Re: Volvo 940 GLE Caravan Project - Underway!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:24 pm
99% sure there was more diff progress... yes, here and there:
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Slept another night in this thing last night, but not a good night's sleep at all:
1) Neglected to level the mattress front-to-rear, thought it would be okay, almost was
2) Overly warm with a full duvet in summer instead of what I had up here at xmas time, and don't sleep well uncovered
3) Insufficient ventilation - it's true that the caravan is full of holes, but without wind or force, nothing flows, so humidity went up and amplified warmth
4) Has to take a piss in the rain/mosquitoes at 3am
5) Mind was humming with ideas about a cabin here and water supply and so forth, so ended up reading for a while, then got a few hours solid sleep until the alarm went
I would have just left the back open, but mosquitoes ruin the fun, here. Solution might be mosquito net across the back or solar powered fan in the OEM heater vent duct. Or both.
Solution to mattress levelling is to level the floor so the mattress sits lower and flat.
Yesterday I had to remove the right wheel and take it for some air, it was basically flat with 2psi, so I ended up with 48 in it by accident thanks to a shitty electronic compressor at the local gas station. That'll last a week, which is all I need. Will give it some bigger new tyres sometime soon.
viewtopic.php?p=44095#p44114
viewtopic.php?p=44123#p44123
Slept another night in this thing last night, but not a good night's sleep at all:
1) Neglected to level the mattress front-to-rear, thought it would be okay, almost was
2) Overly warm with a full duvet in summer instead of what I had up here at xmas time, and don't sleep well uncovered
3) Insufficient ventilation - it's true that the caravan is full of holes, but without wind or force, nothing flows, so humidity went up and amplified warmth
4) Has to take a piss in the rain/mosquitoes at 3am
5) Mind was humming with ideas about a cabin here and water supply and so forth, so ended up reading for a while, then got a few hours solid sleep until the alarm went
I would have just left the back open, but mosquitoes ruin the fun, here. Solution might be mosquito net across the back or solar powered fan in the OEM heater vent duct. Or both.
Solution to mattress levelling is to level the floor so the mattress sits lower and flat.
Yesterday I had to remove the right wheel and take it for some air, it was basically flat with 2psi, so I ended up with 48 in it by accident thanks to a shitty electronic compressor at the local gas station. That'll last a week, which is all I need. Will give it some bigger new tyres sometime soon.