The best and worse things you ever bought for your van.

wildebus said:
The Victron kit is specifically low-power Bluetooth and has a poor range. Smart BMSes in Lithium Batteries seem to have the same issues going by the ones I have used.

The Govees do have an impressive range. I have a Raspberry Pi in my MH running a system called "Home Assistant" and that Pi can see via its Bluetooth the Govee located in a fridge at the other side of the house on the attic floor.
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It’s all a bit confusing as when I have been on a meet with fellow motorhomers my phone picks up lots of Victron stuff from many yards..sorry metres away.🤷🏻‍♂️
 
saxonborg said:
Bought a Govee widget the other day, impressed, I can see the temperature inside my moho from about 8/10 metres away while I’m sat in my living room, strange thing is I can’t see my Victron smart solar controller which is also in the moho, any ideas why this might be?
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Beware you may be asked by a man who loves his slow cooker why you bought it. Don’t answer, if you do you will be accused of being passive/aggressive :D
Yes it’s a fine wee bit of kit, for what you paid it’s a bargain.
 
wildebus said:
maybe different constructions of vans? alloys blocking signals, etc?
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If it was my alloy body then it would be reasonable to expect the same effect on both blue tooth devices. Anyway not really a problem at least my moho is on my doorstep so to speak.😀
 
saxonborg said:
Bought a Govee widget the other day, impressed, I can see the temperature inside my moho from about 8/10 metres away while I’m sat in my living room, strange thing is I can’t see my Victron smart solar controller which is also in the moho, any ideas why this might be?
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I have a precision 4 way with 3 senders, one in the van, one in loft, one in f porch, the 4 one is base unit, so from my pc workstation all info seen along with night cams around the building.
 
Recent best thing is a ridgemonkey which acts like a mini oven but on the hob (obviously not much point if you have an oven). Worst was a powerbank for laptop charge that wouldn't connect to the laptop at all.
 
Worst was a pair of Fiamma yellow plastic ramps. They used to slide away before the wheels got on them, rubbish really. Ditched them and made some wooden ones instead (I hardly ever use them but at least they work)
K ;)
 
Sunglasses for the windscreen and cab door windows.
More precisely a sunscreen which covers the front and wraps round the cab windows. IT
1 prevents too much sun. BUT not a blackout
2 Acts to prevent others looking in but
3 Allows us to look out.
4 Provides some insulation
5 Allows air in with the cab windows down.
When parked up we leave it in place day and night.
Yet easy to take off and put in place.
It has now had 7 years of use for a full 150 nights each year and is still (almost) as good as new.
 
jagmanx said:
Sunglasses for the windscreen and cab door windows.
More precisely a sunscreen which covers the front and wraps round the cab windows. IT
1 prevents too much sun. BUT not a blackout
2 Acts to prevent others looking in but
3 Allows us to look out.
4 Provides some insulation
5 Allows air in with the cab windows down.
When parked up we leave it in place day and night.
Yet easy to take off and put in place.
It has now had 7 years of use for a full 150 nights each year and is still (almost) as good as new.
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Could you give some details about where we could get them? (Thanks!)
 
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