Monthly Archives: March 2020

Back from Hymerchill

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So, we are just back from our first Hymerchill. After arriving late I realised I couldn’t fill Hylda with water as I had forgotten the tap adapter. We soon experienced the friendliness everyone talks about once a fellow late arrival lent me the tap adapter, and then when I returned it I was given a spare! Thank you to “Ian from Liverpool”. A frustrating start ended very well – and I paid back the kind favour with a beer at the bar, in between the entertaining raffle and house band.

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It was interesting to see others’ vans so I’ve included a photo of the lower field we were in…

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and the main field…

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We enjoyed this well organised and well run event. Well done to the organising team.

And I now have a classic hymers group sticker for Hylda.

 

Ready for Hymerchill…

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Following on from last week’s post, it’s been quite a productive weekend. DRW Electronics turned around the exchange display very quickly and the rear view camera system is now complete and fully operational.

I don’t know how to remove Sikaflex easily and I reckoned I’d end up damaging the rear panel so I installed the camera bracket above the old bracket.

The exchanged display looks the part on the dashboard and it’s wired to be powered whenever the ignition is on.

The new radio is also installed now, so it’s good to have our iPhones connected via Bluetooth.

The last job for the weekend was to install our new 12V TV.

After switching on the TV, it reports some apps are incompatible with the TV operating system, so Wendy has been updating the apps to current revisions. Everything isn’t working yet, but most are.

So, I think that’s us now ready for Hymerchill. This is our first one, so we are looking forward to meeting everyone.

Some small upgrades

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We started some small upgrades on Hylda this weekend. We want to upgrade the radio so we can connect our iPhones via bluetooth and we want to fit a rear view camera.

This weekend, we removed the old radio, installed the new one and fitted the DAB aerial. We’ve also run the camera cable the length of the motorhome to the dashboard. We bought the same system from DRW Electronics that we had previously purchased and installed in our Sprinter campervan conversion, but unfortunately the A class mirror is too large to mount the display.

After a quick call to DRW Electronics, we agreed to return the display and exchange it for a 7″ dashboard mounted display. So if the new display arrives in time, we plan to complete the camera installation next weekend. This will be in time for our trip to Hymerchill the weekend after – fingers crossed…