What did you do to your rig today?

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Picked up the new tyredog thingo and the new solar panels had arrived when we got home.
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I had a quiet day ..............
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BruceS wrote: Tue May 30, 2017 4:59 pm I had a quiet day ..............
Got a new computer yet Dot?
Heading over before Frid, needed to get home after court totally stuffed
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Apparently I snored last night, so when I awoke in the early hours this morning I went looking for the bride in the spare room. Which is where I usually find her on a Tuesday morning. But no, today she was out in the Alpine having fled the house top escape my snores. She snores too, but fails to accept that sometimes she is louder than me. I have the recording to prove it.
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T1 Terry wrote: Tue May 30, 2017 10:38 am
BruceS wrote: Mon May 29, 2017 7:01 pm Be warned about using polystyrene!
Nothing worse than a mouse chewing a tunnel through it in the middle of the night & if it is even slightly loose & moves, it squeaks something terrible!!
Worse than chalk on a teacher's blackboard!!
It also eats away at electrical cable they inform me?
Avoid using polystyrene, the best insulation by far is the bubble wrap material with a layer of foil attached to each side, retro-shield I think it's called.
We made up a sandwich of 2 layers with a sheet of bubble wrap in the middle and sealed the edges with foil tape. There are a few photos http://s419.photobucket.com/user/Terry- ... t=6&page=1 of the battens we made and them installed in the roof cavity of big bus. The bathroom and bedroom were done with polystyrene, the kitchen forward done with the retro-shield and the temp difference is quite noticeable both summer and winter. If it were possible I'd remove the polystyrene from the rear section and replace it with the retro-shield, but that would involve destroying the bathroom walls and that is not happening.

The multi-tool is one of those vibrating blade things that has interchangeable blades and a sanding pad, no idea how I got by without it. I bought a https://www.justtools.com.au/brands/fein-multimaster/ from Sydney tools for around the $250 mark and I thought that was expensive back then, can't believe the prices they are fetching now, but if you can track down a good secondhand unit at a reasonable price they are brilliant. There area a heap of copy machines about now so that might even be a better choice but I'd swear by this Fein brand unit, just brilliant.

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Hi Terry,
The retro shield certainly looks interesting, a couple of questions for you though, when you cut it to shape, did you re-seal the edges with and aluminium tape? Did you glue each sheet to the outer skin? If yes, that would have left an air gap between the retro shield and the inner wall material, or did you fill that also?

I took a look at your pics in the photo bucket, very impressive!
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supersparky wrote: Tue May 30, 2017 7:20 pm Apparently I snored last night, so when I awoke in the early hours this morning I went looking for the bride in the spare room. Which is where I usually find her on a Tuesday morning. But no, today she was out in the Alpine having fled the house top escape my snores. She snores too, but fails to accept that sometimes she is louder than me. I have the recording to prove it.
And exactly what makes you snore David?
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Pulled the dunny out and replaced the impeller, and also did battle with the Sun Smart regulator and Combi Inverter charger but still none the wiser for my efforts. OnOn!
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T1 connected the 5'er to Lithium [Yea!] I am now on solar and Lithium. Only need the sun today and to tidy up the mess inside and I might be on the road [Tomorrow] . :D :D :D

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How many panels and what size did you get do you have a photo of the finished roof would be nice 👍 to see the configuration 🚌
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Mrbolly wrote: Tue May 30, 2017 7:49 pm

Hi Terry,
The retro shield certainly looks interesting, a couple of questions for you though, when you cut it to shape, did you re-seal the edges with and aluminium tape? Did you glue each sheet to the outer skin? If yes, that would have left an air gap between the retro shield and the inner wall material, or did you fill that also?

I took a look at your pics in the photo bucket, very impressive!
The edges were taped using the tape recommended for air con ducting and has a silver foil outside coating. The retro-shield battens were cut just large enough to wedge into each section so they stay there by themselves..... well at least until the ceiling went back up. Any gap creates a trapped air space and that makes a great insulator in itself, it stopped all the condensation that was collecting on the inside of the roof sheet as well so all round it did a great job.
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