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A hot water heater tap you mean. You can but you could for example leave your engine running so you preserve more battery. or run the engine for 30 mins afterwards instead.

Good point Ian. Its 160ah (1920 kWh) on this unit as its the LPS 3000 model.

Awww thanks Christina.

I presume it wouldn’t. That nipple has been made and designed by VW specifically to attach an auxiliary diesel feed so I would guess there’s some safety in leaving some fuel in the tank. The reality is it uses very little diesel on a diesel heater. Our 2kw autoterm is never higher than setting 1 which uses around 150ml of diesel per hour.

It does its a full MPPT

@@wknowles7734 Ping me a message on mark @ ahoy.co.uk I may have a spare in the garage if not I can get one for you. Where are you based?

Ah that’s a really nice comment thanks. 🙏

No it uses an RCBO which has earth protection too. If you are having a lot of 230v appliances I would recommend a small consumer unit.

Coming soon!

It sounds like you may need to take a bit more off the nipple. Check with a phone by videoing it to make sure you have cut enough off and can see a small hole. The fuel should flow out of the pipe neatly rather than spurt.

Yeah we have dark cabinets but have softened it up with lighter woods on the floor and ceiling. Hahah yeah but he wanted fewer things on the outside I did think that myself I will check how he’s getting on with that.

we’ve just spent 3 weeks touring france and the gas has lasted really well. I do think the LPG has its place.

Haha no, lightweight ply is defo an advertising con.

@@ahoyleisure indeed. I remember doing the calcs back in 2019 and where we used Morland boards and despite the industry claims of being lightweight it is still relatively heavy per sheet at about 25kg compared to a standard 18mm ply sheet of about 36kg. The only plus was the choice of laminate colours available (see our build)👍

it’s was £336 inc vat for the weight engineers 👍🏼

@@ahoyleisure Thanks for letting me know, I will be in touch at some point for a Clayton.

No not from what I’ve been told.

Plastic

I think it depends on the type. FYI mine are both factory swivel seats and they work 100%.

Nice one, thanks for the quick reply, really appreciate it 👍

I agree, an app would be very handy.

Seikel was the name. Speak to Rob at Volkstrek in Wales

@@ahoyleisure thanks

If you go into solar and turn it off and back on it will reset it. Please note that it will need a minimum of 15v to start working.

@@ahoyleisure thanks for the quick answer, it worked. However that is a bit strange that it got so high that it doesn't start charging again. Would not be funny to reset C2 every day...

It is self learning but it also has perimeters for protecting itself. So in the first few days as its learning or as its connected it may need resetting. As long as the watts are below 400w and the open circuit voltage is below 50v everything will work ok. Ive never had to reset mine other than after reconnecting wires etc and I've had mine for years now.

Sorry I dont understand the question. What do you need?

@@ahoyleisure sorry dyslexic moment, can you put me in contact with the guy who doing this to the van am doing exactly the same with a xlwb 4x4 already built my bed frame with aluminium exclusion i might able to help and vice versa

None of the dogs farts are as bad as Katie's. :-)

Yeah I agree, its this balance between look, grip and longevity and I think the KO2s walk the line pretty well.

@@themightyjuju Thank for the comment buddy. Blimey that’s good I think it’s generally a minimum of 20k miles front and 40k miles back on standard tyres but with offroad wheels especially on heavier vehicles noise will start to sneak with high milage. What did you change over to out of interest?

@@ahoyleisure Michelin CrossClimate 2, all season with snowflake rating 255/45 (to guarantee the loading). Fab, would buy again, all aspects better 👍🏻

Pyrenees, ah I wish I was there!!! Hope you are getting good weather too. We had a 5 series estate car back in the days we camped in tents, and had all season tyres fitted in preparation for a month long trip to france. Mainly due to us doing more and more tails. But after testing them for 20 mins on the motorway we went back to the tyre shop and took them off as they were so noisy. So we were worried about the same with the KO2 bit pleasantly surprised. Again with the Holeshots maybe we have been lucky. Other than the centre aluminium cap being repainted we’ve had no failing other than standard wear and tear.

We have x3 t6.1 campers that we hire out. Today we have been considering changing them over to KO2 when new tyres are needed as they have lasted so long.

