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There is already a Just Park App for parking cars on peoples drives and forecourts. Perhaps this could be expanded to include motorhomes or campervans. We used it to find somewhere to park a car at Kew Gardens and found a forecourt directly opposite the gardens and about 2 minutes from the...

Some of the second hand ones do not have LiFePO4 batteries but other less safe and reliable types of lithium battery. For me LiFePO4 is of fundamental importance. I have a Bluetti and an Ecoflow for home use, both withe LiFePO4 batteries.

That is because it is an inverter output. Lots of inverters instead of having a 230V output down the L wire put 115V down both the L wire and the N wire. These 115V outputs are out of phase so that when they meet at the appliance the effect is 230V, however they may trigger polarity warning...

It was last summer so perhaps somewhat busier than now.

I visited last year and squeezing a small car in was a serious challenge. Small car park and very popular.

The limit for commercial electric vans was raised to 4.25T in 2018. This is an extract from the Governments more recent consultation about removing some of the limitations attached to this existing relaxation. “In 2018, the UK secured a derogation from the European Commission which allowed...

The excess flow device and the crash regulator are both designed to protect the vehicle occupants and rescuers from a gas escape in the event of an accident. If you only protect the high pressure bit between the bottle and the regulator a ruptured pipe in the living area will not be protected in...

Without the crash regulator you should turn the gas off when travelling. The excess flow protection will not switch the gas off if you have a break in the pipes or a leak in the habitation area. Flow protection only detects leaks in the high pressure pipes between the cylinder and the regulator...

Do you also have a crash regulator?

I attached my filter to the regulator. Mine is the type as shown at #13 by @Fisherman . I think Truma are now selling an updated version but both have a very fine filter element not a gauze one. I think the important bit is that they have a bowl below the filter where the oily residue collects...

My understanding is that there should always be a downward fall on the hose, back towards the bottle. Oily condensates in the pipe need to be encouraged to run back to the bottle and not get carried by the flow of gas into the regulator. If there is insufficient fall a filter will help intercept...

I had my heart attack last year and whilst I could drive a car it took months before I was cleared for C1 over 3500kg. You have to notify the DVLA if you have a C1. The official advice is you can drive C1 after 6 weeks if you get your Doctor or Consultant to do a medical assessment to say you...

That is what I meant by questioning if there was a difference. If you have a solar controller connected to a fixed battery or a panel to an Ecoflow there will be a small net drain when there is no solar power coming from the panel.

Is it any different from a solar panel, battery and separate controller. I have a 100W portable panel which I leave connected to my engine battery to keep up with the tracker, alarm and ecu demands when the van is in storage. As soon as I connect the controller to the battery 2 lights come on...

I thought the new testing procedures brought in from September 2019 stopped motorhome converters ordering vehicles without smart alternators. I dare say that for specialist vehicles like ambulances there are be some exceptions. All the motorhome converters need to do is understand that...

Perhaps not. I don’t have first hand knowledge of the Nordelectronica unit but from what @Fisherman has said it sounds like his dedicated absorption fridge output is attached to his leisure battery not his engine one. This is the same as my CBE unit, it wouldn’t matter if the split charge relay...

In days of old when split charge relays simply linked the leisure and engine batteries it didn’t really matter if the fridge 12V was powered from the leisure side of the system. However now that the systems are separated it makes a difference. If you have a 30A B2B supply half of it will go to...

The new Victron Orion XS 12/12-50A is getting some good reviews. More amps, smaller, lighter and most importantly runs much cooler.

Interesting. The KS Energy battery is the one the dealer suggested because the 210Ah one will fit under the seat. Do you know whether the Victron ones will fit under a Fiat Ducato seat and how many Ah I could cram in there?

There are many pre September 2019 Euro 6 Fiats without smart alternators and some that slipped through after this. Most motorhome manufacturers now fit B2Bs as standard, they often call them boosters.