Am I bieng thick? (1 Viewer)

[Bepto]

I just got this in the post.

The Female end won't plug into the van as the cover/flap prevents it going into the recess on the van. Do I need an adapter or do I just break off the flap on the plug? Doh!

 

[Lorryman100]

What type of van is it? The flap should slide into a designed space in the van fitting. You can see the void space in the below pic where the flap goes at the top.

 

[Bepto]

Thank You - I was right 1st time, I was being thick

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[Lorryman100]

I was being thick

According to my better half, a reoccurring issue that I promote and she suffers!!

 

[DavidG58]

Not being patronising, but just in case you don't know, there is normally a lever beside the plug you have to press down to release, now you have it in, don't want you to have it stuck in as well

 

[Bepto]

Not being patronising, but just in case you don't know, there is normally a lever beside the plug you have to press down to release, now you have it in, don't want you to have it stuck in as well

That bit I dod know (watched a youtube vid )

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[Podney]

Glad Im not the only one! Took me a few minutes to work out how it plugged in,but didn’t want to ask on here for fear of having the xxxxripped out of me.

 

[Badknee]

now you have it in, don't want you to have it stuck in as well

Said the actress to the bishop.

 

[Four of us]

Not thick and not the only one to be confused by the various bits of kit! We were laughing last week about how complicated we found setting up and packing up when we started out. It does get easier......although mistakes still get made at rimes!

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[Puddleduck]

And good practice to plug into the van and then the mains when setting up. Unplug from mains and then from van when leaving a site.

 

[Lenny HB]

Asking a question like that on here, there is only one answer - Yes.

 

[Cleve]

Don't worry, there is plenty more to come.

The vents you forgot to close.
The drawers you did not close/lock correctly.
The lockers you forgot to shut.
The fridge door you did not latch.
The loo door that was not shut properly.
The loose bits on the floor you forgot.

All these show up after you are committed to moving and nowhere to stop until assorted contents are on the floor!

I still keep doing it and I have a check list. Arghhhhhhhh

Enjoy, there is nothing wrong with being thick, remember nobody likes a smart, what was the word, I forget, I'm old.

Clive

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[Puddleduck]

I still keep doing it and I have a check list. Arghhhhhhhh

Usually we manage to leave a drawer unlocked after we've stopped for lunch and then got back on the road.

When setting off it's usually the CPAP machine drawer that gets forgotten.

 

[Badknee]

It's usually the noisiest drawer in the van I leave unlocked, you got it, the cutlery drawer. Jeesh what a noise it makes

 

[two]

I've been connecting EHU cables ever since they came out but I still lay them out neatly up to the bollard, only to find out then that I've got the blessed thing the wrong way round!

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[Bepto]

It's usually the noisiest drawer in the van I leave unlocked, you got it, the cutlery drawer. Jeesh what a noise it makes

I was thinking about the cutlery drawer earlier and how to stop things in there rattling on the move.

 

[Clarky]

It's usually the noisiest drawer in the van I leave unlocked, you got it, the cutlery drawer. Jeesh what a noise it makes

Particularly when it shoots right out and the lot crashes on to the floor at the first roundabout.
It's happened twice on our present van.......doh!

Richard.

 

[two]

I was thinking about the cutlery drawer earlier and how to stop things in there rattling on the move.

We use tea towels. As it happens, we collect them as souvenirs so we have plenty. Apart from that I'm not at all sure what else they're good for!

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[Cleve]

I was thinking about the cutlery drawer earlier and how to stop things in there rattling on the move.

Yes but no but you have to pick it all back up and sort it all out into the little trays if you let it all fall out on the floor.

And for another thing, I started out with 6 teaspoons now there is only 5 where the hell did the other one go. I have taken the place apart looking for it. It better show up next week when I get back and turf everything out of here and scrub her (Helen) to death.

Clive

 

[Bailey58]

Don't worry, there is plenty more to come.
The vents you forgot to close.
The drawers you did not close/lock correctly.
The lockers you forgot to shut.
The fridge door you did not latch.
The loo door that was not shut properly.
The loose bits on the floor you forgot.
All these show up after you are committed to moving and nowhere to stop until assorted contents are on the floor!
I still keep doing it and I have a check list. Arghhhhhhhh
Enjoy, there is nothing wrong with being thick, remember nobody likes a smart, what was the word, I forget, I'm old. Clive

You forgot leaving the grey waste open.

 

[TerryL]

You forgot leaving the grey waste open.

Or the insurance claim for €2000, your new Rolex watch, Ipad and Iphone8 when you get gassed at a French motorway service aire.

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[Silver-Fox]

And for another thing, I started out with 6 teaspoons now there is only 5 where the hell did the other one go.

The same place single socks make off to

 

[On the road again]

Back to the OP- we spent our first ever night without EHU because we couldn't get the plug into the MH because of the cover!
I lay awake wondering what was wrong and came up with the solution that it was a design fault and the cover would have to be broken off .

Couldn't understand why they would make them with a cover.

Felt really, really stupid when shown what to do the next morning but we are living and learning.

As I have said before, I don't really understand how a wheelbarrow works so some of the threads on here go so far above my head they are in the stratosphere.

 

[Silver-Fox]

I don't really understand how a wheelbarrow works

Thats what labourers are for, keep the clever stuff for the clever people

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[Anthea M]

I was thinking about the cutlery drawer earlier and how to stop things in there rattling on the move.

I've cut small pieces of non slip matting to line each section it does stop rattling.

Oh yes and don't forget to unplug and recoil the EHU before you drive away!( Obvious but we have done that and husband wears the t shirt!!)

 

[Theonlysue]

There is a big black hole in every van where things disappear into, never to be seen again lol

 

[TUCANO]

Particularly when it shoots right out and the lot crashes on to the floor at the first roundabout.
It's happened twice on our present van.......doh!

Richard.

I doubt if all van drawers are constructed similarly but I have a quantity of plastic fasteners that clip the drawer fronts onto the drawers themselves, my van is a 2006 reg Hymer. Should anyone need a couple they are here for the asking.
I had to buy them in bulk as I have left the drawers unlocked soooooo many times, I once had a couple of knives join me in the cab and I hadn't even left the estate

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[two]

Back to the subject of electric cables, my Grandmother was known to leave the flex of her ‘new-fangled’ hoover out on the floor before gathering it all up. The reason? “To let the trapped electricity out.” She’d obviously thought about it and, if you do too, you may agree that it wasn’t such a stupid notion!

 

[Puddleduck]

I've cut small pieces of non slip matting to line each section it does stop rattling.

Or longer pieces and wrap the cutlery in them.

Back to the subject of electric cables, my Grandmother was known to leave the flex of her ‘new-fangled’ hoover out on the floor before gathering it all up. The reason? “To let the trapped electricity out.” She’d obviously thought about it and, if you do too, you may agree that it wasn’t such a stupid notion!

My Grandmother had a thing about wires crossing. She was convinced that if the wire crossed itself or another wire she would be electrocuted. Since she wired her house herself (back in the 1950s I think) and used library books to show her what to do she wasn't a dullard. She must have got the crossed wires notion from a book on electronics or something - or maybe didn't get as far as the chapter on insulation.

 

[TheBig1]

having bought and done up so many motorhomes and caravans over the years, I have learnt to take the drawers oust and look below and behind. assorted cutlery and random clothes etc are the usual finds