The only hiccup at this stage is that the fridge is not working as it should. Its a 3-way fridge and we want it to be on gas the whole time but the gas is not working, so everything that we brought from our old house had to be thrown out :-( We'll try and fix the situation this week.)...actually it was at least added to the compost so won't be totally wasted ;) (Nettie)
Our caravan is quite spacious with a double bed, a full kitchen and a separate bathroom with a shower, vanity and a toilet. We are emptying the toilet canister into the porta-loo which we have had here on-site for the last 3 months for the tradesmen. But generally, number ones are in the bush and we try to use others (eg shoping centres) for number twos!! :-P
The water from the kitchen and bathroom sinks and the shower water is piped outside, where I've placed a bucket to collect is and we are using it to water the pot plants.
This is my car as discussed before. The battery is in a case (on the right) and the 1000W inverter (red box) is easily accessible from the side windows of my canopy in the car. The system is working out really well. Its powering everything is the van except the freezer which had to be disconnected because of the huge load the compressor draws when it is first starting up.
Oh yeh, this week has been quite stressful, with the house moving, caravan setting up, house building and now the Equine Influenza outbreak!!! At this stage we are quietly confident that we will get on top of things here and life can go back to usual. I hope I don't have to look this riduculous for much longer....
On the house front: the fixing out is complete and so now we have to roll up our sleeves and start painting! Outside the house this week we will HOPEFULLY get the shed and carport site excavated and the piers for the carport formed and the evapotranspiration area for the septic system can be prepared. Due to Council headaches, we now have to bring in about 200 cubic metres of good quality topsoil to create 700square metres of septic irrigation area ABOVE the 1 in 20year flood level! We're getting quite used to budget blow outs and unexpected costs.... We will also pay the deposit for the 50 panel solar system this week and get the application in for the government rebate, once that is done, it should be only about 7 weeks before we have power to the house!
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