Ideas for your Expedition Defender

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Originally Posted by Jesters Td5

Work really well with short trips but be wary of longer ones where fresh water is a potential issue. I only ever did smaller beans (less water) but still have stopped for trips in arid areas as prefer to save water for drinking etc.

Interested to know how you get on and what you think about the water usage / wastage.

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Water usage is minimal……like a cup or two each day.

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Originally Posted by Jesters Td5

Sent a PM but CSW is the company I had build mine. Long lead time, but then I drive a Defender so doing things slowly comes naturally

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Correct... I ordered some for my old Defender back in the beginning of the year.... still waiting but it hasn't really bothered me too much as I haven't been anywhere where it would have been a benefit

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Originally Posted by Jesters Td5

Work really well with short trips but be wary of longer ones where fresh water is a potential issue. I only ever did smaller beans (less water) but still have stopped for trips in arid areas as prefer to save water for drinking etc.

Interested to know how you get on and what you think about the water usage / wastage.

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Well….we are a month into our 18 month trip and have been enjoying fresh sprouts every other day……

The longest we’ve been without access to water is 4 days, attending the sprout farm didn’t impact our water supply.

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Originally Posted by W&KO

TPMS...a lot of discussion on the forum.

I nearly lost a good tyre in the high country last year and figured I’d give a system a go over the next year or so before we head off

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Hope to start installing this weekend

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Was wondering how long I’ve had the TPMS installed……

I now know how long the sensors last…

One sensor has just start playing funny buggers and giving false alarms, both high and low. I’ve never pulled over so quickly on a dirt road l, was doing 80km h and the pressure went from 35 to 4psi.

I emailed the manufacturer in the US and they indicated it’d more than likely be a battery issue.

Cannot change that battery in these sensors so I replaced the sensor with a spare I carry and ordered 4 new sensors…….

Hmm @ $80/sensor that probably more than most pay for their complete TPMS System.

I also must dig into the programming and change the settings a little, as the alarm trigger points are a tad to tight for when running low pressures along with the temperature change between day and night.

New sensors should be ready to collect when we roll into Darwin.

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Originally Posted by W&KO

Haven’t got around to fitting my new flexi’s

Did manage to pick up a Bunnings Champion 125W Blanket that other forums had threads on. 75$ for 125w is bloody good, not sure what they started at but the sticker price was 199$ when they decided to discontinue than went down to 149$ and than 1/2’d the price if punters asked.

Seem well made, even come with Anderson plug, the controller is separate so you can choose to use it or use like me the one fitted to my car. This will sit behind the drivers seat for when we are parked in shade.

First test run, Max. 93w so far

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Ditched the solar blanket for the trip….not enough room.

Will be interesting if I will regret this decision.

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Originally Posted by W&KO

Cannot change that battery in these sensors so I replaced the sensor with a spare I carry and ordered 4 new sensors…….

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That's a bit strange.... I thought u could? I recently changed mine but is a different brand though but I assumed most of the wheel sensors are all the same?

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Originally Posted by Robmacca

That's a bit strange.... I thought u could? I recently changed mine but is a different brand though but I assumed most of the wheel sensors are all the same?

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I think you’re right, you can with most systems.

I guess an expensive system comes with expensive spares [emoji848]