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@lithgowlights859 11 сағат бұрын
Brilliant idea regarding the filter, adding the brass connections. We do plan on doing a similar thing when we get our van next year, so thanks for the tip regarding brass. As for the stone protection, we plan on sticking to sealed roads, but this is Australia, so there's likely to be road works for the last (and next) 6 months on some sections of highway, throwing you on poorly, or unsealed roads for anything up to a few km at a time. It only takes one rock in the wrong place to crack a water pipe, smack an electrical cable, or even hit the handle of a tank drain, leaving you with big issues. Simple split conduit protection of electrical cables, split foam insulation on water pipes, mudflaps at the front of the van, and strategic underbody stone guards made from shade cloth can cost just a few hundred dollars in total, but extend the life of the exposed parts massively, and thus give you a higher chance of a problem-free holiday. I do like your idea of metal valves as well. Oh and you earned a new subscriber too - thanks for the video
@Richard-Tanya 10 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and interacting with us, we just wanted to share our experience so far and are aware that one size does not fit all when it comes to these things, but if just a couple of things jog something that you hadn't thought of then our work is done :) Thanks for the support!
@michaelarcus5917 7 күн бұрын
Hi Richard, ice just warched your video and im doing the same thing, just curious. Can the fridge pull amps from the battery given its off the Y piece anderson? Cheers Michael
@Richard-Tanya 5 күн бұрын
Hi, thanks for commenting/watching, The fridge cannot pull amps from the caravan battery as the Y lead goes straight to my Victron 100/50 DC DC charger and there is no voltage on the input side until it is plugged into the car, however you do need to disconnect the anderson from the car when parking up for any overnight or extended stops as it will pull current from your car battery if left connected :)
@lianedegville3093 Ай бұрын
This was the type of information I needed before taking my new inflatafence away (no room at home for a test run). Thanks!
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
@@lianedegville3093 thanks for watching:)
@msk.8650 Ай бұрын
How many dogs do you have while travelling? What breed and size are they? Did they get used to the fencing quickly?
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
We have 3 American Cocker Spaniels, and yes other than one of our dogs thats an escape artist, they are all fine. Amber our oldest is always looking to escape and find food so she will test any setup!!
@jamieobrien155 Ай бұрын
Great video mate very informative.
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching :)
@chrisminas1081 Ай бұрын
Hi Mate , what size wire was it before you used 6 B&S
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
@@chrisminas1081 it would have been 8 b+s or there about, way too thin :)
@chrisminas1081 Ай бұрын
@@Richard-Tanya Hi Richard , I am doing the same with a dcdc25amp charger that 8 BS is sufficient. I did questioned it though
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
@@chrisminas1081 I’m guessing it may depend on the charger, I never had a problem with my camper trailer, using a projecta dcdc, but with the Victron it was having none of it, if you check out my build series on my caravan electrics you will see my setup :)
@chrisminas1081 Ай бұрын
@@Richard-Tanya Thanks Richard. I will look at your setup. Keep up the videos
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
@@chrisminas1081 Thanks for watching :)
@MegaAnufriev Ай бұрын
Nice camping at Lang Lang!
@Ryze_GetPumpedYT Ай бұрын
Is that lake bolac?
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
Well spotted :)
@Blbbbb Ай бұрын
Where did you get the stone guard behind the Ranger please?
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
@@Blbbbb the stone guard is called a stone stomper and available www.stonestomper.com.au
@wazzshaz1 Ай бұрын
Be good if it had sound
@Richard-Tanya Ай бұрын
check it's not muted, sound is fine :)
@wazzshaz1 Ай бұрын
I have sound at the start when you’re near the water but when you are talking I get no sound Gremlins
@joshuamartin1980 Ай бұрын
When you installed your chaser panel Anderson did you also add a inline fuse? Or did you just plug it directly into your bmpro pro.
@MegaAnufriev Ай бұрын
Thanks, Richard!
@lowesautorepairs4179 2 ай бұрын
Do you think it will draw enough air around the front? There is not much air gap for it to pull air, and the fans will prevent air coming in from outside.
@Richard-Tanya 2 ай бұрын
it does actually draw quite well, you can actually feel the air being pushed out from outside the van, i did use a smoking candle to check if air was being drawn around the front and it was. I guess time will tell, can't be any worse than the standard Swift microwave which overheated and broke down when it was used on a warm 38-degree day. I was dubious to start with but after checking the temperatures around it using the convection oven and microwave, I'm much more confident now. Thanks for the comment :)
@AlexDepasquale-by9ly 2 ай бұрын
Great video Richard, it's unfortunate how cheaply caravans are built these days. 😊
@TimothyProvasHemrom-g6v 2 ай бұрын
Hello, I've been following your KZbin channel and I noticed that your channel isn't getting the views and subscribers it deserves due to some SEO issues.
@joshuamartin1980 2 ай бұрын
Hi can you provide a link to the mudflaps you installed on the front of your caravan. Thanks.
@Richard-Tanya 2 ай бұрын
@@joshuamartin1980 they came from the truck parts superstore www.truckpartsuperstore.com.au do you want the actual size ??
