your inventions (things you have made)

[chaser]

hey guys spread the ideas.

to kick it off, having been outdone by Camwell69 on the last camping trip with his roast dinners, I have come up with my own. couldnt afford the fancy one, so haveing a old 240 volt model i started to play. came up with this draws .95amps through the inverter, adjustable in height as well, bring on LCM and a roast dinner for chaser (only)

cheers
chaser

[camwill69]

Chaser,
You might kill the grass if you test it their. Try moving it away from the shed a bit aswell. You have done well Mr T.
Regards,
Cam

Ps, Keep the ideas coming in fella's and Girls.

[cr1pp5]

ive made mine out of an old keg. i cut it in half and made it so it had a lid on it as well (to keep the heat in obviously). It works really well, even tho it is a bit on the small side. But usually it is only me and the missus that go camping, so it does the job.

Cheers
John

[Skog07]

Just two that I found out by fluke.
The diff breather hose fits into your airchuck and you can inflate an air bed with your compressor.

And a soft drink bottle cap fits over the end of the quick connect coupling on your compressor to keep the crap out of the fitting.

Its easily replaced as generally there is a empty softdrink bottle floating around somewhere.
Cheers
Skog

[Alby]

Skog, how good is that, it even has instructions on it .....................if weight was a problem you could aways use a diet softdrink lid

[Dluxv6]

Guys
Where can i get a fitting for my compressor air hose to suit large opening on my queen air bed, my ARB air hose has only a schrader fitting on end for tyres
Any thoughts

Drew

[Skog07]

You could drill a hole in the plug 8mm and cut and old shrader of an old tube and fit it into the hole with a seal and instal the shrader into it.
It another one in the pipeline. lol
Skog

[berniecam]

Hi Drew66.May be try Supercheap,they have a good range of compressor / camping fittings. Also a B C F, franchise has lots of camping / compressor fittings. CHEERS.

[Dluxv6]

Thanks for the tips guys

[rodw]

Hi Guys

Any of my inventions or ideas will turn up on my [I]Rod's New Rig[/I] thread. So far:
1. Power distribution for dual batteries
2. CB mount beside factory radio.
3. Diff Breathers on the cheap
4. Tail gate dust seal
5. Tie down install
6. Aux power points in cab
7. Storage rack
8. Shovel Mount

Few more to come, but saving up for sliders

Rod

[shane308]

drew i went to an air tool joint here in canberra and got a slinky style air hose made up, this way i can put whatever attachment i want on the end of it i want, this way i can use an air blower to pump up my air mattress using the smaller air inlet, to easy, also the new hoes takes up stuff all room when not in use, reaches the trailer wheels, and doesn't have any of the problems the arb one has as far as letting go when it gets hot, theres a picture of the hose being used on my profile so you can see the one i mean, let me know if you need a closer pic of the air blower if you don't know the type i'm talking about. cheers shane

[oldrev]

let me know when u mob invent a stubbies that never runs dry lol
cheers

[chaser]

ken nothing will stop you sucking them dry mate.
no invention could keep up lol

cheers
chaser

[shane308]

Drew66, here are the pictures of my airhose connections.





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Also forgot to mention I use the blower to clean the air filter.

[Dluxv6]

Thanks Shane
Bought the connector and found place to buy tyre connector, better than Arb supplied.


What are you guys using for precise air pressure measurement??

Cheers Drew
P.s bet it's cold down there

[shane308]

i just use the gauge that came with my portable arb compressor,but i'm pretty sure you can use the ezy deflatter as a gauge as well

[Dluxv6]

Shane
mine didn't have one , only got the one with sliding rule type, don't trust it

Drew

[shane308]

Drew66

This is the one I got with my original ARB Portable Compressor (the old style, non hi-flow).

[Skog07]

Here is a photo of my new tyre inflator. It has a guage on it now so the guess work has gone on how full the tyre is and a valve so when I fit the tank I will be able to shut it off and not loose pressure through free flowing out the end of the hose. I paid $110 for it from RLM Distributing from Qld. It came with the Silver quick connect coupling male and female as well. and included freight from Qld. It is so much better than the Tyre inflation kit from Arb. I still retained the hose though but put proper hose clamps on it because the compressor was heating up the hose and the crimp lock fitting was blowing off all the time.

I did have another idea of fitting on of those Boss alloy tanks hanging from the roof of the canopy right up the front and having connectors on each side so it is just a matter of opening the window plugging the hose into either side of the tank.
Just an idea, have to get the canopy soon.
Cheers
Skog

[rodw]

Skog, Maybe if you got a hinged flap water tank filler (from Camec), you could put a flap on the outside of your canopy, lift it up and hey presto, you have air!

I think you are getting the same canopy as i have from memory, so the corner pillars are hollow, so you might be able to mount the tank on the side vertically where the fittings would be concealed from the outside. There is also quite a lip over the tub at the front, so it might be wide enough to mount the tank under the front window without getting in the road as objects rest on the lip. Or mount a flat cross bar onto the bolts that hold the roof rack bars to the roof and put your fittings into that, no holes either.

The good thing about that one is it will get in the way and you won't be able to load washing machines in when you are asked to help somebody to move Some of them are heavy I found!

Rod