The last couple of days have passed by in a bit of a blur, hence no post. We complained bitterly about daylight saving when we were in South Australia and New South Wales, but here in South West Queensland the first rays of sun are streaming through the blinds at 4.30am! Consequently we have been wide awake by 5am each morning.
On Tuesday we packed our bags and headed to mums place in Toowoomba where we intended to stay until our part. We were told it could take between three and seven days. We arrived around 10.30am and at 11.30am we received a text from Repco to say the part was ready to be picked up. Unbelievable! It took less than 2 days to get to Toowoomba from Melbourne. Big call out to the Projecta team in Melbourne who must have a very efficient warehouse team to move parts that fast.
Philip rang the auto-electrician straight away who said that he would meet us at the van on Wednesday morning around 10.30. We were incredibly relieved as the stress levels have been pretty darn high. We were now able to sit back and enjoy our day with mum.
I cooked us up spaghetti bolognese for lunch and for dessert we each chose one from mums Lite-n-Easy stockpile in the freezer. They were delicious and mum said the main meals are also very good. The prepared meals are delivered each Thursday to the door and are such a great idea for the elderly, or anyone for that matter. They are calorie controlled portions for those who are not able to burn the calories throughout the day.
Wednesday morning we were again awake at 5am in Toowoomba and this time it was not just the sun. We were anxious to get back out to the van and get everything up and running. After a light breakfast, clothes packed back into the car, a quick goodbye to mum, we once again drove the 50km back to Leyburn. This road is now very familiar to us!
The auto-electrician met us right on time and quickly set to work to swap out the two AGM batteries for Lithium, the Projecta Power Management System, and install a Projecta Shunt. What we were essentially doing was replacing every single part of the power system. It is not a fast process and the auto Electrican was here for almost three hours. The place where we purchased the power system told us that we could do this ourselves as it was a simple matter of plug and play. What a joke! We would never have been able to do this ourselves.
Once everything was re-wired it was simply a matter of changing a few things through the Projecta App and I am very pleased and relieved to say that everything is now running smoothly and completely back to normal. It was interesting to find that the batteries were both good (they are only eight months old) so it all came back down to the power management system not recognising the levelling system (running off the batteries). We are now running the levelling system through the shunt (that runs between the battery and the power system) and that has alleviated that problem. The auto Electrican charged us the princely sum of $250 (cash) for the wiring, and we gave him the two old batteries that he said he could sell. Most auto electricians charge that amount per hour!
After everybody had gone, I gave the inside of the van a good clean from top to bottom. We now just have to tackle the outside. We are booked into a caravan park in Toowoomba for the next three days so we might get a chance while we are there to wash down the outside with a bucket and soap. Just praying for some warmer weather. We woke to six degrees again this morning but the cloud has disappeared so it looks like it is going to be a lovely day. Black Friday sales are on today so maybe I can fit in a bit of retail therapy...
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