Kemerton xl making improvements

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Who is the manufacturer of the inverter?
Could you post a link please.

Just a small job to stop the cups rattling the foam now shaped to my cups[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

I did look at lots  like that Peter but could not find any to the space I had so made my own .I was going to ask a friend that works in a foam company about making some moulds as to the cupboard space

We made our own too from insulation foam bought from eBay.

I stuck gym mats together and made a cup and glass holder and one with slots in for plates, also made a wine bottle holder for the bottom cupboard that holds 4 bottles of wine

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A great job you have done Chris and you now don’t get the rattling that other people do for a bit of time and effort

Wasn’t sue where to post this. I have a 2016 Kemerton XL. Tried for the first time to use the heat mat under the water tank but it doesn’t appear to get warm. The switch doesn’t light up (in the photo it appears to)
If anybody has thoughts it would be good to hear them. Not sure what fuse to check on the EC500 unit if that is a starting point.
Oh, can’t remember how to attach photos, but they don’t show more than I have descriptions.

K & S wrote:Wasn’t sue where to post this. I have a 2016 Kemerton XL. Tried for the first time to use the heat mat under the water tank but it doesn’t appear to get warm. The switch doesn’t light up (in the photo it appears to)
If anybody has thoughts it would be good to hear them. Not sure what fuse to check on the EC500 unit if that is a starting point.
Oh, can’t remember how to attach photos, but they don’t show more than I have descriptions.

Which tank heater are you testing? Clean water or waste water.

Are you aware that firstly the blankets must not be used without water in the tanks and secondly that they only work when temperature is below 7° (thermostat will automatically turn on )and will automatically switch off when contents temperature gets above 18°

Ec500 with tank blankets on the temperature was reading 9 on the control and the switch lights up when the waste tank is turned on[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

glyne lock wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]The rear doors and window insulation

Today I've eventually started to insulate our Kemerton XL's rear doors very much as in your photo. It was the off-side door today and i used the insulation fibre you suggested plus some silvered bubble wrap. I'd had the rear trim panels off before when I was finally getting the rear door restrictors in 2020, no thanks to Fiat who supplier Peugeot with these items missing on Boxer vans for about 6 months in 2019.

Anyway back to the rear doors, removing the insulation that AS originally fitted I'm surprised to see how inadequate their job has been, There's quite a few volumes in the rear door where there's no insulation. All being well I'll finish the other rear door tomorrow.

If the sun shines at the back of the toilet area I can see sunlight coming through, so there's another area missing proper insulation, though I'd have to dismantle the whole basin surround to get to the area. Perhaps in the future if I have another issue with the bathroom mixer tap I'll do this.

I have asked you before Glyne, have you ever unscrewed the small panel at the back of the toilet locker, the one which surrounds the small window? I know it's not a big area but extra insulation helps. I wonder if this trim panel is held in place by the overhead locker too, or can I just lift it off after removing the three screws?

I have a longstanding gripe about the toilet flush not being powered when we stop on a journey. I don't want to have to keep going first to the EC700 panel every time. Perhaps a separate supply to the flush motor would reduce my irritation. Knowing what access this panel might reveal could be useful, more so if I ever want to install a SOG. So far our Kemerton XL's toilet doesn't have significant smells from the cassette, unlike in our Duetto before I fitted a SOG.

the insulation they fitted I removed and used when cut to size at the sides of the window
the door stay roller needs carpet tape on the insulation as can be seen in my picture
the whole area in the door has insulation and now when I use the shower is so much warmer
the area above the toilet i cant remember what i did on my own camper i do so many jobs for people that's why i try and take pictures to show what can be done
its not until you see inside the back doors that its shows its only got a small amount of insulation

I finished fitting upvc on the roof to all the places that had roof items that stopped the water running off and then collected mud dust etc
After my last trip for 3 weeks the roof was all still clean. The rain now helps wash the dust off and not collect as it did before
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I like this idea, just found a company who can supply coloured upvc trim , what’s the size of the strips you used Glyne

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The size you need you can’t get so I got a large length and cut to the size needid and is best with a small angle to fit in the roof sections 
Now no water collecting on the roof it all runs off as it would with out the roof items stopping the flow
I did look at a colour length but next is the sealant colour problem

Thanks Glyne

Did similar on Warwick Duo 1, to fill the valleys for installing a semi flex solar panel, used sikaflex, plastic strips were from UPVC window surrounds, exact fit when upside down as the radii matched the roof angles!

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The 60 mm as you must have used IanH is ok fitting up side down with the angle on the edge but fitting the correct way up is just to wide with the angle edge in the roof .the size being sold now is 50mm next 65mm the 60mm is not so easy to get now and would need to have a small angle cut to fit in the roof section.I have no places for water to collect now .so when I have the sea kayak on the roof even after a wash off before loading on the roof still had some sand and salt wash off if it rains and then stay on the roof but now it will all wash away .after my last use of the camper for 3 weeks was very pleased to see the roof still so clean so can now say it’s worth doing 
In the winter if the temperature is below  freezing will not have any water on the roof that can do any damage as I could have had before

And mine was only to provide a uniformly flat surface to glue the solar panel to...

What did surprise me when doing it was how easily my knee dented parts of the roof...Nothing serious but definite and easily done dents.

glyne lock wrote:but next is the sealant colour problem

Nobody will ever see it, trust me, even using bright pink would not be a problem