@@ahoyleisure I "might" stick with Wildpeaks on my T6 as aesthetically they are a little bit more subtle than KO2, Without a doubt the Crafter suits KO2, MWB Crafter will be my next van. Decisions decisions 😁

The MWB Crafter/TGE look ace. 👍🏼 If we didn’t have a small herd of dogs that’s the van we would have 🐺 🐕 🐕 🐕

@@richardpickering2452 Falken have better wet grip than BFG AT’s, consider BFG Trail Terrain is you have road bias and only mild off road? Still quite aggressive but better manners.

I almost added a section at the end of this video on the KMC Holeshots but it felt like it needed another video. I spoke to Aiden from UAO and he has had issues with his near the bolt areas on the rim but i’ve not, other than general wear and tear that is. I’ve filmed a little on them and will maybe upload a quick video. I’ve had zero to no bubbling or blistering on the wheels. No rust at all. On one wheel right at the back of one of the holes i’ve had some paint come loose. The holes (oh er mister) will get cleaned every 3-4 weeks with a brush where as the wheels most weeks. So you can see a slight build up of break dust where i’ve been a lazy buggar. I use the Bilt Hamber wheel cleaner so I think it’s more gentle in general. All in all I still like the alloys 9/10 score. they were a good choice and they have lasted. maybe they could be refurbed after another 12 months or so. Compared to some alloys i’ve had in the past merc A35 were a pain, 5 series sport, transporters etc all on bigger sportier wheels, any painted wheels will need a tickle after 3-4 years. I will have a proper look round all the wheels and throw it in the video.

Hahah point taken. I would normally be moaning at our kids about that I’m not sure why I was setting a bad example. 😇

Pahaha yeah same here. The first climb is steep and you get up it but it gives you a false sense of security. Then you think you are fine until that famous corner. Can’t imagine how that would feel in hard rain at night 👀👀👀👀😵‍💫

Took our heavily loaded T5.1 over hardnock pass and would agree that over 6m in length would be a challenge! Scraped the rear flaps on a lot of the turns and low gears on the steep bits. Well done in a LWB TGE.

Thankfully no scrapes for us, just skids in my undies 😇

Yeah they get a bit of stick about how they handle in mud and there is new version out but i’ve had no bother at all and I’ve been happy with them. At the end of the day they are an all-purpose tyre so not out and out offroad. If they were on an old jeep that I was smashing down green lanes maybe a softer tyre with more tread space to sling the mud out for more grip. Like all tyres even road tyres as they age the road noise starts to slowly come in as the wear is never perfectly balanced. But considering the stick these tyres get in some of the forums I thought I would do an honest personal review with facts. If I get £400 for mine and I pay £800 for new it’s only cost me £100 per corner for 3+ years driving. I’m happy with that.

I’ve chased and will come back on this. We are hoping to get the keys on our showroom this month and start to have samples and stock soon.

I’m hoping to get a list of what is available as there has been change in some of the items ie patterns and colours. I will update everyone asap.

@@ahoyleisure that’s great. Will keep an eye out for the details.

I thought that saying was “teach a man to fish”

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@@ahoyleisure brill thanks bud

Thanks James ✌️ He’s using the truma 14ltr electric hot water tank which is working well for him. He basically runs it while driving to full temp and the it retains heat in the jacket only losing 1 degree every hr. I will double check on heating the van but I think it was the factory fitted heater. I will double check.

@ahoyleisure thank you. Interesting, so free hot water whilst driving from the alternator charging the Clayton and that heating the water. The 2 I have been looking at heat whilst driving as well by heat exchange with the engine coolant system and can be topped up with electric as needed. Food for thought.

@@jamescollins4489 Yeah I looked at calorifier on my build. Great idea but you do need to tap in to your hot water in the engine to get the heat from the heating matrix to heat the water in the tank. But with just an electric only heater it’s a super simple fitting and you can effectively do the same thing👍🏼.

Hey thanks. Always welcome another subscriber 🥳. On the logbook it will have a specific weight. I’m up-weighting to 3.9 for example. Just ask on any vehicle you are considering buying what it says on the logbook under “max permissible weight” and revenue weight. So let me check with the engineering company. This was something I was getting confused about too. But I think this is why Sean at SV Tech was advising me to do the application of body change FIRST before up-weighting.

​@@ahoyleisurethanks for the swift response Mark.

@@Zippy0George0Bungle I’m hoping to have some news tomorrow or monday.

Thank you. I’d imagine there will be a lot of interest in the material, and how it’s worked etc.

Interested in the hollow plastic sheet material too...

would love that info on the plastic sheeting chosen, and some construction details would be cool too!

Yeah some info on the plastic sheer material would be appreciated as it's kinda brushed over!