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- Tue May 30, 2017 6:49 pm
- Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
- Topic: Connecting a solar panel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4233
Re: Connecting a solar panel
If you use the rear cig socket, apart from your solar only working with the ignition on (easily remedied mind you), you will also be sending your precious solar energy down some very thin cables, losing some voltage on the way. Much bettery to run a dedicated pair of cables to the battery, or to the...
- Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:09 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: Leisure battery keeps going flat
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5851
Re: Leisure battery keeps going flat
You could always get a solar panel or start the bongo for charging But I have a 75ah good quality battery that I've had for years and that outlast 1 of the 110ah ones I have ( and that's a good brand ) The 75ah is as heavy as the 110 I was thinking that also and suspect that I'll look at fitting so...
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:23 am
- Forum: Bongo Camping Equipment
- Topic: Waeco FR-35 Compressor fridge
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5135
Re: Waeco FR-35 Compressor fridge
You wouldn't know if the low voltage protection had kicked in on the fridge - the fridge comes back on when the battery recovers a bit. You end up with a fridge that goes off more often than it should, but still runs some of the time. It still appears cold. An easy test is to put an ice cube in the ...
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:19 pm
- Forum: Bongo Camping Equipment
- Topic: Waeco FR-35 Compressor fridge
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5135
Re: Waeco FR-35 Compressor fridge
Makes perfect sense
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:42 pm
- Forum: Bongo Camping Equipment
- Topic: Waeco FR-35 Compressor fridge
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5135
Re: Waeco FR-35 Compressor fridge
If you are going to leave your fridge on all spring, summer, winter, then make sure your fridge is connected via your solar charger/regulator so you get the low voltage cut off protection. It's very common for us to have days or weeks of gloomy weather and in that instance, the solar won't keep up a...
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:27 pm
- Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
- Topic: Small Solar Panel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3863
Re: Small Solar Panel
I can help with 100W kits. http://www.solarcampersolutions.co.uk I've found 80w is the bare minimum for keeping a fridge going. I sell and install 100W kits to give a bit of headroom. You can certainly buy one panel and add another later, as long as your charger can handle the current, though it's o...
- Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:27 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: Solar panel
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7856
Re: Solar panel
how big is the panel if its to big for a bongo roof :shock: :shock: :shock: :wink: Surprisingly most 100W panels are too big for the AFT - they are either too wide to take advantage of tge existing bolt holes, or too long and obscure teh sonroof. I have two types of 100W flex that fit and only one ...
- Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:25 am
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: JCS (SW) LTD - Anyone heard of? JCSSW
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18728
Re: JCS (SW) LTD - Anyone heard of?
Interesting that South Gloucestershire was mentioned. The buyer of mine said she was from there, then an Eastern European man turned up from... Bristol. They bought my bongo, all above board, except for the fact she made up a story about failing to buy a Bongo due to a bereavement (of the seller's f...
- Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:10 pm
- Forum: Off Message
- Topic: Dodgy Bristol Bongo seller - several aliases?
- Replies: 189
- Views: 67928
Re: Dodgy Bristol Bongo seller - several aliases?
Well they are still trading Bongos. Sold mine to them! I checked my bank statement and the deposit was from.... Qureshi - the wife :-) They paid a fair price for the condition and mileage and sold it on for another £1k. I found out as the new owner rang me to ask about the cambelt. She made up a sto...
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:34 am
- Forum: Stuff Wanted/ Free Stuff/Swaps
- Topic: Relay wanted/offered
- Replies: 82
- Views: 91290
Re: Relay wanted/offered
Hi - I'm looking at getting a car transporter trailer - single axle, less than 250kg, with nothing on it - from Glossop in Derbyshire, to Taunton in Somerset, or perhaps where the M5 meets the M4 at Almondsbury it you are not coming further south. I'll give you some cash for the few less MPG. If you...
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:18 am
- Forum: Bongo Fuel & Performance Issues
- Topic: Basic MPG stats ?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14534
Re: Basic MPG stats ?
mikeonb4c wrote:I agree. Mind you, you used to run yours on cheap veg oil didn't you David?David Edwards wrote:I have never bothered worrying about mpg and the bongo, if you do then the bongo is not the vehicle for you lol
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- Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:18 am
- Forum: Bongo Fuel & Performance Issues
- Topic: Basic MPG stats ?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14534
Re: Basic MPG stats ?
Full side conversion, I get 20mpg urban and 28 on motorway runs. Diesel 4x4 auto. I cruise at a GPS verified 65 on the motorway.
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:15 am
- Forum: Bongo Fuel & Performance Issues
- Topic: 34.5 MPG achieved average over 2750km from Ingleton to Dolo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4925
Re: 34.5 MPG achieved average over 2750km from Ingleton to D
I paid 70p a litre in Luxembourg a couple of weeks ago (diesel).
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:20 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: front passenger seat
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10059
Re: front passenger seat
years ago having done beautiful repair to the floor of my mums mgb I sent her back to our local mot station (minus seat to show off to tester) for the re-test only for her to come back for me to fit the seat as he refused to test the car without it. he's not normally too fussy about stuff (if you k...
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:48 pm
- Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
- Topic: Fridge
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4916
Re: Fridge
With a 3 way you are going to need to cut a large hole in the side of your van to accomodate a gas flue.