Hi Sister has just bought a 2008 Sprite Major 5b caravan from a dealer @ £10,000. Dealer has told them that van does not come with a 12volt battery from new and they will need to buy one. They don't pick the van up fpr another 2 weeks. It appears previous onwer may have taken the battery off.

Since 'Gabby' has retired and 'Le Manoir' is no more, we have been searching for a site where the barriers are not locked until 7.00am - with no success so far. Our ferry home is at 8.45am, and we need to check in by 7.45 , can anybody suggest a suitable quiet and comfortable stop for the night please?

We have a Gobur folding caravan, mainly used on sites with hook up, but some without. Being a folder we can't install solar panels to keep the batteries topped up, but thought to use them to keep them topped up when unfolded on site. Can anybody suggest how big a panels we would need , please, only used for lighting and water pump. John

My husband has seen a lockloy aluminium leveller in the milenco catagloue and I wonder if anyone has used one and if they like it. I don't like it when we have to get the caravan down off the drive up leveller, would this sort of device be better Liz

Anyone know the proper procedure for re-tensioning caravan blinds, both the net and the solid? In particular those across the front which are butted up to each other. -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

In message , Liz Hall writes We go to loads of classic car meetings and steam fairs and of course, many of the people there have generators and use them quite a lot. We are surprised how quiet they seem these days. So much so that we are thinking of buying one to use to charge our mobility scooter, run tv etc. and...

"Paul - xxx" wrote in message ... Honda. All the rest are mostly much louder, smokier, lower powered and simply not as good .. We have a new ?59.99 'special' .. but it's useless for caravanning, our Honda (650 EX) is way better despite being 12 or so years old

Up to now have been camping but have just got hold of a secondhand prompto folding caravan (dont know who make them but they are similar to the esterel) we are going away in it in july to cornwall as our son has just moved to newquay. the van needs a few bits - a 400x400 roof light (guess they are pretty standard) as its cracked plus a gas strut and a handbrake unit - i cant find any breakers or...

Hi All, Anybody out there have the above caravan. If so do you have a problem with the toilet door, in that the runners are absolutely useless. The floor runner is positioned so that you invariably stand on it and break it leaving the door prone to jamming and coming out of the roof runner. Has anybody come up with an alternative type of door which is more useful. Floater

My caravan has stopped charging the battery when connected to the electric hook up. All the 240 volts work as do all of the 12 volt equipment. The fuse for the battery charger sometimes gets hot, and a few fuses have melted the plastic on the fuse. What could be wrong ?

I'm looking for a fairly cheap satellite system as I'm fed up with no decent terrestrial aerial signal. I've had a look at Maplins who do a 40cm in a suitcase but am concerned as most of my sites are in Scotland (although only up to Perthshire) and am led to believe that a 40cm dish may not be very good. Is this true? Could anyone recommend a system (I also am aware that Aldi & Lidl often...

Hi Can any one steer me in the right direction for retensioning the fly screens / blinds I've been able to remove the end cap on the cassette that needs doing but I can't seem to fathom out what to do next TIA

Googling for the Purpleline Hitchdrive I can find only the main website and no sign of other suppliers - does anyone know if it is no longer readily available? Keith

Hello, Apologies if this has been answered many times before, but I can no longer seem to find details on the CC car match..... What would the maximum recommended weight be I can tow with this little baby? I presume something like a Sprite etc Ta

Hi all, Am after a bit of advice from some towing experts. I have been looking on the net and am totally confused, My son has just bought a second hand caravan with an Alko tow hitch. The question I have is do you NEED to have a special tow ball fitted to the car for these hitches, or can you use a standard one? Neil

Does anybody happen to know the output capability of a Zig CF8 please? I've trawled the web but Zig seem to be a bit in the dark ages and although I can find photocopies of their manual I can't find any mention of what current the unit can handle. The reason for the question is that I'm planning to ignore all of the big bold warnings from Zig and connect a (quite small) 12V compressor...

Hello group has any body got any experience with this car 4wd xs version. Pulling our coachman amara 520/4 max wieght 1500kg. thanks in advance Al Clarke

Went out to see what is left of Jacksons after their recent fire. There is absolutely nothing left, the whole building is gutted. They are going to open up again in new premises, and are running an outlet in the nearby caravan sales area. But I bet all those little bits of old caravan spares that they had are all gone. Shame!!

Could anyone tell the best guide in their opinion for UK caravan sites. We are members of the CC but fancy something a bit different this year. We used Cades for a few years and found it helpful, perhaps there are better ones now. Thanks Liz

any pointers or advice please group on purchace and use, also what kind of speeds can i expect in the " real world" Al C