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1 hour ago, Red90 said:
That is not what it says.... SAME elongation and creep. Go based on cost as long as it is a name brand rope. Make sure the new breaking strength of the rope is at least double the rating of the winch and you will be safe.  The 10mm shown is a good choice for a 9000 lb winch.Â
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Not directly as that was a comparison to SK78 not SK75 (which the listed rope is made of), if you look at SK78 it says
" SK78 has the same strength as SK75 but offers significantly improved elongation and creep characteristics than it’s predecessor. "
So adding the SK78 improvement and the SK99 improvement you do actually get my statement-
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SK75 is 4 generations old, SK99 is 20% stronger and but offers significantly improved elongation and creep characteristics
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For soldering I find a pair of helping hands is useful
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolson-Tools-60335-Helping-Magnifying/dp/B001BMSBD4-
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So that Model
States an energy use of 73kWh/Year (it's in the picture of the standard energy efficiency label)Some calculation so this is 0.2kWh a day or 200Wh a day (* there are some gross assumptions here but about voltage conversions but Wh sort of removes that)
So https://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/helpandadvice/technicalhelp/solar-power/
States that a 50W panel generate 300-350Wh a Day in summer (less in winter, but then less cooling would be needed in winter)
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And that has turned up part number
STC8516
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Thanks, seems they made them in 17" for the Freelander as well so why not 18" for Discovery.
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Can anybody tell me the wheel style name of the Discovery 2 (51 plate) R18 wheels in the picture
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For 14 CUX you will probably need another 5K car TPS POT as most normal POT's would be 5K over around 270 degrees where are a TPS is probably 5K over 90 degrees
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My only concern is how waterproof is that Pot (normal ones are not very waterproof)
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Or just inflate to 8psi because you want the extra grip in the mud
And the will be sliced to shreds by stones / perished before they wear out. -
Can just buy the wheel bracing bar many on ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Recovery-Alloy-Wheel-Securing-Link-Straps-Trailer-Transporter-x-4-Yellow-Purple/151435048831or https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/451869-Merry-Recovery-Ratchet-Car-Alloy-Wheel-Protection-Straps/1271210159
Just make sure your existing straps are long enough (4m straps were a bit short especially on 35 inch plus tyres, 5m was better on a standard ifor trailer)
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32 minutes ago, Tanuki said:
Fuel-cells are a good idea: there are some that use Ethanol as their fuel [make it by fermenting pretty much anything with cellulose in it: wood-pulp, grass cuttings, seaweed...]
Why bother with fuel cells when it is very easy to run a normal petrol engine on mostly Ethanol.
There are a number of vehicles that will run on e85 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E85 ) which is 85% Ethanol .
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2 hours ago, Snagger said:
lack of fluid leaks
Unfortunately Electric cars actual do have fluids in them.
The high performance batteries, electronics and motors need cooling, there are reduction gearboxes with oil and brakes with hydraulic fluid, etc -
16 hours ago, monkie said:
it does not generate power all the time and it is still a minority contribution to how we generate power in the UK.
A nice map of UK power generation output
https://www.electricitymap.org/?page=country&solar=false&remote=true&wind=false&countryCode=GB -
How about LPG your diesel. More power, cleaner burn (note lpg on diesel is not a fuel replacement, but as an additive)
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They might call it a "Slim line quick coupler" I think (I might be wrong)
e.g. you need
https://www.sipuk.co.uk/sip-02321quick-release-slimline-female-coupler-1-4-bspt-end-fitting.htmlhttps://www.sipuk.co.uk/sip-02322-quick-release-slimline-male-coupler-1-4-bspt-end-fitting.html
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To go to standard BSP
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The top ring in the picture slots in to the nut and then the nut screws down to just press it against the pipe. -
I assume you mean a Banjo eye/tail
Best I can find is M6 x 4mm
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLAIN-TAIL-BANJO-EYE-UNION-FUEL-LINE-HOSE-FITTINGS-M18-M16-M14-M12-M10-M8-M6-/331603495414
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12 hours ago, martyn668 said:
I’m guessing the main reason is that a bend is a weak point. Any shock and it will simply continue to bend at that point.Â
I had a standard one behind a steering guard, it got bent slightly in a winch challenge competition, it soon snapped due to metal fatigue.
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Yes probably only diameter difference, but you mentioned using truck pumps.
From reading in Europe they will probably be to EN 13012 standard (a preview of this was on the Swedish site)
And they had 2 types of nozzle
Type I as per ISO design for up to 80l/min
Type II for 80 to 200 l/min (they started to set out the design in the doc from the looks of it)
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And a Swedish site give a preview https://www.sis.se/api/document/preview/8697/
and also has the en standard
and the preview of ISO 9158 which has this diagram
Seems this is the unleaded standard, it sound like you want the unleaded/diesel standard which they don't have a preview of.
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On 3/5/2018 at 8:45 AM, Snagger said:
Peak, while the water heater unit itself is quieter than the air heater, the water heater type will need the vehicle's blower to be on, so you'll get comparable noise levels.
I had a water eberspacher (espar in the US) and it had no blower noise because it was connected to household radiators so no air need to be blown.
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9 hours ago, Simon_CSK said:
 but having used Google Maps I liked the system the only disadvantage is that it cannot track your position if there is no destination set. Guess you cannot have everything.
Have you tried the app called Viewranger (http://www.viewranger.com/en-gb) very good at tracking your position with lots of map options but no turn by turn or Here ( https://www.here.com/en ) for turn by turn.
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And then you can add in quick charge capabilities, (I think there are only 2 types for that, but they do also come is various versions).
These can also increase the voltage over USB, part of why they do this is that battery charging rate is related to input voltage - the battery voltage. i.e as a battery gets charged the voltage difference decreases and thus the power that can be inputed decreases.But it seems that the problem is identified, the original posting was not clear that it was a dual socket converter that probably only had a 2.4A buck so if the 1A socket took 1A there was on 1.4A for the 2.1A socket.
Solution buy a better convert like the blue sea one Scotts90 posted
it was requested, so here it is, the race-lorry build!
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So Just a small camper van then 😉, I did half own a volvo BM10 coach as a camper, it was 12m long and a deck and a half and was about 17t GVW and then towing a 6.5m trailer.
For a cheap inverter you can use a computer UPS unit, some of them run on 24v, we picked up a 1200w one with duff batteries (not needed) for £16. You just need to snip off the alarm buzzer and put some external battery leads on.
A cheap way to get a pure sinewave inverter.
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