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  • Boff
    Boff Forum Participant Posts: 1,742
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    edited November 2016 #32

    To be fair Merve, the list of subjects that caravan club is silent is a very long one.

    Anyway I am sure that most people want read about the latest "adventures"  of the 
    Meeks rather than practical advice on how to make their hobby more enjoyable and cheaper.  I know I wouldInnocent

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited November 2016 #33

    mmm..... boff, I'm the exact opposite. Not at all interested in a family swanning around the British Isles. Good for them if they can do it but to read about it? I don't think so!! 

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited November 2016 #34

    I think Boff was joshing Winking

  • Boff
    Boff Forum Participant Posts: 1,742
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    edited November 2016 #35

    I think Boff was joshing Winking

    I was!! 

    and I am off EHU relying on SP and safefill as I type.

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited November 2016 #36

    I think Boff was joshing Winking

    I was!! 

    and I am off EHU relying on SP and safefill as I type.

    Write your comments here...Thank goodness for that. Boff you are a prince among men!!

  • the scratcher
    the scratcher Forum Participant Posts: 12
    edited November 2016 #37

    Evening everyone, im about to have a sloar system fitted. I was chatting with someone today who says that the flat panel type are very poor and fail after 18months. the variety that are slightly raised and not directly affixed to the roof are fine. Has anyone
    have any knbowledge !

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited November 2016 #38

    My flat semi flexible panel has an intermittent fault due, I suspect, to being mounted on a non-bonded roof. Notwithstanding the weight penalty, I would recommend a framed panel.

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited November 2016 #39

    Photonic Universe - 200w monocrystaline with 20amp controller (MPPT) plus all roof fitting kit - £339.99 -They're getting cheaper all the time!

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited November 2016 #40

    Evening everyone, im about to have a sloar system fitted. I was chatting with someone today who says that the flat panel type are very poor and fail after 18months. the variety that are slightly raised and not directly affixed to the roof are fine. Has anyone
    have any knbowledge !

    Write your comments here...if you are going to have a system fitted thats great and I hope you all success but please read the thread 'how to survive a non 240v site' in the 'Tips for making touring cheaper 'section. It's a fountain of knowledge for the
    seeker of non EHU caravanning. Think about what you want to achieve, what you will want to run off the batterie/s -  don't undershoot on the panel -  or, if you have an inverter fitted, that needs to be beefy enough to run what you need  (I run Microwave,
    Vacuum, Toaster and a Blender - not all at the same time I hasten to add - you don't want to be disappointed by using a panel that doesn't perform as you want - much better to get a larger panel if the pocket will stretch to it. At £339.99 for a 200w panel,
    a MTTP controller and all the kit, I would definitely go for that were I starting again. I might go for it anyway! Roof fixing is perfectly possible - mine has been up there for over 3 years and never a problem - just clean power! If you are going to do the
    roof option and here I go sounding like an old cracked record - please make sure you go to someone who knows what they are doing as regards sealing to one hole for the cable. Panelworks at Bawtry, Sth Yorks did mine and it has been perfect. Do your research
    and do it once!

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