The last documented service had been in 2016. So I brought the camper to HAASS in Ludwigsburg,
Several issues:
All needed to be fixed.
Took a whole week.
But now the camper is in top condition, for all the challenges that it will expect in 2025.
Despite the warning lights I decided to use the camper to stay 2 nights in Munich.
First a stop at the Dickmanns family.
Then staying at a special campground at the Messegelände, only for the Octoberfest.
Looking for a holiday home on camp sites.
I tried in vain to get Socks into the camper. Flint was OK, but Socks jumped out.
So I left without the two cats.
Staying at a campground in Ticino.
I managed to get my two cats into the camper cabin. And we did a 1-hour ride. Socks hid somewhere at the bottom. Flint was a bit more attentive to the traffic.
Both cats seemed to be relieved when we arrived back home.
My brother had noticed that my lane change blinkers in the rear were kind of weak. I opened the lights, and there was no reflector at all! Just white plastic.
I added a bit of foil. But later I realised that the weak light was due to some corrosion at the rear bulb contact. So I removed the foil. But I spray-painted the interior of the blinker case with a reflective paint. Seems to work well now.
Travelling to Hamburg with my brother Winny. Two campers.
I think this is the record temperature in the Luton box:
I need to do something about it. One measure is to add a portable air conditioning unit. It consists of 2 parts: one to be mounted inside, the other at the outside. Is supposed to be hung out of a window. I use the upper half of the emergency door as a window. Needed to cut a ark plexiglas screen which is to be inserted into the opening of the window.
Another attempt: using a blue tarpaulin outside over the roof.
Need to mount the tarpaulin higher, so that there is at least 10 cm air between the tarpaulin an the roof.
Flint, one of my two male cats, did an inspection of the camper. it seems all was approved.
I finally installed the shelf above the TV / monitor. Now I could mount there the two active speakers for the music studio. I also did place the DVD player there and attached the LAN network switch on the wall.
The DVD player and the speakers are attached with Velcro onto the shelf. I hope that is sufficient - otherwise I will add a rubber band which attaches the devices to the shelf board.
Until now I had extension sockets with an extension cord, which was lying on the floor. This presented a hazard of tripping. Therefore, I did a re-wiring with a power cable along the wall, leading to an extension socket at the "office" desk.
The black cable goes to the power socket extension. The white cable will be used for directly connecting to the side lamps: wall candles with a dimmer switch.
It has been very hot recently, so I was not able to work in the Luton box. More than 50 deg C...
But when opening the side door and the rear doors, a light draft would immediately blow away the hot air.
Also, I measured: the temperature of the side walls is now much lower than it had been before they were insulated: now at a hot day they are about 35 deg C. Compare that to 50 degC, which they had been when not insulated.
