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Reply #50 - Mar 29^th, 2013 at 12:54pm

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100 watt solar panel fitted and wired to the second battery via 15 amp controller. Surf rod holders and Foxwing awning fitted to match. All looking good. One day closer to hitting the road.

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Reply #51 - Apr 8^th, 2013 at 1:11pm

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The truck is lookin' good Derek!!!

We got our Triton and had an ARB canopy fitted. The canopy is great but we weren't impressed with the fellas that fitted it as they damaged the truck in a couple of places when fitting it. Angry

We just took it away on its maiden trip - 2200 plus kms and it towed the van real well. We still have a bit of work to set it up how we want it but this will have to wait until we can save some more dollars.

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Reply #52 - Apr 10^th, 2013 at 5:24pm

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I can't hear it because I am part deaf but Maggie tells me there is a loud whistling sound coming off the roof since I installed the solar panel. Going to get a piece of aluminium and pop rivet it over the front to try and stop it.

The 100 watt panel works great. Before installing I could generally get near on 4 days from the battery without starting the car. Now it seems to remain fully charged all the time with the Waeco running at 3 degrees.

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Reply #53 - Apr 10^th, 2013 at 6:41pm

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I spoke to our local auto store about the whistle from our new HD Rhino bars we bought a week beforehand -
he told me to turn the radio up! We move the rails around a bit until we found a spot that was quieter.

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Reply #54 - Apr 10^th, 2013 at 7:25pm

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LG wrote on Apr 10^th, 2013 at 6:41pm:

I spoke to our local auto store about the whistle from our new HD Rhino bars we bought a week beforehand -
he told me to turn the radio up! We move the rails around a bit until we found a spot that was quieter.

So called dealers don't do much to help do they.

All the rubbers started to fall off my rear canopy window. All the dealers would do is replace them with the same and according to research on the net it would happen again so I went to Clark Rubber and bought different ones and fitted them myself.

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Reply #55 - Apr 10^th, 2013 at 8:20pm

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LG......We have Rhino HD bars since mid 2011...noticed whistling when first got them.....dont hear them now..except a base tone when cross winds

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Reply #56 - Apr 10^th, 2013 at 11:00pm

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Derek...
a friend said to me today that he is planning to use 4x 80w solar panels on his caravan - to run a few led lights and a fridge. I thought it sounded a bit 'over the top' but wasn't sure. Then read your post about 100w being enough.

Can you give me more details about your fridge so he can make an informed comparison between what he thinks he needs/wants and what is actually required Wink

Smokey...
Ours aren't too bad now... as I said, we fiddled with the distances from the B pillar until we found the sweet spot

When we first got them pedestrians were actually turning their head to watch us approach it was that loud.

Seems to only whistle between 38km and 89km per hour. Anything slower or faster and they shut up completely. Guess what speed range 98% of our driving happens at? Yep, around 40-80kph Roll Eyes

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Reply #57 - Apr 11^th, 2013 at 7:16am

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LG I have an idea that you can not have too much in the way of solar panels, after being camping and having very little sun for a few days I decided to get some more for my system.
I now have 160w for the camper and my cpap machine and 200w for my Nissan, as it has the fridge in it.
So far, I have now have had plenty of power.

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Reply #58 - Apr 11^th, 2013 at 8:48am

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We use minimum power in our van (LED Lighting...water pump no TV)......fridge on gas while camping....our 40lt Waeco (in Pajero) plugged into van that has 105AH battery.....charged by a 80watt panel free standing........in winter without waeco...we can camp 7 days without solar panel

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Reply #59 - Apr 11^th, 2013 at 10:02am

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We bought a new patrol last year and have been setting it up for a bit of everything so far I've put in a snorkel, duel batts, made a single draw with a drop slide for the engel, 2 inch suspension upgrade OME nitrochargers shocks & springs and have a 3 inch exhaust and diesel chip on the way for a bit of extra grunt. But I picked up one of these last week and think there a good bit of kit its a supawing awning and has a massive 12m2 coverage when set up, great for day trips or a bit of extra cover when camping cover the whole side and rear of the vehicle and only needs pegs to stand up no guy ropes for less hassle when setting up.
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