What Have You Bought Today?

[CJW]

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Took a moment!

 

[davecdjt]

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.

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.

 

[ginkster]

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.

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.

 

[TallPaul_S]

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!).




Also pondered on whether to spend £60 on what is basically sh***ng in a bag (posh style)


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...


£60 to crap in a bag seems, expensive, no?

 

[Drive Wayne]

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?

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.

 

[TallPaul_S]

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.

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'!

 

[Skyliner33]

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?

I'm currently debating the Bivvy bag v PortaPotti.

I agree you seen to get much more for your £60 with the PortaPotti.

 

[Drive Wayne]

I'm currently debating the Bivvy bag v PortaPotti.

I agree you seen to get much more for your £60 with the PortaPotti.

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.
Wifey puts the Bivvy on a pedestal (one of our tough boxes) to achieve the preferred height!

 

[Ali-G]

I've said it on here before but I use Mel's method, then you don't need to worry about chemicals, starts at 09:30 if you want to fast forward.

 

[ginkster]

take up a bit more space

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!

 

[Bav]

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'!

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.

 

[TallPaul_S]

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.

Well, both can be applicable...

 

[davecdjt]

I've ordered an Ablemail AMT12-2 12v 2amp trickle charger - battery maintainer - battery saver from Simply Split Charge with a couple of meters of red and black 2mm cable. I saved 5% with the following discount on first purchase SUMMER/5

 

[T6Plumber]

LV Honeycomb Rear Bumper Protector. Only available online for Tailgate but the guys at Leighton said they’d make one up to fit my Barn Doors

 

[TallPaul_S]

A white box with a toy inside... #ifyouknowyouknow #bluepower



Victron touch 50 screen for my Cerbo GX

 

[TallPaul_S]

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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And just checking it all works. That's the beta V2 gui btw, much better than the old version.

 

[Linoleum Bonypart]

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)
View attachment 256437

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?

Different loos for different poos

 

[Martinw]

Flagpole...

 

[Chippie1]

Not today but very recently thanks to @N3DXT only just got around to a good clean before pics

 

[T6Plumber]

Not today but very recently thanks to @N3DXT only just got around to a good clean before pics

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Stunner mate. Congratulations!!