has anyone

[zippy656]

Here we go

Out in the field..

 

[exosteve]

Who needs a camper van looking at that.
Good job man.

 

[zippy656]

...

 

[exosteve]

Here we go

Out in the field..

You will be wanting copy my awning now then

 

[zippy656]

I like dons side awning

But need to talk wife round..

 

[jims-terrano]

Whats the black thing above the heat shield?

Come on Zippy I really need to know:lol

 

[zippy656]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161369305923

Use to say "yay chips tonight"
Or
"Get off your phone! "

Several other things too.

I said earlyer....

 

[jims-terrano]

I said earlyer....

I'll sleep tonight now ta :lol

Could be really useful when some dipstick behind you has annoyed you:clap

 

[zippy656]

I'll sleep tonight now ta :lol

Could be really useful when some dipstick behind you has annoyed you:clap

Kind of, but its got a swearing block on..

 

[Sweety]

Kind of, but its got a swearing block on..

That's no good is it what is the point if you can't put up F off to the driver behind you:doh

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

My first "Wife Sanctioned" modification...

 

[zippy656]

Nice.

Like the socket in back door too.

I 've two just inside door on hinged side.

 

[exosteve]

Nice mate. Better than mine.

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Nice.

Like the socket in back door too.

I 've two just inside door on hinged side.

That's not a Socket, that is my 13pin to 7pin converter. I keep it handy as I seem to always be hitching up to various trailers for the SE4x4R, and for standard lights it a lot easier than the big converter lead stored in the net.

I have 3 12v sockets in the boot, two on the hinge side, one is remotely operated from the front of the car, and the second only goes live when the engine is running. The third is on the Offside, and is permanent live.

If you look at the bottom of the 3rd brake light, there is an LED down lighter which is connected to the courtesy lights, and is handy for lighting the ground behind the car at night, it now has the added bonus of lighting the cooking area now as well.

 

[zippy656]

If you look at the bottom of the 3rd brake light, there is an LED down lighter which is connected to the courtesy lights, and is handy for lighting the ground behind the car at night, it now has the added bonus of lighting the cooking area now as well.

Tell and show me more, where did you pick up the feed from, what the colour wires id be looking for.

 

[jims-terrano]

Really like that Clive, looks well made and the LED down lighting above is brilliant idea.
Only thing that would bother me is the lack of heat protection for the tailgate plastics.
Like Zippy the socket adapter looks like a power socket, what a great idea if it was.

I'm now planning something similar for mine.

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Tell and show me more, where did you pick up the feed from, what the colour wires id be looking for.

Not an easy run, I picked up the feed from the light that is over the boot door, and fed it through the body work, down the N/S pillar and into the void behind the N/S lights. Luckily, when I run tricky wires, I often run a couple of spares just in case, and when I added the wires for the number plate lights on the spare wheel cover, I had also added a couple of spare through the rubber conduit that goes from behind the n/s lights of the car into the boot door, so was able to use them. Getting the wires through there is the hardest part, so I was grateful I had already done that bit.

The light is a Ring DLR lamp which I got in the throw out bin in Halfrauds for £2... Crap as a DLR light, but perfect for the down lighter, as it is curved, spreading the light. I took the black plastic bit off the back, and fitted a rubber grommet round the lamp, to tidy the edge, and using the fixings that held the black bit to the back of the light, fixed it the the removable cover of the third brake light. I then ran the wire round the void inside the door, down to where the other end of my link wires were.

When running wires, I use the flexible net curtain wire, to poke through, the attach the wires, and draw them back.

Really like that Clive, looks well made and the LED down lighting above is brilliant idea.
Only thing that would bother me is the lack of heat protection for the tailgate plastics.
Like Zippy the socket adapter looks like a power socket, what a great idea if it was.

I'm now planning something similar for mine.

Cheers

I have been giving the back plate some thought, and have a couple of ideas, and will tweak once I have tried it out.

The way I designed the shelf was so I could still store stuff in the net, so it has an offset leaving a 2.5" gap between the shelf and door. Then with the depth of the shelf, it puts the cooker about 6" away from the door.

The kettle is a "Kelly Kettle", which has a chimney up the inside to heat the water quicker, so there is a lot less heat dissipated around the outside as well.

Having said that, I was thinking of either putting an aluminium plate in the top of the plastic case of the cooker to act as a heat shield, or making a fold up, back, hinged from the shelf.

Up to now though, we have always used the cooker in the case, using the back as a wind break, and it has never caught that.

The only problem I can see with putting a socket there is that getting a heavy gauge wire from the car to the tailgate would be fairly difficult, as I struggled to get 4 x 5amp cables through there.

 

[zippy656]

Really like that Clive, looks well made and the LED down lighting above is brilliant idea.
Only thing that would bother me is the lack of heat protection for the tailgate plastics.
Like Zippy the socket adapter looks like a power socket, what a great idea if it was.

I'm now planning something similar for mine.

the plastic case the cooker is not ment to be left in there when in use, thats whu ive the aluminum back to mine,

think I should charge for this idea, yes i know i nicked it but who cares!

 

[jims-terrano]

Yeah care full with the case there Clive. Ive seen one of these type of stoves melt a plastic table it was sat on, mind you it was boiling a huge pan of rice for ages so not like boiling a kettle full of water for a brew up.

Clive I really like the way you think and work, take my hat off to you running the spare cables and using the curtain spring.:clap:clap:clap

Cant have one of these shelves in the Skoda, tailgate lifts up so the stove would fall off and bang me on the head:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Thanks for the tip guys, I will stop doing that then. It never said anything about the case in the instructions. Luckily it's only ever been used to boil water, and although it has always stayed in the case, as I said, we used it as a wind shield, it's not melted it.

I'll make up a back for it, should be pretty easy to do, as I have a bit of sheet left that is almost the perfect size.

Yeah care full with the case there Clive. Ive seen one of these type of stoves melt a plastic table it was sat on, mind you it was boiling a huge pan of rice for ages so not like boiling a kettle full of water for a brew up.

Clive I really like the way you think and work, take my hat off to you running the spare cables and using the curtain spring.:clap:clap:clap

Cant have one of these shelves in the Skoda, tailgate lifts up so the stove would fall off and bang me on the head:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

On my V70, where the tail gate lifted up, I wanted to put things in the boot, but have the ferret cages easy to get to, so I made up a plywood parcel shelf, which the Ferret cages stood on the top of, and I could still lean in under it to get to things in the boot. I made a slide out shelf fixed under it, a bit like the keyboard shelves you get on desks, and I used a pair of 19" rack computer slides I had lurking in the garage, as they triple extended, meaning the shelf came out about 3 foot from the back of the car. Nothing fancy, just a flat bit of ply, which was big enough for the stove and cups to stand on.