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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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Why?

12 April 2009

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When friends and family ask me why I am heading off next month, to live and travel on the road, I refer them to this quote by G.K. Chesterton: The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign [...]

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For the want of a nail …

11 April 2009

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For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail. At times I felt like I was [...]

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30 days to go

9 April 2009

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Can’t win some days. The solar installers are still waiting for four 100Ah AGM batteries that were ordered from the “North Island’ nearly two weeks ago. If they don’t arrive today they probably will not get here for another week thanks to the Easter break.

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The countdown starts

8 April 2009

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There’s one month exactly to go for a rather special birthday, and that’s the day I plan to hit the road. Today was a good one in terms of getting the bus ready for the big adventure … the solar panels are finally in place. Unfortunately, Easter gets in the way and the final wiring will [...]

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