M1 and will try out Cobham and see for myself!

I'm just musing which route is most likely to provide motorway services I can actually park in, as it's a longish journey with young kids. I'm leaning towards M1 as there are more services, and hence more possibilities, but I've not tried any of them with a caravan. I'm heading South onto M25...

I went for the rail, and the mess was glorious, but it was my first rail too!

It would be interesting to know what percentage of brand new caravan purchasers are content compared to the percentage of 2nd hand purchasers are content. Of course its impossible to compile such stats, but I'm reflecting that there are loads of benefits of buying private and 2nd hand as there...

Hi. That is rather a tricky one! If the 65kg is accurate, then given the car's good reviews as a tow car I would be suspicious there is something wrong or worn with the car's rear suspension otherwise many others would have the same issue. I think I'd verify the nose weight another way, such...