Camping Wagon

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:06 pm

mounted a remote mini blade fuse holder block in the left hand rear cargo pocket
drilled the trim 6mm and opened the mount holes in the fuse block to 6mm and mounted using a couple of spare clips I had in my toolbox

ran the wire under the trim down to the sill trims along to the left hand firewall grommet and around to the battery

need a fuse or circuit breaker? at the battery end

and hopefully I will be able to run my fridge

and I thought I had better introduce Curly who seems to have quietly moved into my toolbox for winter !

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:23 am

FROG wrote:Bahaha note to self- proof read posts BEFORE posting on phone
(and never let said minister read this thread)

hehe.. good point though

FROG wrote:So I got the wagon
and scored a 14 litre engel for a really good price
so now I want to run some wires to the back , mount a socket , fuse and switch
the fridge is rated at 0.5 - 2.5 amps , question is would 2.5mm 7 core trailer wire be up for the job? ( if Im going to run wires front to back I'd really like some extras for the future)

Glad to hear another L is saved

That power cable will be enough for your size fridge and items that don't run continuously for long periods of time. What is planned for the other cables in that trailer cord? I'd suggest you use 2 wires joined to supply fully time power to that fuse block.

FROG wrote:

and I thought I had better introduce Curly who seems to have quietly moved into my toolbox for winter !

I'd definately put a 30amp fuse at the battery end. Then put smaller sized fuses at the fuse block in the rear.

Hi Curly

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:17 pm

Cool
So 30 amp big blade fuse at battery
Was just going to hook up two of the seven (red and brown? ) to positive battery terminal ( 30 amp fused)
Use the black wire as an earth for the fridge back to the battery negative terminal

Spares will be for my 5 yr old step daughters DVD player ( necessary for a little peace and quiet while traveling

) will wire up another socket mounted in the trim again somewhere handy in passenger side (bubs side)

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:11 pm

FROG wrote:Cool
So 30 amp big blade fuse at battery
Was just going to hook up two of the seven (red and brown? ) to positive battery terminal ( 30 amp fused)
Use the black wire as an earth for the fridge back to the battery negative terminal

Spares will be for my 5 yr old step daughters DVD player ( necessary for a little peace and quiet while traveling ) will wire up another socket mounted in the trim again somewhere handy in passenger side (bubs side)

Yeah.. 30amp blade at the battery

If you're going to run the earth all the way back to the battery then I'd use 2 wire for that also.. OR IMO, use a fatter cable just to a good earth point on the body, really not needed to run back to the battery as long as you make good earth joins.

DVDs in cars would have to be the best invention for kids on long trips

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:02 pm

Good good got the outlets coming
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(anyone know how to copy bb code on a dumb phone?)
arggggggh

Thanks Paul will do the negative to body with fatter wire ( makes sense )
Should I do the two wire trick for both outlets for positive ?
Ie use four of the seven wires to power two outlets ?
(leave the other three for future use)

Trudging along quietly

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:38 pm

If the 2nd power is just to run the DVD unit then I wouldn't bother (unless you don't need all the other spare ones?) IMO, as most new units don't draw much current.

BTW.. I like those sockets.. have you got any details on them?

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:57 pm

Yeah only ran the seven core because I had plenty I will probably make use of them
It's a dedicated camping wagon so I'm sure I will think of some thing to plug in

The outlet is a narva item
81027 BL
http://www.narva.com.au/products/browse ... gs-sockets
Cost me twenty something bucks and promises to be heavy duty

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:00 pm

finally headed out to do a spot of fishing

Murrumbidgee River

the river has changed a fair bit since the floods, this beach used to be about three metres higher

the old girl performed admirably , we passed a triton on the track in who sneered at my ride and advised it would not be possible to get in

and had to wait for a cruiser to get unbogged on the way out

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:34 pm

personal river beach apparantly open only to tritons and cruisers

sunrise

cooking and stuff...

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:13 pm

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:30 pm

olddog642 · Post by **olddog642** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:07 pm

Oh bugger that looks just so idyllic I can smell the camp fire whilst sitting watching the Murrumbidgee flow on by.

Hylton:twisted:

Ps The campwagon looks right in its element

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:53 pm

I'm glad you posted more pics of the river... that tooheys took up a load of photo space!

Good to see you're showing up "real 4wder's" opinions

That's what I love most about driving a subaru...

Cheers

Bennie

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:13 pm

olddog642 wrote:Oh bugger that looks just so idyllic I can smell the camp fire whilst sitting watching the Murrumbidgee flow on by.

Hylton:twisted:

Ps The campwagon looks right in its element

We were all in our element

:D
I never get tired of the river

El_Freddo wrote:I'm glad you posted more pics of the river... that tooheys took up a load of photo space!

Good to see you're showing up "real 4wder's" opinions That's what I love most about driving a subaru...

Cheers

Bennie

Ive had a few say it before but not as acidic as this fella (tryton driver)
sneered at the wagon and said ' you'll never get in mate , dont bother trying"
and so I politely thanked him for his time and drove on

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:46 pm

.....and got to wake up to this.....

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:30 am

Now, if you captured the sound it would beat the 19 min DVD I have of a burning, crackling fireplace. Actually, does beat the DVD, you have sand. water and fog!

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:06 am

ONE EPIC PICTURE!!!

Wish I was there! But I'm enjoying the snow too much - I just don't get to drive Ruby Scoo in the snow enough! Snow circle work is awesome, kind of line water skiing with the snow going everywhere...

Cheers

Bennie

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:03 pm

Great picture for a poster you have there Andy.. I'm not sure if it's my miniture laptop or my lack of computer skills but that picture is HUGE

but awesome at the same time

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:49 pm

RSR 555 wrote:Great picture for a poster you have there Andy.. I'm not sure if it's my miniture laptop or my lack of computer skills but that picture is HUGE but awesome at the same time

I think I fixed it

ballsed it up royally from my smart cough cough eye phone

Andy

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:16 am

Beaut collage!! I don't know where to look first!

Cheers

Bennie

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