Salisbury Lodge
2930 SalisburyNSW 2420, Barrington Tops Salisbury, South Australia, Australia
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Lights, Camera, (no) Action!
... amp; magnetic cupboard latches from Bunnings
How much space?
... all your delicately pressed evening and formal wear is just going to get crumpled.
If you're getting a new van, you have the option to remove the wardrobe (at your expense!) and extend the counter top. Trouble is, in doing so, you loose the additional storage volume that the wardrobe provides.
So, the conventional wisdom from Swan owners is to convert the space into shelves.
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Shifting the battery
... storage space when right next to it is the empty 'power distribution compartment'! Empty except for the other 12V & 240V electrical components - which is where you'd have thought that they'd put the auxiliary battery in the first place <sigh>!
So this isn't rocket science:
- Disconnect/remove battery,
- Unscrew battery box,
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You can never get enough...
... and sockets for them: It uses a system of pre-fabricated and pre-cut pluggable modules from CMS Electracom to provide 240v/10A power round the van. This means that in order to put in additional power points, you need to buy special bits and measure the leads to ensure you have the right cable lengths. From a safety point of view, though it's a good thing - plugging CMS leads into CMS sockets is as safe as plugging in ...
D Day
... around in: I favoured a plane, five star hotels and chauffeured limousines. She wanted to see the real country - new car, large caravan and six months to drive ourselves everywhere.
In the end, we compromised: three months, a pop-top van and anti-clockwise. The compromise looks less like Hyatt's all the way, but we'll have lots more room, freedom and opportunity for adventure.
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