@joshuamartin1980 2 ай бұрын
No it's ok I'll measure mine up. Thanks.
@greigskevington9641 3 ай бұрын
Very handy thanks
@BorellaFamilyAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Love the setup. I have a 18 WK2 Trailhawk and I'd like to do something very similar to this. We do not have a rear bar that fits our Diesel model due to the DEF tank behind the OEM USDM hitch.
@alexanderturl 3 ай бұрын
Nice one mate, good to see an actual review versus an AD.
@tonylander3512 3 ай бұрын
Thanks, i see they want $80 aud for a new one 🙄
@wendysmith6184 3 ай бұрын
there's nothing worse than corrugation's lol, we tried the oodnadatta track ,it started out great got 50kl out of William creek to camp for our first night and blew a tyre as well as destroying our caravan electric breaks so that was the end of out trip , had to drive very carefully to Coober pedy. Kimba has a nice big donation camp with showers and toilets.
@eds4wdcamping 3 ай бұрын
Mate, that's a bit rough getting a ticket out there. I would've said it was an 80 km zone, but then again, don't argue the copper. We learn something new every day
@LeonieHall-c4o 3 ай бұрын
Air seeder
@Richard-Tanya 3 ай бұрын
Yes that’s it :) thank you :)
@MKMTA 3 ай бұрын
50kms rule was interesting. I would've believed that was still a country road too.
@Richard-Tanya 3 ай бұрын
Too be honest I wasn’t even thinking about it, but would have assumed I was in an 80 zone, I think that’s why he gave me a break, my lucky day :)
@johnbreed3332 3 ай бұрын
😅😅😅😅😅😅
@thelonewolf666 4 ай бұрын
most vans aint designed for long haul corrugations, regardless when they say they are off road vans or not, plenty suffer damage---some roads are best avoided when towing
@Richard-Tanya 4 ай бұрын
Yup, looking at how this van faired during this trip we can see definitely areas that needed reinforcement, overall happy with the Franklin and yes agreed, best to avoid the bad corrugations where possible:)
@MegaAnufriev 4 ай бұрын
I have got the same microwave, must have the same problem then :(
@Richard-Tanya 4 ай бұрын
I will have a look at your setup at the weekend :)
@didgy55 5 ай бұрын
Hey Richard, enjoying your travels. Your sound is a bit low which means the volume needs to be turned up. When you add music it’s so loud. We are turning the volume up and down during the whole tube. Anything you can do your end.🤗
@Richard-Tanya 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for reaching out, I will pay more attention to the volume settings when I edit the video :) hope you are enjoying the content, stay tuned and I will endeavour to sort it out :)
@AseanNomad 5 ай бұрын
nice vid, thankyou for sharing. I use the hillbilly frying pan and camp oven with the Ozpig and its a good combination. Hill billy gear is big and bulky
@MegaAnufriev 5 ай бұрын
Nice review! Thanks, Richard!
@SuperFredAZ 5 ай бұрын
there are many people advocating for running Starlink on48 V and whatever the router they are using. I have done the calculations, and and my guess is perhaps you can save 10-15 W but it is not monumental.
@MegaAnufriev 5 ай бұрын
Nice trip, Richard!
@Richard-Tanya 5 ай бұрын
Thx Anton, we will be doing a review on the new car soon :)
@MegaAnufriev 5 ай бұрын
@@Richard-TanyaLooking forward to it!👍
@real1997 6 ай бұрын
You’re a genius !!
@foxyl8e848 6 ай бұрын
So how is it working for you 1yr on... opinion please.
@Richard-Tanya 6 ай бұрын
Well the quality of the product is great, no problems with it at all (other than the cheap and frankly poor quality fixing to the van which ive rectified with bits from Bunnings). We dont use it unless we are going away by ourselves for a reasonable length of time with the dogs, we just use our standard fold out metal dog fence, as its easier to make it work for us and still be social with friends, also we've found if the van is not on fairly level ground the skirt can allow one of our dogs to get out under the van (she is a bit of an escape artist) but having a dedicated skirt made would solve this, or just ensuring the site is reasonably level (its only happened once and the site was really quite bad, had the jockey wheel right down to get the van level). So to sum it up, its not cheap, quality is great for the actual fence, the skirt and fittings to the van are not fantastic and need to be improved upon, make sure its right for you before you buy as it can be quite restrictive when camping with groups.
@foxyl8e848 6 ай бұрын
@Richard-Tanya thank you for your reply. Interested to know what you used instead of included fixings. Was that for fence or skirt? I have skirt that I will continue to use no worries there... was it using gate that made it restricting or ?? Did you get the time down inflating etc?
