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Brogers

Hi,

I know there has probably been a thousand people ask this question, but i have spent a few hrs looking for the correct answer to no avail. I got bitten by the rv bug whilst in florida about 4 weeks ago, and are now awaiting delivery of my 97 fleetwood bounder from lazydays fl, i did not expect to buy one, it was one of those last day, last min purchases! now i have realised what i have done and maybe regretting it? can anybody guide me with the light thing, do i need orange indicators on the rear or can they stay red, just not on the same bulb as stop/tail, and do i need side repeaters on the coach? do i need to buy a new pair of front head lights? and where if poss can i get the t.v converted to receive uk telly? apologies for my long winded post and ignorance, but the MOT thing is worrying me to the point of no sleep!

Thanks in advance, Mike

takeaflight

Hi and welcome, if it was me I would go here http://www.statesidetuning.co.uk/

Linda is the girl.

GerryD

Simple answer with the TV is that it will be cheaper to replace it. It is not just a matter of replacing the tuner to convert from NTSC to PAL, the display will also want to output an NTSC picture format and will not be compatible with a PAL tuner output.

GerryD

Just had a second thought. Have you had the habitation electrics converted to 240V instead of 110V?

olley · Campsite DB Admin

Hi Brodgers, yanks wire the stop and indicators together as you know, so this will have to be separated to give stop lights (red) and indicators (amber) which means bringing another feed down from the front of the van. Also 1 fog light and I reversing light. Not sure if a fog light is a legal requirement.

At the front your lights need to be adjusted for the opposite dip, if there is insufficient adjustment this can be done with stick on beam benders, or you can probably change the whole unit. I don't think you need side indicators, but I think they are a very good idea.

You need to buy a yank to UK converter for each telly, as far as I know none of the dealers bother as the converters are nearly as much as a new telly, and don't work 100%

There are plenty of firms around who will do all this work for you, if you don't fancy it yourself. Welcome to the world of RV's

Olley

Brogers

Thanks for your replys, to be honest i wanted to do the light conversion myself, not really got a load of money to spend, just wanted to know the in's and outs of the lighting rules for the mot, i am going to leave the internal elecs on 110v. using a dropper for site use, once again thanks for your comments.

Sundowners

Hi
I was talking to a US airman this week about the TV conversion, he said that it is around the same cost for a DVD player that works on both systems, as an adapter, if the TV is worth keeping and you are interested in more info on the DVD player, PM me.
Most American imports, AFAIK use reverse lights to make flashers (you lose reverse lights) and you do need repeaters on front sides (mine have been wired around front door pillars, and stuck on, no extra holes in bodywork)
Good luck
Nigel

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damondunc

The lighting regs are: at least one rear fog lamp(red) fitted to the centre or offside rear of the vehicle, two front side lamps(white)fitted to the front of the vehicle either seperate lamps or integral with the headlamps,front indicator side repeaters(amber), rear indicators must be amber and if the original indicators are red they must not work,reversing lamps are not a legal requirement, the headlamps must either dip to the left or have a flat beam(as most late USA headlamps have). How old is your RV and what chassis are you on?
Dunc.

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