S2 E5 Exploring Eyre Peninsular, South Australia+Are We Really Too GASSY? Caravanning LBW Adventures
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- In this episode we explore the Eyre Peninsular in South Australia, stay at Farm Beach, walk to the beach where scenes in the movie Gallipoli were filmed, explored some impressive caves, and experimented with ideas in how we can save some gas!
Here's a quick look at what we get up to: Eye Peninsular: Farm Beach, Gallipoli Beach, Woolshed Cave, Farm Beach
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0:00 Intro of what's in this video
0:35 Are we using too much gas in our caravan?
5:16 Woolshed Cave, Eyre Peninsular, South Australia
8:09 Blocked sink in the caravan
9:58 Join us on Patreon for all behind the scenes updates [UPDATED]
11:29 Farm Beach Caravan Park, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
13:00 Working in a caravan
13:22 Walk to Gallipoli Beach, South Australia
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I get 25 days. It runs 24/7 , fridge, cooking, hot water. Only thing I’ve done is fully insulated the rear of the fridge ( no gaps ) installed a roof vent with computer fans running 24/7 so it draws all hot air out. Then turn down the fridge to position 3 with fridge fans running. I travel with the inverter running the fridge so it stays way cooler. I Never use 12v. It takes to long too cool it down. Works great. 🍻🌮
Hey Jorji, wow 25 days that’s awesome. We’ve only ever run the fridge on the 3 position.
Running the inverter while we travel is an idea, will have to try that.
Thanks so much for watching and for your advice. 🤙
What size fridge?
Lads I would be looking for a slow leak in you gas pipes more likely outside the caravan as you would smell it if it’s inside
We turn on our gas hot water just prior to having a shower stops unwanted heating
We get a couple of months out of the gas
Hey Arthur, I have been over every join I can find inside and out with soapy water and have found no leaks. It has been so consistent in it’s usage over the last 14 months I have no reason to suspect a leak.
We are still trialling our hot water running off the inverter so we will see how that goes.
Thanks heaps for watching and commenting 👍
You might want to edit the map at 0:21. Woolshed cave is about halfway between Sheringa and Streaky Bay, not south as on your map.😆
Ah great spotting thank you. I can’t update the video which is already loaded, but we will make sure it’s corrected for the next release. Thank you for letting us know and of course for watching!!!
3 way fridge : only use 12v when in transit ,it's only designed to maintain fridge temperature not cool down
Hot water: leave off , use gas,but only turn on when you need (once a day???) then do dishes ,shower etc and turn off If left on is using gas to keep water hot ALL day/night 🔥
Hey Ron, yes after trialing the fridge on 12v last year I come to the conclusion that it was really only meant for travel so that’s all I do now.
The hot water I have only ever turned it on as required so it’s not turning on and off, but we will see how we go.
Thanks heaps for watching and taking the time to comment 👍
Hello guys just thought we would message you to let you know we run an extension cord from the hot water heater to the PowerPoint in our bedside box to turn it in and off. Easier than having to lift the bed up everytime. Cheers
Hey guys, that’s a good idea, I will look into that. Thanks for watching and sharing your ideas. 👍
We have a bit of the same issue. Tips we have found for saving gas as we have a large 3 way fridge also. Add an extra solar panel/s if you can. Once batteries reach about 90% (about 10-11am) I switch 3 way to 240v using the inverter (3000w) solar will then continue to charge batteries, at a bit of a reduced rate but still enough to top it off by mid afternoon. I then switch back to gas by the time the solar is not covering the fridge (battery still at 100%) also use induction, air fryer ect for cooking plus electricity for HWS aswell. BTW, seen you guys a week ago, you pulled over for us coming through with our grey truck and van around the bend as you were coming out of camp, we turned around and camped in the other section near the water and the hill out. Didnt get a chance to come back and say Hi. Anyway safe travels, may see you again if you're near by.
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Hey ya Alan, switching to 240v is an idea that never occurred to me for some reason 🤦♂️, I will be giving that a go. Also I’ve been trialling the HWS on power for awhile so we will see how that one pans out too.
I do remember seeing your truck come in we thought you would be in camp when we got back and we’re going to come and say hi, but we weren’t sure where you’d gone 😂
Hopefully see you out and about again.
