Australian CamperTrailers
national meet at Wellington 2012

tuesday

understanding inverters  

Shane Adams & Jamie Hazelden from Jamie's Touring Solutions presented a workshop on understanding inverters. Shane described the different types of inverters, square, modified & pure sine wave. He then went about to show how to choose an inverter size to best suit the 240volt accessories you may wish to run.

He then spoke how to size a battery with enough amp hours to cover the draw of the inverter & more importantly the 12volt wiring sizes, different terminals & connections from the battery to the inverter avoid voltage drop.

As an alternate to running an inverter to provide 240volt power to a charger, there are a number of 12volt power supplies that are useful in recharging a laptop, camera battery or phone etc.

biscuit decorating for the kids

Alice Chaffey & Michael Wookey held a kids biscuit decorating workshop. As you can see by the photos this activity was a big hit with the kids putting their young imaginations into the designs. Photos from Michael & Alice.

camper trailer walkabout

Dave Cook hosted a camper trailer walkabout. Members gave a brief talk on what they liked about their camper trailer, points they didn't like & modifications they have done or they would like to do to make camping all that more enjoyable.

redarc product overview

Redarc's Stuart Peddle along with Wayne Magennis presented a workshop giving everyone an overview of Redarc's products. Based in Lonsdale, South Australia, Redarc has over 30 years experience in the research, design, development and manufacture of a range of electronics including, voltage converters, inverters, power supplies, battery chargers, CANBus modules, turbo timers, glow plug timers, trailer braking & customised electronic modules.

They displayed items most 4wd & camper trailers use or have seen around like the popular SBI12 dual battery isolator, electric trailer brake controller,  BMS1215S battery management system & the DC-DC battery chargers suited to camper trailer battery charging including the new BCDC1225 which features an inbuilt MPPT solar regulator.

dream pot

Jenny Peisley held a workshop on the use of the Dreampot. The Dream Pot consists of a double layer insulated outer pot with one or two stainless steel inner pots & lids which can be used as saucepans. The cooking process is very simple. All you need do is place the ingredients into the inner pot & gently boil on your stove for the required short time based on the recipe. Then place the inner pot directly into the Dream Pot & close the lid. The thermo cooking process now starts by cooking the food in the residual heat. No further monitoring is required during this process allowing you the convenience of going about other tasks or while you are travelling. Your meal cannot burn, boil over or overcook. After the necessary thermo cooking time in the Dream Pot the meal is ready to serve up to eight hours later.
 

trivia night

Dave & Jan Cook with Dave & Joy Wilkinson held a trivia night for the forth year. As you can see by the photos below the event was well attended & a great success. There was plenty of friendly rivalry between the tables as teams sort the winners trophy which was donated by Jamie Hazelden of Jamie's Touring Solutions. There was a gold coin entry & $190 was raised for the Wellington Lions Club.

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