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 Battery support units |
Simon J
 1st Sep 2019 9:11 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 33 · Views: 13760 · Subject: Battery support units |
What do folks think of using this PSU on Amazon as a BSU?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B072J97N8T/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza
The output voltage can be regulated quite precisely it would seem and ... |
| Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Simon J
30th Aug 2019 5:45 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 31 · Views: 14692 · Subject: Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
| Well, I got a nice reply from the VCA but it didn’t really resolve anything. They obviously discussed the issue with Witter and then more or less said the same to me as Witter has said. I will write ... |
| Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Simon J
30th Aug 2019 10:42 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 31 · Views: 14692 · Subject: Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
| Couldn’t agree more, Andy. The Type Approval documents for the towbar bracket state that it was approved for a maximum vertical load S at the coupling point of 150kg using a towball with a type appr ... |
| Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Simon J
30th Aug 2019 10:04 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 31 · Views: 14692 · Subject: Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
| After two emails to VCA, followed by two phone calls, then a recorded delivery letter to the CEO followed by an email to the CEO I finally got a response from VCA apologising for the delay in replying ... |
| Towbar |
Simon J
26th Aug 2019 10:57 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 18 · Views: 8326 · Subject: Towbar |
Thanks for the info re MY 2010 
It would have been easy enough to have got a flange bar fitted as a 150kg ball is readily available but as I only expect to use the towbar a few times a year to ... |
| Towbar |
Simon J
24th Aug 2019 9:58 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 18 · Views: 8326 · Subject: Towbar |
| It’s not an actual problem for me as my trailer nose weight is comfortably under 100kg (it depends how much fuel is in the tank of the car on/in the trailer) but it’s the principle. I paid for a t ... |
| Instructions for fitting/wiring single electrics towbar |
Simon J
24th Aug 2019 9:22 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 16 · Views: 35186 · Subject: Re: Witter detachable |
| ....... however if your car us the auto then you are better to buy the genuine LR electrics kit as once installed and coded to the vehicle then when you tow the auto box is intelligent and switches to ... |
| Towbar |
Simon J
24th Aug 2019 9:13 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 18 · Views: 8326 · Subject: Towbar |
| Agreed, Richard. Having not been able to make contact by telephone with anyone at the Vehicle Certification Agency I wrote (by recorded delivery or whatever it’s called these days) to the CEO, Mrs P ... |
| 'Scandinavian' lights mode |
Simon J
23rd Aug 2019 1:05 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 9643 · Subject: 'Scandinavian' lights mode |
| Many thanks, Badger51, that’s just what I wanted to know. |
| 'Scandinavian' lights mode |
Simon J
23rd Aug 2019 10:59 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 9643 · Subject: 'Scandinavian' lights mode |
| Is the option for Scandinavian lights mode, i.e. headlights on with ignition on, available in a 2008 FL 2? |
| Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Simon J
13th Aug 2019 10:22 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 31 · Views: 14692 · Subject: Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Dartman the one,
The same reference to increased nose weight is in my handbook and I’ve seen other references to it elsewhere. As I recall, the handbook also states that if the towbar weight is inc ... |
| Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Simon J
13th Aug 2019 5:46 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 31 · Views: 14692 · Subject: Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
| Who knows? It might be. That’s one of the reasons I bought a Freelander 2. My previous tow car had a limit of 75kg which was very marginal for the car trailer I use and while I wouldn’t want the n ... |
| Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Simon J
13th Aug 2019 3:21 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 31 · Views: 14692 · Subject: Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
| The neck itself doesn’t have its own type approval number at 150kg so Witter can't provide a label for it. They are saying that it’s covered by the type approval granted to the whole assembly eve ... |
| Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Simon J
13th Aug 2019 11:32 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 31 · Views: 14692 · Subject: Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
| Well, the engineering department assure me that the detachable neck is covered by the type approval of the main bracket, even though that type approval was carried out using a neck with a different pa ... |
| Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
Simon J
12th Aug 2019 8:11 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 31 · Views: 14692 · Subject: Witter detachable towbars - nose weights not what they seem |
| The problem would seem (and I use the word 'seem' advisedly) to be that the towball with the 125kg S value supplied by Witter is not the towball that was part of the type approval of the whole assembl ... |
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