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Frapp
Member Since: 19 Dec 2008
Location: Norff Zummerzet
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Thought I'd better get the caravan ready for the off.
What a day 
1st fill the water system. Me thinks that's taking a time to fill, yep you got it, I forgot to close the hot water drain tap, 90 litres of H2o over the ground
I then find the shower head had split, off for a new one, £34.99 
2nd sort the fluids on the lavvy. Good dose of pinky stinky stuff in the top tank followed by 10 litres of H2o 
Ok, where the  is this lot going as it only hold 5 litres, yep, pipe come loose in Doo Doo housing, 10.5 litres of pinky stuff all in the bottom of the housing now leaking into the van
3rd Frigging icebox door had closed on it's own, mushrooms now harvested.
B s, I'm off down the boozer  Member of the carrot crank club
Embarrassingly in for the 2nd round, bought another two
D3 Jack Russell carrier
D4 Landmark for towing duties
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 22nd Apr 2012 5:23 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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Oh, the joys of caravaning, I've got it to come, last year I found the hot water boiler had frozen during winter despite being drained It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 22nd Apr 2012 5:30 pm |
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Somerset Jem
Member Since: 07 Jul 2011
Location: Somerset
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Sympathy Frapp, been there! Cheap holidays or expensive hobby?..........I think we know the answer! 
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| 22nd Apr 2012 5:31 pm |
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bambi
Member Since: 10 Apr 2009
Location: south yorkshire
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M3dpo re the boiler freezing, (now I know I'm about to teach granny how to suck eggs) but it's a well known fact that the boilers retain a fair few litres of water, so one way to help reduce this is to find the boiler hot water outlet and angle that so it is lower than the boiler(tip the caravan that way ) then open up the hot tap, also what cn help further is to remove he shower head open the shower hot tap and blow down the pipe after irst closing any other hot taps and blocking the water inlet ( fold main feed pipe over on its self .
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| 23rd Apr 2012 3:46 pm |
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Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
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Easy option caravan all year round. MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club
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| 23rd Apr 2012 4:29 pm |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10360
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I've found that if you open the boiler/hot tank drain tap before leaving site, and open a tap, the movement on the journey home seems to help in dumping all the water.
Al Volvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
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| 23rd Apr 2012 5:09 pm |
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Frapp
Member Since: 19 Dec 2008
Location: Norff Zummerzet
Posts: 1655
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Russell wrote:Easy option caravan all year round.
We usually do 
A few things to sort and we will be off again Member of the carrot crank club
Embarrassingly in for the 2nd round, bought another two
D3 Jack Russell carrier
D4 Landmark for towing duties
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| 23rd Apr 2012 5:54 pm |
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nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1359
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If it's any consolation, when we went out earlier this year I set the caravan up and then went out for a couple of hours. When I got back to the site, the washroom floor and at the side of the bed was wet through. Checking around, I found that the drain pipe from the Thetford flush unit had come off (it's just a push fit seemingly) and the contents had flooded the floor. Thank goodness for removable carpets.
I'd done the Thetford drain modification at the back end of last year, and we'd used the 'van a couple of times since. It was the original drain that had come off, so goodness knows what had caused it. I put a bit of super glue on when I put it back.
Freezing water wasn't the issue in my case, as I leave the heating on low (5-10 degrees C) throughout the winter.
Oh, and the reason that I left the caravan in the first place was to visit a local Independent after the D3 had gone into limp mode at 50 mph whilst overtaking and going up hill!
Fortunately the carpets and caravan dried out, and the car's problem didn't return. However, it was an expensive weekend because I made my mind up that the D3 had "bonged" once too often so had to go.
Last edited by nigel207 on 25th Apr 2012 8:27 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 24th Apr 2012 3:28 pm |
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moorman
Member Since: 05 Jul 2009
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 276
 
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To aid winter drain down of water system there is an item called Keepfloeingwhich is supposed to pressure empty the system. Not got one or tried it but seen a demo - might help.
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| 24th Apr 2012 6:19 pm |
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B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
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Quote:I've found that if you open the boiler/hot tank drain tap before leaving site, and open a tap, the movement on the journey home seems to help in dumping all the water.
I will second that
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| 25th Apr 2012 12:39 pm |
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