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well i have had this a while now but have only just fitted the radio and got it tuned in. I had a bit of trouble with swr as the high-top is metal not fibreglasss, i fitted a heavy duty mount but the antenna was too close to the bodywork. So i have a gutter mount above the driver door which keeps the antenna away from the high-top. I stil have a bit to do to the interior but its usuable now cooker workin sink plumbed in and beds sorted. I'm goin to carpet the walls and fit a mini bus seat in the back just foir extra seatbelts.

I went down portland(weymouth)last weekend and was sat on top of the verne and got into wales on FM so the set-up seems to be working, I have the ranger and b300p fitted up front and will take the icom out every now n then. So i will soon be out n about the hills drinking cups of tea n cooking bacon sarnies whilst i CQ-DX .... emoticon

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Nice one, well done! Thats a nice looking camper, some decent conditions on a weekend now and you`ll be sorted! Am swapping my car back to my old galaxy, I can have a stove in the back of that if needed. Its all good stuff.
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colour co-ordinared camo,nice blue carpet next???
got a spare row of seats abit of a journey though?? emoticon
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Well smart emoticon

If you need anything, give us a shout, I might be able to help, I've got a bit of stuff from fitting out my narrowbaot emoticon

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Hey Cool and no windows for the Nosy ones!!!!

Dont forget the Bar,Mirror Ball and Disco lights ( Maybe a sideline business in Transit Limousines) emoticon emoticon

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thanks AL its deffo nicer with a bit more room, and i got 3 new batteries which should give me enough power.

cheers keith i managed to get hold of a passenger seat out of a w reg peugeot boxer van which is blue and matches the camo pretty good, its got seat belts too so i can legally get everyone in now emoticon i got brown carpet on the floor for now as it wont show any dirt as i will still be using it as a van sometimes. blue on the walls though

dave i am looking for a 12volt 10"+ colour tv, ive seen some on ebay and will get one soon as the missis has to have summit to do emoticon

its got no windows at the mo tony but i am looking for a camper window for the side loadin door, if i cant find a camper one i will get a propper transit window. ive got a few stereo amps and speakers to go into it but no disco lights, although i do have a blue led fan on my b300p emoticon

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Why 12v? Just run it off a cheap 300w inverter, doesnt use anywhere near 300w but needs it for start up unless its a flat screen, then it doesnt even need that emoticon

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ahhhh i do have an inverter in the shed, i think its 500 watt, i thought it would drain the battery really fast? so they dont use much power when on?

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Most inverters, even the really cheap modified sine wave ones, are around 90-95% efficient. Which means will use hardly any more battery than if running 12v emoticon

So watts for 240v is say 10watts will be 9-9.5watts for 12v. I think a small TV is about 3 watts when running emoticon

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I've just had a root through my caravan, and I've found a 300w inverter, not used more than a couple of times in the box, if you need one Paddy let me know emoticon


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