DIY SPECIAL!
Everyone is preparing to get back on the road, and we’re spotting some of those basic maintenance tasks that really need doing! The final part of our series on brilliant DIY has three simple projects that you can get started on straight away
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1 How to… Fit Truma iNet and LevelControl
DIY SPECIAL!
Install these systems to control heating and ventilation, and monitor gas consumption, for all-year touring. Nigel Hutson shows you how
SOME YEARS AGO, I fitted an Alde Smart Control unit in our caravan. This enabled us to control the heating remotely, using my mobile, and I must admit that after my cynicism wore off, it was used to great effect, especially in cooler months.
Perhaps the best memory, for me, was a visit to the October Caravan & Motorhome Show, when I camped on the C&MC’s temporary site. The EHU was only 6A, so if I wanted the heating to work effectively, I would need to make use of the gas, too.
Anyone who uses Alde heating on gas will know it consumes fuel at a fair clip. With Smart Control, though, I could turn off the heating when I went out in the morning, then turn it on again, by phone, half an hour before I was due to return to the van.
