HarryM1BYT
14th May 2012, 14:19
For those of you, like me, who like to get their caravans level, but hate the messing about with the usual gadgets....
Annoyed with all of the problems of trying to get the sink, wash-basin and shower to all be able to properly drain - A few years ago I devised a simple electronic indicator gadget to do exactly that. When in use, the display hangs in the caravan fron window and is visible is both full daylight and in complete darkness, via the tow cars rear view mirror. You can put your levelling bock under a wheel and simply tow up it, to get your side to side level, then unhook from the car. You then adjust the jockey wheel to get the end to end level accurate, again watching the display.
Exactly the same prceedure as you would normally use, except there is no need to keep walking back to look at a bubble level and no more need for shouted instructions, because you have a highly visible display of level. It just makes the whole operation so much quicker and easier. You just get it precisely level once, calibrate my device to then show level - you can exactly reproduce the same level each and everytime you pitch. No more drainage issues ever again.
If anyone wants to build themselves one, the details are here....
http://www.caravanningnow.co.uk/caravanning/LevelTool.htm
Free to use for none commercial reproduction.
Annoyed with all of the problems of trying to get the sink, wash-basin and shower to all be able to properly drain - A few years ago I devised a simple electronic indicator gadget to do exactly that. When in use, the display hangs in the caravan fron window and is visible is both full daylight and in complete darkness, via the tow cars rear view mirror. You can put your levelling bock under a wheel and simply tow up it, to get your side to side level, then unhook from the car. You then adjust the jockey wheel to get the end to end level accurate, again watching the display.
Exactly the same prceedure as you would normally use, except there is no need to keep walking back to look at a bubble level and no more need for shouted instructions, because you have a highly visible display of level. It just makes the whole operation so much quicker and easier. You just get it precisely level once, calibrate my device to then show level - you can exactly reproduce the same level each and everytime you pitch. No more drainage issues ever again.
If anyone wants to build themselves one, the details are here....
http://www.caravanningnow.co.uk/caravanning/LevelTool.htm
Free to use for none commercial reproduction.