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Sounds like you have the familiarity with your system that I referred to MT.

In my case (in the bus - haven't used the Patrol enough to gain that familiarity yet) I expect to see the battery...

Yea if I was going to be that concerned i would buy a management system. Though with everything I have running off my batteries I don't expect my batteries to reach full charge during the day, I just...

Using a voltmeter as a battery 'fuel gauge' is fraught with problems. It can give an indication ofa battery's state of charge but only in certain circumstances to someone who is a little...

A tip for when not using it make sure its perfectly dry before packing up
and put under cover so it dosent sweat under the storm cover and cause
mildew or mould inside and out

I buy a fair bit of gear off that seller... never been disappointed yet.

Jeeez that looks like a Full River case... might be a knock off 'cept the discharge ratings are higher so maybe not.
The...

Not unusual for that size/type of battery. Lucky he's got a patrol :)

I call annual NP meet up !!!! ha ha ha!!!!!

Yey Mitch, no its an aftermarket unit from eonon which is OK but nothing special. I don't think you can get oziexplorer onto the Nissan ones unfortunately. BTW, these things are only $300 and come...

I won a Webber mini q, use that for everything, bit bulkier than standard cooker, but cooks a damn fine roast in the middle of nowhere. Then just have a single burner butane stove for boiling the...

From Cairns to the tip its only 750ks I think, we took 4 weeks and did it in 3 easy from Melbourne.
Take your time youll see more, plan ahead and also plan for no plan, things happen.
Plenty of...

A family of 5 may find that gas mate a bit small, may need to look at a 3 burner but having said that, a camper will make things easier to pack the larger sized stoves

@ Mego it was Mudski with his MDC,
look forward to pics of your trailer and tent set up
4x4 Aust mag just did a compare on camper/trailers, I'll did it out
and let you know their thoughts

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You may be better off building your own battery pack, I did. inside mine is an 18AH battery about the size of a motorbike battery.
It will last all weekend running my LED lights, I decent battery...

I bow to Cuppa he's the exspurt ;) :)

Seriously mate, I hear you. It took me months before I did this the first time around and then oh wait took months the second time coz I couldn't my head...

That price sounds cheap if it is for 95Ah batteries. This leads me to suspect that they are most likely ‘wet’ batteries, & possibly not deep cycle?
For the use you are planning deep cycle batteries...

Cuppa always the literary genius :), couldn't have said it better myself suck suck grovel grovel :)

I have 240Ah in the van, charged with a DC/DC charger while on the road, can connect solar to it...

At 12v 2x95Ah in parallel will give a total capacity of 190Ah (Amp hours, not amps).

If your batteries are 100% charged this will give you a useable capacity of about 100 AH, (less if you are...

Geez at that price why would you bother making it.

I had the same problem rainsey, genny running for ages currently saving for a bigger charger :)

http://www.fridge-and-solar.net/gen_charge.htm

I'll be happy with my set up once I get another 120w panel, ATM we have 1 panel and 2x 110ah deep cycles and only have to run the car if its cloudy for 2.5 days straight but I prefer to maintain a...

Definitely solar - but it does have limitations. Forget electrically heating water (or anything else) with solar, it just isn’t practical. For hot water consider the camp fire, gas or calorifier. I...

Was 10,000 when we bought Back in 2009 not sure if things have changed

When you are using a Snatch strap, they are meant to stretch. Because of this it is important to get a strap that is suited to your vehicle. So, if you get one with a rating that is too small it will...

Hi Mitch, I've just gone through this exercise, so will make some comments.

I was planning to buy from one of our members who is also a vendor sponsor (threedogs) with his Outback Ideas recovery...