Thanks heaps for watching our vid, and taking the time to comment 👍
Hey guys, nice video. Thankyou for sharing and such an interesting topic. I have a Victron setup as well but i installed it in my ute so it charges when Im driving on day trips as well. I turn the hot water heater on in the mornings on gas and when its hot i turn it off and like you guys, it stays hot all day. I try to do most of my cooking either with an induction cooker or over a fire and very rarely with gas. in a caravan park, I always go un-powered but use the camp kitchen for cooking and washing up. Can be a pain in the butt, but does save gas and money. i get nearly 6 weeks out of a 9kg bottle. A good tip is to have a sun shade over your fridge vents too to make it more efficient. Hope this helps :)
Hey ya mate, thanks so much for sharing all your tips. We will continue to juggle our habits and see how it pans out. I’m definitely going to try and use electricity more and hope that makes a difference.
If I ordered a van from new I think I would have a induction cooker installed.
Thanks heaps for watching and taking the time to comment. 👍
Maybe upgrade to a compressor fridge
Hey Clint, that would definitely be my preference if I ever ordered another van, but at this point in our plans it isn’t really an option. Thanks for watching, and taking the time to comment. 👍
Get a 12v fridge or a 240v inverter fridge, 9kg bottle lasts us 4 months on average
Hey ya mate, if we ever order another van, or the one we have dies we will definitely go with a 12 volt version.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 👍
We recently upgraded our power system. We only have a 2000w inverter and a 150 Lithium battery. We have found that through the day if it’s very sunny and the battery is full or nearly full that it can’t take in any more solar that we can run our 3 way fridge on 240 power with the inverter. It extended our gas usage by nearly a week, as we were like you and going through the gas. Just have to remember to switch it back over to gas when the sun goes down.
Ok this is a great idea and one we haven’t yet tried. We’ve only tried running it on 12v via the solar so we will give 240 a go and see if it saves us some gas🙌🙌🙌🙌 Thank you for the suggestion and for watching!
If you want to thank me you can follow me lol I am only new at this with 5 subs. Been travelling for 15 months. We are on the Yorke atm doing all off grid camping so we may give you some tips . I watched your episode this time not because of you gassiness but that you were on the Eyre as that is where we are heading in 3 weeks. Maybe we will even cross paths as your van is so distinguishable now….love what you did to it by the way. Cheers Karen and Larry
Hey guys, of course… I think you will now find you have 6 subs 🙌🙌🙌 it’s hard work in the start isn’t it with the whole TH-cam thing. Oh yes we are going in opposite ways but we will keep and eye out that’s for sure!!! Thanks for watching and also hopefully subscribing and of course for sending us a comment.
@@LBWAdventures It’s more fir family that I am doing it, I don’t expect it to get big. I have followed you for a while but it was under my name. Now since I have an account I notice my comments are coming up with my travel name. Since I started this I have done episodes on Rapid Bay and Kangaroo Island if you go there. Although we did ditch the van for KI and stayed in a lovely cottage for a bit of luxury after so long in a small space.
Awesome. We will check them out for sure. We unfortunately are going to run out of time for kangaroo island this lap so we will have to come back again next year 🙌🙌🙌
Always your hair! - every guy to their mrs XD
Hahah well that’s the downside to having wife’s and girlfriends with long flowing locks 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
Throw the gas fridge out, put in a proper compressor fridge you have heaps of power to do it..
And you will get proper cold beers.
Hey ya Rob, if the 3 way fridge ever dies, it will definitely be getting replaced with a compressor fridge. For now though we will just have to make do with what we have.
Thanks heaps for watching and commenting 👍
@@LBWAdventures I was in same boat, I am in NZ best decision I made getting rid of 3way, having a fridge that properly cools and freezes is a big deal, get a few bucks for the one you pull out and move on.
I did everything I could to try and make the 3way work all I am afraid to say a total waste of time, the gas fridge used to be cheap when gas was cheap and really was only option, and it just is not designed to work on power, it does but very very inefficient I tried multiple heating power methods, I used to manufacture electric heated towel rails so I know a little about heating and heat transfer, did fan mods etc all totally frustrating failures. I have 200amp batteries and 600watts of solar you have a far better setup than me your system will piss bowl a compressor fridge
Leave your fridge on gas. But when you travel use 12 v. Don't run your water heater unless you want it. Remember . YOU ARE NOT AT HOME. simply put you are drawing Way to much power and gas. Jet boil for coffee. Loose the high wattage appliances. Toaster.
Hey Davi, we have been living in our van for almost a year and a half so we are quite aware we are not at home.
