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First Road Trip post Resto... Cornwall. Van was faultless in everyway and we had a great time... Can highly recommend Henry's Campsite in Lizard and Pennycrocker campsite near Boscastle, beautiful both of them and will definately stay again! Henry's Campsite... http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331...

I wondered if there is a doo-able workaround to automatically power the fridge with 12v once the engines running? Easy solution for this is a standard 4 pin relay. Pin 30 to starter battery +ve, pin 87 to fridge 12V feed. Relay is switched by connecting pin 85 to blue alternator charge light wire (...

found an identical one ebay, again from Asia...

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Sorry, forgot to add the pics

Great restoration job! We may be picking your brain for some info especially as you are very local. We have only just started planning the jobs we need to do so we may be in touch needing some friendly encouragement. We'll be looking out for you around Chi :) No problem, PM me & I'll let you kn...

This is our setup... http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/ohanra/Camper/DSC07149.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/ohanra/Camper/DSC07148.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/ohanra/Camper/DSC07146.jpg bought from Asia on eBay for about £120 I think. It's 12v and has a built in DVD ...

Just bought a 2KW Blow Heater on Evilbay for £7.95 brand new... woo-hoo... thanks for the advice guys

Now can someone solve my automatic switching to 12v fridge conundrum please

No problem, we just got back from 11 days in Cornwall at two different sites, Pennycrocker and Henry's Campsites - I can highly recommend both 1000%. Once hooked up we run the fridge to the mains, we then used all these items via the mains regularly... Small table Lamp Toaster Freeview Box Amplified...

Here's one for ya... I want rig up our 3way fridge to automatically switch to 12v during driving. We use mains hookup on sites to run the fridge, the gas option at startup is so temperamental & can take forever to ignite sometimes so we've almost given up trying. http://bit.ly/Ib9Q8I" oncli...

Interesting stuff, so I'm thinking a little electric blow heater is the way forward then, I'll stay clear of halogen! We run the fridge on 240v once hooked up & have a 240v toaster too & yes it's so much easier than the grill! Kettle is gas so fingers crossed it shouldn't trip anything hopef...

Nah, mains is fine. We've got a 2kw blow heater - works a treat but is a little noisy at night. I hear mini oil filled rads are good. ah cool ok, so how warm does the 2kw keep the van? Ive seen a couple of 1500w and 1000w halogen efforts for £20 or so. Ive also come across an oil filed electric rad...

We've just returned from an idylic 10 days in Cornwall and the van was an absolute dream from start to finish - 980 trouble free miles and everything worked a treat. However we did find that it got seriously cold on an evening and it has led to us wanting a heater. Im aware of the gas options Ebersp...

We have a 12V TV/DVD flip down unit we got on ebay from Asia. With this I have a 240v freeview box (8.00 on ebay) and then a 240v Amplified aerial (£19.99 on ebay)... it works an absolute dream. We run the box and aerial from the mains and the unit runs from the leisure battery, sound goes through t...

Very nice buddy! re your trip west in April, you gonna be anywhere near Swanage the weekend of 27th? ps - not jealous of those seats, not one bit! :twisted: We go 1st of April and are back around the 14th mate so sorry no we will be back home and hard at work again by then :-( As for the seats we w...

final pieces of the Jigsaw... The only remaining job for us to complete on our restoration list of 'to-dos' were the seats and they are finally done and in... a big thank you (as ever) to Doug Harwood for his welding prowess which enabled us to adapt the bases to fit these beauties... what a find th...