When we took our first 'van to our first site two years ago, we noticed another 'van hitched up ready to leave. It had a piece of some sort of white cable cover/insulation 'stuff' that was slit diagonally round and round its length so that it was slipped over both elaectric wires and kept them both well off the road without them being tight. I've seen lots of other people with their electric wires done up in some strange ways and some looking quite foolish. Does anyone know what this white cable covering is and where I can get some? It doesn't have to be white.
'Sleeve' to protect electics when towing.
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This sounds like the "cable tidies" sold for keeping computer cables neat and together. I think you can get it at B&Q, PC World and Currys. It comes in black.
We use the grey waste/water pipe, cut a piece of this to the length that you require and slit it length ways, then fit the cables inside. Hope this helps.
No more dragging cables.
Allyson
No more dragging cables.
Allyson
I have the "curly cables" which have been transferred from van to van for a few years.
No dragging
No dragging
I use corrugated flexible conduit for household wiring systems. It's available from electricians or d-i-y stores in various diameters to suit the number of cables you intend to pass through.
Our dealer showed us how to hitch up when we started. If you hold both plugs, then twist them a couple of times, this has the effect of shortening the cables. If you have an Alko stabiliser, you can thread both plugs through the handle before you put it in the closed position.
Hi
When I used to work for a cutain side trail compny we would use the long spring things with the hocks on. like the one that you get on the wast water caryer for holding the toilet castet on it.
All we used to do was rap it a round the wires.
it used to work on the drawbar uunits all the time.
Mark
When I used to work for a cutain side trail compny we would use the long spring things with the hocks on. like the one that you get on the wast water caryer for holding the toilet castet on it.
All we used to do was rap it a round the wires.
it used to work on the drawbar uunits all the time.
Mark
This sounds like what we do at present but doesn't look as tidy as set up on the van we saw at Blackshaw Moor CC site.
Lots of excellent sounding ideas but what we originally saw was as if a piece of 'plastic?' sleeving had been slit diagonally round and round its length so that if you stretched it out it would be one very long 'tape'. It could therefore protect cables of any diametre as it would stretch widthways and always look very neat. We may see the same van again some day and I'll ask the owners what it is and where they got it. Thanks anyway.
Just ask a Pro ;-)
http://www.mossplastics.com/mss/mss-pc.nsf/WebEngine?OpenAgent&cmd=category&category=XDER-6U8QV9-23138&ItemSort=DDINTERNALDIAMETERMM-MPPEN&ItemSortDir=D
Give them a call they may supply it in short lengths or tell you a stockists that does.
http://www.mossplastics.com/mss/mss-pc.nsf/WebEngine?OpenAgent&cmd=category&category=XDER-6U8QV9-23138&ItemSort=DDINTERNALDIAMETERMM-MPPEN&ItemSortDir=D
Give them a call they may supply it in short lengths or tell you a stockists that does.
Yep it probably is, but I've never seen it in B&Q. Moss plastics sell hundreds of thousand of plastic products and you can often get them in ones and twos. So if you loose a foot od you BBQ or need a plasti gromet plug to fill a hole in you caravan or awning frame. They are likely to heve it ;-)
I haven't got the contact deatils now but we have dealt with one of their outlets using card payment for direct sales of small quantities.
http://www.mossplastics.com . One of those companies that's good to know about even if you never use them ;-)
Supply all over Europe as well !
I haven't got the contact deatils now but we have dealt with one of their outlets using card payment for direct sales of small quantities.
http://www.mossplastics.com . One of those companies that's good to know about even if you never use them ;-)
Supply all over Europe as well !
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