Took a moment!
Took a moment!
Could I ask you a further question please about what connectors I will need? I’d like to order to ablemail and leads but I don’t know what type and size of connector I will need to crimp onto the lead. Since my van is a daily drive I don’t want to wait until I’ve pulled out the seats to find out and order them. I’d be happy to order a mixed box set if there was such as thing in a useful range of sizes and types. Thank you.That’s fine. If you put the Ablemail by the DC-DC you won’t need much at all. 1m red,1m black should be fine. You don’t need to run a cable back to the SB, you just intercept the one that come from the SB to the DC-DC near the DC-DC.
The Ablemail comes with crimp spade connectors to connect to the Ablemail. The other end of the cables I just used bare wire and put them in the DC-DC terminals alongside the existing cables. This works fine on the older 18 or 30A Victron Orions (can be very tight if you are using 16mm2 cable) but I understand isn’t so good on the new XS because of the cable cover. If you want to connect to other points such as a busbar, vehicle ground point etc then that will depend on exactly what those connections are.Could I ask you a further question please about what connectors I will need? I’d like to order to ablemail and leads but I don’t know what type and size of connector I will need to crimp onto the lead. Since my van is a daily drive I don’t want to wait until I’ve pulled out the seats to find out and order them. I’d be happy to order a mixed box set if there was such as thing in a useful range of sizes and types. Thank you.
Those Bivvy loo's are excellent, wifey swears by it, and very easy to deal with the aftermath, and when space is at a premium, it's a winner all round.Took a drive out on this beautiful summers day to my local camping goods emporium (actually a decent, independent one with good prices and a LOT of stuff to choose from.... ) and picked up a Ridgemonkey and hand dandy folding bin (I always just end up with a bag tied to a door handle or similar!).
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Also pondered on whether to spend £60 on what is basically sh***ng in a bag (posh style)
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Vs Spending £60 on an actual porta potti which might take up a bit more space, but will be much easier to, ahem... deal with afterwards...
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£60 to crap in a bag seems, expensive, no?
Ahh, OK - when you say aftermath are you talking just number 1's? As I'd use a pee bottle/bush/discreet location for that. It's emergency number 2's that I need to cater for. When you really need to go but there's no toilets within a few miles/running from the knees down* distance.Those Bivvy loo's are excellent, wifey swears by it, and very easy to deal with the aftermath, and when space is at a premium, it's a winner all round.
I'm currently debating the Bivvy bag v PortaPotti.Took a drive out on this beautiful summers day to my local camping goods emporium (actually a decent, independent one with good prices and a LOT of stuff to choose from.... ) and picked up a Ridgemonkey and hand dandy folding bin (I always just end up with a bag tied to a door handle or similar!).
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Also pondered on whether to spend £60 on what is basically sh***ng in a bag (posh style)
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Vs Spending £60 on an actual porta potti which might take up a bit more space, but will be much easier to, ahem... deal with afterwards...
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£60 to crap in a bag seems, expensive, no?
It's all the various chemicals associated with the portapotti, Bivvy loo will gratefully accept number 2's, and sanitary products, I have been told.I'm currently debating the Bivvy bag v PortaPotti.
I agree you seen to get much more for your £60 with the PortaPotti.
A lot more space. If it’s only for emergency/occasional use then the bivvy loo is great. I don’t know where people put those Thetfords!take up a bit more space
OMG! You put "running from the knees down" and I read "running down your legs".Ahh, OK - when you say aftermath are you talking just number 1's? As I'd use a pee bottle/bush/discreet location for that. It's emergency number 2's that I need to cater for. When you really need to go but there's no toilets within a few miles/running from the knees down* distance.
I doubt I'll need to use it more than once or twice per year, TBH - but I'd rather have it there, just in case, than not.
The Bivvy loo compactness when it'll just be sitting in the van for months is very appealing.
*depending on severity of aforementioned 'need to go'!
Well, both can be applicable...OMG! You put "running from the knees down" and I read "running down your legs".
I'm slow on the uptake sometimes, but I get there... eventually.
And just checking it all works. That's the beta V2 gui btw, much better than the old version.A white box with a toy inside... #ifyouknowyouknow #bluepower
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Victron touch 50 screen for my Cerbo GX
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Different loos for different poosTook a drive out on this beautiful summers day to my local camping goods emporium (actually a decent, independent one with good prices and a LOT of stuff to choose from.... ) and picked up a Ridgemonkey and hand dandy folding bin (I always just end up with a bag tied to a door handle or similar!).
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Also pondered on whether to spend £60 on what is basically sh***ng in a bag (posh style)
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Vs Spending £60 on an actual porta potti which might take up a bit more space, but will be much easier to, ahem... deal with afterwards...
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£60 to crap in a bag seems, expensive, no?
Stunner mate. Congratulations!!Not today but very recently thanks to @N3DXT only just got around to a good clean before pics
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