More travel – in a campervan
Picked up the campervan after breakfast. Still a few things need doing to it. Was heading to Grimsby with a view to buying a new condensing fridge. Took Joe and en route stopped off to see Ian Cleary in South Kelsey. Ian has a bay and a T5 and knows everything there is to know about VW campervans.
The 12 v electrics weren’t working off the leisure battery. We couldn’t figure it out but parked it for the auto electrician to look at. In Grimsby our destination was Magnum Motorhomes. A veritable treasure trove of caravan, campervan and motorhome spares.
Having studied the Waeco fridge with removable compressor we decided to give the existing fridge a chance. Instead bought some porta potty cleaners/fluids, some levelling chocks and a plug connector for hooking up the van electrics with 240v mains.
Back home mid afternoon we plugged in the mains and the 12v electrics not only worked immediately but also continued to do so when the mains was unhooked. Dunno what we did to make it work. Hey…
So have come up with a list of jobs that need doing to finish off the van. We also set up the in car audio so all the presets now have a radio station to go to (AM, FM and DAB). Carphone handsfree also tested and working.
Also bought a gas cylinder refill but failed to get it screwed in and the cooker working. Will sort it in the morning.
Now settled down watching a history programme about the dark ages having had chicken with salad bits for dinner. There is England v Portugal on the telly tonight. Think I might take a bath instead. More enjoyable. Football is rarely exciting and practically never when England are playing. We are in for a summer of football tedium.