16' Series Expanding as i get Older !

[Watchmymuvie]

G'day All,
This seems like a Great Forum. So Here I am !
I'm Bob and this is my Rig 16.49-30B
In 2009 I picked up the Expanda on ebay, 4 months old and saved almost $10,000.oo compared with a new one.
It was ready to go. awning, annex, twin deep battery's, shaving foam, even new sheets (still in the pack) The only thing it doesn't have is solar.
I was lucky in the Right place at Right time ,I made an offer and i was lucky !
Mind you i Did have to travel 1200K's to pick it up and 1500K's return. That was our first holiday in it.
Happy Holidays, Cheers Bob.

 

[satyoga]

Cheers Bob,

Nice set up, have you got solar yet

 

[cruza driver]

G'day Bob and welcome mate.

Good to see another 16' on here amongst all the 17's that are on here :thumb:

 

[NissPat]

G'Day Bob, welcome to the forum mate

 

[Moto Moto]

Welcome Bob, i love reading those bargain hunt stories. You must have been stoked that they accepted your offer:whoo:

 

[Are We There Yet?]

Welcome Bob, sounds like you scored a great deal on the van

 

[Ryno]

G-day Bob its always nice to get a bargain... I'm unfortunately on the wrong end of them mostly LOL.

 

[mfexpanda]

Welcome Bob

 

[Bank of Dad]

In 2009 I picked up the Expanda on ebay, 4 months old and saved almost $10,000.oo compared with a new one.

Well done.....does that mean it's your shout at any future meetings?:heh:

 

[Watchmymuvie]

Cheers Bob,

Nice set up, have you got solar yet

No Solar as yet, I haven't needed extra power to this point. I already have a small Petrol Generator which i take just in case, but never had to use.

One Battery did drop down to the point where the regulator shut the power off, which was over winter I forgot to turn off the 4 roof lights. More than 2 Months turned "ON", but I'm not sure how long. This was after a camped trip off-grid is 6 nights and I didn't know you needed to have the battery switch "ON" to charge the Battery when connected to power. So I'm not sure how long it had been since the last charge the Battery received.
I was going to get rid of the battery because it didn't charge at all after a day with the Van plugged in, its only lucky i noticed the Voltage jump up when i flicked the battery switch "ON" .
If only i had been on this forum Back then, as i did notice a thread relating to this problem.

That's a Lesson Learned .