We collected our first MH on Tuesday - she's now sat on the drive waiting for the first outing this weekend In the meantime I'm trying to decide how to prioritise the extra things we'll need coz we can't afford to get them all done at once. Would be interested to know what other peoples' priorities are?
I think my first priority will be a second battery. We have one (new) 110Ah battery and there is space for another next to it - so all I need to do is buy a matching battery and link them up. I assume there is some kind of kit I can buy to link them together?
An external bbq point is pretty high on the list coz we don't have to carry a separate gas bottle for the Cadac. The gas locker is on the opposite side to the habitation door so I'm worried if this will be an expensive job (will be getting someone to do this for us professionally). I did read though that its ok to take the gas supply from the fridge/cooker area so maybe this isn't such a huge job after all.
Refillable gas is a must I think - we intend going to France a lot and also eventually Germany, Austria and maybe Italy so being able to top up gas as and when sounds much better. There's already an external LPG fill point and hose back into the gas locker fitted so it should be an easy DIY job to fit refillable cylinders. We have a full 6kg calor in there at the moment and hopefully that should last us a while this time of year as we'll probably stick with campsites with EHU for now until we have the hang of everything so its not super urgent, but I'll want to get it done before next year. It doesn't look like there is much difference between gaslow/gas it/alugas apart from price and weight? Any recommendations on where to get the cheapest 11kg cylinder from?
And finally we do want to get a solar panel - there is plenty of room on the roof and I guess the bigger the better, so its going to come down to cost and weight - any particular recommendations or things to watch out for?
I think my first priority will be a second battery. We have one (new) 110Ah battery and there is space for another next to it - so all I need to do is buy a matching battery and link them up. I assume there is some kind of kit I can buy to link them together?
An external bbq point is pretty high on the list coz we don't have to carry a separate gas bottle for the Cadac. The gas locker is on the opposite side to the habitation door so I'm worried if this will be an expensive job (will be getting someone to do this for us professionally). I did read though that its ok to take the gas supply from the fridge/cooker area so maybe this isn't such a huge job after all.
Refillable gas is a must I think - we intend going to France a lot and also eventually Germany, Austria and maybe Italy so being able to top up gas as and when sounds much better. There's already an external LPG fill point and hose back into the gas locker fitted so it should be an easy DIY job to fit refillable cylinders. We have a full 6kg calor in there at the moment and hopefully that should last us a while this time of year as we'll probably stick with campsites with EHU for now until we have the hang of everything so its not super urgent, but I'll want to get it done before next year. It doesn't look like there is much difference between gaslow/gas it/alugas apart from price and weight? Any recommendations on where to get the cheapest 11kg cylinder from?
And finally we do want to get a solar panel - there is plenty of room on the roof and I guess the bigger the better, so its going to come down to cost and weight - any particular recommendations or things to watch out for?