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i was planning on 4 x 175 watt Victron panels which weights in at 12kg each according to the manufacturers data sheet.... and it sounds from opinions here this is still the right thing to do

rigid panels will add about 50kg to the camper weight, flexibles by themselves would add about 16kg, so even with a substrate skin i could probably save 25kg for use elsewhere. Roof is 34mm fibreglass/styrofoam sandwich - it can take the load, but i am going to be close to the trucks GVM when...

Top of the range Ranger wildtrak - had to get that to get the 3.2 motor and auto gearbox, but i hate all the bells and whistles. Partly because most of them just get in the way and never get used, but mostly because they are badly designed. Half the digital dash just duplicates what is in the...

How feasible would it be to mount flexible solar panels onto something like a corrugated/trapezoidal section aluminium roofing sheet to make a lightweight panel that can then be mounted like a rigid panel with an air gap below? it would mean that there would be some parts of the PV panel...

I've just fitted thetford cassette and gas locker doors to a fibregless/foam shell and i think they will work for you with no hassles - my walls are only 34mm but the outer fixings for the frame and door will work and look fine without the inner trim rings - they screw directly into the panels...

you wil get as many opinions as there are vehicles.... We towed a 5th wheel caravan with a nissan navarra for 45,000km doing a lap and a half over 13 months. We didn't go days away from tarmac but it was OK for a few hours on dirt roads, and when we wanted to go somewhere a bit less accessible...

i'll take mine over easy

do they need to be telescoping or would modular work? how about fishing rods?

nyloc if you expect to have to remove it occasionally, loctite if you hope to never touch it again....

thanks - i understand the logic of epoxy anchors and how the load is distributed through the material, but its a bit overkill for my needs. I'm looking at 3-4mm screws for light switches, small brackets, towel hooks etc, and for holding and locating glued on mounting strips in place while the...

i hadn't seen these before - i have used something similar but much bigger for plasterboard (sheetrock?) but didn't know they came in smaller sizes. thanks

Has anyone any specifically tried rivnuts as a blind fixing into fibreglass skin/ composite panels? I'm figuring that they would probably give a larger, more consistent flange on the back side than pop rivets and be stronger all round than self tapping screws into thin sheet material. But i'd...

Just vacuum it up - virus is so small its invisible

I would be very wary of the high lifts - how are you going to stabilise them and stop the whole thing swaying and falling sideways off them? usually when you use them to jack a vehicle up it keeps 2 wheels on the ground, but if you are 4 feet up in the air on 4 spindly legs its going to be very...

these are the figures for the two panels - temperature coefficients on the data sheets are identical across both types the poly is 1 kilo heavier, but 19 euros cheaper...... FEATURES: Polycrystalline photovoltaic solar panel ... Polycrystalline solar module Victron Energy ... € 127.46 €...

i'm about to invest in a solar system for the roof of my slide-in camper. I'm planning on using Victron energy 175 watt panels as they are a good fit to my roof shape and dimensions and will allow me to add more pairs if I need to. The key question is whether to go monocrystalline or...

Vacuum storage bags inside whatever hard storage you use. Reduces the volume clothes take up, and keeps the dust out of them perfectly. we used a 12v airbed pump to deflate them after opening them on the road to keep the worn stuff as small - not as powerful as a home vacuum cleaner, but good...

we're over on the Iberian east coast at present and not yet mobile, so probably not on your route, but i'll be following your north africa route as i hope to do that in a year or two once my build is done...

having built my slide in camper out of composite beams and panels i would definitely consider doing this myself. As you are transferring load to a few frame mount points i would use pultruded beams on those and then sandwich over the top for the bed. The deeper the sections you use the stronger...

I built my own and i have just purchased some motors here to power them - its a UK site but if you then hunt around the internet you can find the original suppliers in China. and probably also resellers in the US in the robotics market...