@Richard-Tanya 6 ай бұрын
@@foxyl8e848 We got some stainless d loops from Bunnings Taskmaster 5mm 316 Stainless Steel Square Eye Plate and used carabiners to connect to them to allow the green stakes to go through and hold the fence to the van. We like to have a camp fire of an evening and it meant that we would have to lock the dogs inside the fence whilst we sat outside, thats why we often just take the metal fence with us, yes we can put it up really quick and deflate quick now :)
@kevinbolland-xj7qo 6 ай бұрын
I have a Aus Caravan here in NZ with a BMPRO 35 HA . I have 2x roof solar but need more Power so , I connected a portable solar panel to my Aux plug ,Both unregulated and regulated and it did NOT show up on the Trek display. ( In Aux as per the Tow Vehicle ), was told by BMPRO agent ,here not to do that , its a real pain to access the BMPRO in Caravan and run wires out of sight ( its installed in overhead cabinets ) , its disappointing the Van manufactures don,t run a conduit pipe so extra wires can be run , if i can,t get to it ? , i will go straight to batteries with a regulated panel via a Anderson plug set up , i wont use a BMPRO 300 shunt ,as they cost a arm and Leg over here NZ $650
@Richard-Tanya 6 ай бұрын
Yes, I agree, the caravan manufacturers do not build the vans to be future proof at all, to be honest im not a fan of the BM Pro system anyway and have now upgraded my system, I still use the bm pro to check my water levels and control my lighting and as a 240 volt charger, but all my solar needs are now taken care of via Victron, luckily Franklin ran 12mm cable to my solar panel which meant I didnt need to run extra wires :)
@MeredithSchamberger 6 ай бұрын
P R O M O S M 😇
@kevindesira1298 7 ай бұрын
Where did you get them from ?
@Richard-Tanya 7 ай бұрын
They are sold by Repco, been working great on our van now for well over a year :)
@gavinjewell5886 8 ай бұрын
Looks like a nice area mate, reckon i might have to go check it out
@Richard-Tanya 8 ай бұрын
It’s a fantastic area :)
@lowesautorepairs4179 8 ай бұрын
Hi mate, I have the same van as yours, I’m wanting to ask a question about the plumbing. Does your grey water drain away super slow?, mine is terrible, and I cannot work out why.
@Richard-Tanya 8 ай бұрын
Hi, yes mine did drain very slow from the shower, we actually took it back and it was fixed under warranty, but from what I believe it was the sock inside the drainage pipe which had turned inside out...
@lowesautorepairs4179 8 ай бұрын
@@Richard-Tanya ahh ok, thankyou!, I will check that out. I didn’t realize there was a sock in there. Even my sinks are fairly slow, but not as slow as the shower. Love your content btw, keep up the good work!
@LeanneRiley-hq7wg 8 ай бұрын
What size is it ?
@Richard-Tanya 8 ай бұрын
We went for the higher sides 1.2m high and then it’s 5mx3m
@Vinceventuring 8 ай бұрын
Lovely done footage ❤ great job on the video
@Richard-Tanya 8 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! It was difficult to find a break in the wind to get up :)
@Ninchi_TrueCrime 9 ай бұрын
I’ve subscribed & am looking forward to watching your channel grow 😉😘
@Richard-Tanya 9 ай бұрын
Welcome to our channel :)
@Ninchi_TrueCrime 9 ай бұрын
Pozzie - please forgive me if I actually cause offence- is that Pom/ Aussie 😉😘😘
@Richard-Tanya 9 ай бұрын
Yes that's correct, were from England originally but now citizens of Australia too :)
@rickyelvis3215 9 ай бұрын
is this a cooking show?
@Richard-Tanya 9 ай бұрын
She does her best :) we like to share our triumphs and our disasters :)
@rickyelvis3215 9 ай бұрын
maybe just stick to the subject.. camping in smythesdale ☮️
@chrisb3939 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the vid. recently joined channel. One question re the install...why do you separate the negative and positive loads across both batteries? Wouldn't the shunt operate as designed if some load was split across both batteries? BTW...throughly enjoying your vids!!
@Richard-Tanya 9 ай бұрын
I think its more a case of correct practice, if you separate the loads that way you are always drawing across both batteries, helps keep the SOC even across both batteries. Thanks for your support :)
@3TQVK 9 ай бұрын
Good Video, real world Have Starlink here in the Riverina, but wanted to "borrow It for the Van. I imagined it would be around 4A with a higher startup current, well done for posting this no bullshit summary
@3TQVK 9 ай бұрын
Yeah I have A 300w inverter that runs my Alden Sat TV Great for outback QLD
@DavidGwynnJones 10 ай бұрын
We use 140mm computer fans in our camper and they use about 200 milliamps (0.2 of an amp) - a little cooling fan in an inverter would be much less 👍 This video shows a direct 12V setup for Starlink with video streaming going uses about 2.7 amps.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3q1YnaNl7lrq7M&pp=ygUOWUFPU0hFTkcgZGlzaHk%3D
@Richard-Tanya 9 ай бұрын
Yes that would be a more effective way to power it’s the inverter is not very efficient…. Thanks for the share :)
@michelemichelsson4867 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for all your videos of 2023 & handy information! Have a great Xmas & Happy New Year🎉🎉 Cheers 🍻
@Richard-Tanya 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for supporting us and the channel, keep tuned for more in 2024 :)
@grazzasfreshwaterfishing 10 ай бұрын
Great Video - thanks for sharong your insights.
@Richard-Tanya 10 ай бұрын
You're very welcome, glad to share our opinion on these fantastic products :)
@familytrippersozstyle6255 11 ай бұрын
😂😂 "Nope rope" 😂😂