Thanks for the tip on the fridge, to date that’s how I have been using it.
We only ever draw as much power as we can make and have gone over 170 days continuously off the power grid by managing what comes in with what goes out. So we don’t think we are drawing to much power. Our lithium battery bank has never been below 50%
We use a coffee machine and airfryer daily. Sometimes a steamer at night for dinner. Haven’t got a toaster yet though 😉
Thanks heaps for watching, and taking the time to comment. 👍
@Lentil Bit Wiser well that was an eye opener for you.
My mate has the same van and the same setup.
I had to show him how to save gas .. now his gas bottles last 1x 9kg in summer lasts 25 to 28 days. By introducing the engles freezer 12v to store the frozen foods. Your gas for your fridge is NOT using about 8 grams per hour which is 5.4 kg of gas a month.
That is the difference of an extra week worth of gas for your fridge per gas bottle. .
Wonderful video guys, really made me laugh 😂 sorry about the gas usage but I have an older style Dometic 196L fridge and as you said it works perfectly on gas but using the hot water unit and the fridge I usually get 3 weeks but I am a solo traveller so 11 days for both of you seems right based on my usage, I am sure someone may be able to give you some good information to help you achieve lower usage, sorry can’t help with a better answer, thanks as always for sharing your travels, you are awesome 👏👍cheers Darrel
Thanks Darrel, we love hearing you enjoyed the video🙌🙌🙌 Yes we probably need to look at our cooking as well as the water heating in the future! 3 weeks would be amazing for us, but we haven’t ever make it anywhere close to that 🙃. Thanks for taking the time to send us a message and of course for watching 🙌🙌🙌
Hey guys you are way too gassy, it depends on if you cook everything inside your van or outside. I don't travel full time. However, I have stayed for two weeks at at a time in Dunsbouruogh WA in winter and left my gas hot water system on 24/7 and used 1/3 of a bottle of gas. Conversely, when up North of WA, FREE camping , I use the gas for hot water, BBQ and fridge and use very little. Very economical here guys. Good videos and travels uou guys.
Hey Stephen, we will work on our usage habits and see if we can reduce it. Thanks heaps for watching and sharing your experience. 👍
Another great episode guys.
Thanks Paul, happy to hear you enjoyed it!!!! Thanks for the comment and of course for watching 🙌🙌🙌
I could have sworn you were going to try to wash that pipe in the sink you took it off 🤣
Hahah that would have been gold!!!! I’m pretty sure he almost did too 🤣🤣
Great video guys have you tried running the fridge on a lower setting i find my dometic works the same on a lower number and seems to use a little less gas all the best Ron rogers
Hey Ron, thanks for watching and enjoying 🙌🙌🙌🙌. Actually no, but that’s a great idea… we usually leave it on 3 …. Perhaps we should give 2 a go and see if that helps any? Great suggestion!!!!👍
@@LBWAdventures just as long as it still keeps everything cold
Our fridge is almost empty at the moment so best time to test as if it’s too warm we won’t loose anything hahaha 😝
Do you have fans in the rear of the fridge vents do you have a shade cover over the vents.
Whey Kim… none e don’t have a fridge shade. We have looked at them as we noticed other people with them, but we can’t see anyway to attach it to our van…? We might have to look into that a bit further as it does run the fan for a lot longer when the skyline is hitting the fridge side. Thanks for your suggestion and of course for watching 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Another funny video. Can't resist but are you a Lentil bit Gassy?
We go through a 9kg bottle of gas in about 15-16 days but our 3 way fridge is smaller than yours. We also have gas hot water, oven and hotplates but rather than boil a kettle on a gas burner we use an electric kettle.
Really happy to hear you enjoyed it🙏👍. Hahah fair call, yes we tend to agree that we are very greedy on gas it seems!!!! An electric kettle is a great idea as we generally have more solar than we need so that could be a good plan as the kettle does take quite some time to boil🙌🙌🙌🙌. Thanks for watching!!!!!
I have a suggestion to save on gas and power, buy yourself a jetboil.
Hey Dennis thanks for the suggestion. We will look into that to see if it will help us save some gas 😀. Thanks for taking the time to comment and for watching 🙌🙌🙌
Enjoy your content but please when pointing the camera at yourself look into the lens not at yourself on the screen...
Thanks for the feedback, we will do our best to address that in future episodes. Glad to hear your enjoying the content. Thanks for watching