Thread: Show us your camping set up

OK heres us at ceder creek Amamoor sf ......"ABSOLUTE TOP SPOT"





and then me assuming the obligatory after dinner and a nice port position...SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH




cheers

This is our set up ....camping in the Central Highlands for 5 days over Easter....
Had one Rough night, thunder lighting & high winds...and the next day Snow..(I Love Tassie) Then back to fine weather.........Here's a few photo's....(what can i say, i have a Pommy car why not a Pommy dog)
cheers brett..

Here's ours.

Originally Posted by fraser130

Thanks Mick, the solar really is the winner, the panel is mounted on a little tracker, and follows the sun during the day, the wind generator I'm a little dissapointed in, it needs a strong wind to work in. Not 2 months after I bought it, the company (Air-X) released a low wind model! Same price as mine!
In nice weather my batteries are at float level by around 11am, and that's running the fridge abour 5 hours per day, and portable ipod stereo, and lighting till maybe midnight.

Cheers,
Fraser

Hey Fraser

Can you tell me a bit more about this tracker unit on the panel? Would be interested as I find it a pain to have to be constantly moving the panel when your camping for a couple of days...

Angus

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

After quite a few years of tents and airbeds,,
and many many many many discussions on what we wanted,
we then bought this,,
and then got the front annex made to suit.

Its a bit different to normal hard floor campers but it has everything we "discussed",, so I guess we did OK,,,

is that pic cooma 2008?


haddon

Originally Posted by fraser130

Thanks Mick, the solar really is the winner, the panel is mounted on a little tracker, and follows the sun during the day, the wind generator I'm a little dissapointed in, it needs a strong wind to work in. Not 2 months after I bought it, the company (Air-X) released a low wind model! Same price as mine!
In nice weather my batteries are at float level by around 11am, and that's running the fridge abour 5 hours per day, and portable ipod stereo, and lighting till maybe midnight.

Cheers,
Fraser

Your set up looks very similar to ours, though I don't have the solar tracker. Any chance you could share some details of your solar set up you have rigged up. I have an 80watt panel that just sits on a frame I have rigged up to my removable camping pod. I have been looking for some kind of arrangement similar to yours.

There seems to be a little interest in the solar tracker setup I have, I think I'll do a thread in the next few days showing how I did it, and all the parts required. It will cost you about $150 and some mucking around to do, but the end result can be as much as 40% more power from any given panel over the whole day. It's also a good conversation starter whilst away camping. (although if everyone does one, then it will be a "oh, there is another one of those tracker things"!!!)

So if you are interested, PM me and I'll reply when I've started the new thread.