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Solar countdown

15 April 2009

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Missing bits for the solar installation, including the four new AGM batteries have finally arrived and been fitted. The inverter and charger are wired up in the boot, the Morningstar solar charger is installed and showing all is well with the battery bank fully charged. Only trouble is the existing 12v wiring seems to have [...]

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Essential stuff

7 August 2008

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The nomad’s mantra is ’save weight’. Rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat. But sometimes a small sacrifice has to be made. Last week I spent half a day cruising the local camping shops for some outdoor furniture to fit under the awning. In the end I simply gave up. Sure a lot of it is lightweight and [...]

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Gales can be a pain

31 July 2008

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I’m not even on the the road yet, but already the weather has me grounded. Tasmania had a typical equinoctial storm early in the month. It was wild enough to wake me, inside my solid sandstone walled bedroom. In the morning I looked out from the back deck and something about Plush’s roofline bothered me. When I [...]

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