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WINTER VANLIFE Change is COMING!
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2024
- Not all of my Winter Arctic Vanlife adventures is action and Snow camping. This time I’m doing some upgrades to my self built ford transit Campervan . Although maybe not my best idea was doing it in -25c which just makes everything more difficult in the Nordics. Ive decided to have an admin few days after the considerable amount of miles and driving of recent, I’ve been doing over the last few weeks so I’ve been doing some light and Internet upgrades to the van.
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Apologies for the slight issue in the video 16:45 mark. For some reason there’s 20 seconds of black footage. I’ve edited it in CZcams so hopefully it shouldn’t appear within over the next few.
I thought my TV had packed in when the black screen appeared 😃. Thanks for yet another great video.
Yeah, it’s quite annoying that ended up in there. I’ve use the studio editor on CZcams ‘s cut feature, but it will take a few hours for it to appear publicly.
We toured Europe and North Africa in our youth in an old 2CV - it defiantly broadens the mind and looking back made us better people
@@trevortrevortsr2 I can agree, I’ve spent the last 10 years leading expeditions all over the globe for work. Travelling 100% develops and builds you has a person
One thing every single youtuber who shows up in the Nordics has in common is they love our shops. Motonet, Biltema, Puuilo, Jula often seem like just different brands of chinesium, but I've realized I can't find jack shit when abroad because the rest of Europe doesn't seem to have these DIY-stores.
Compared to the uk for automotive DIY, hardware and and similar your shops are amazing for choice. Whilst I have definitely see many parts are chinesium, I could see a big difference between Puuilo and Motonet. But just the shear amount choice is amazing
I have mounted my solar pannels and wifi antenna on my narrowboat roof neither affected by magnets mate. Keep up great vids
Those magnets definitely are strong! Glad to hear it’s not affected the antenna
Best seen on a large TV in 4K. The drone shots are stunning.
Must be interesting to watch on there because I only edit on my laptop and that’s how often I see the footage
I always save your videos to watch on the TV. I agree with the above, the drone shots are amazing.
I have spent a small fortune in Motonet, Biltema and Puuilo over the last couple of years.
I think at this rate so have I!
Encore bravo et merci pour ces belles images et au moins la barre lumineuse est top....
Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it. It definitely is beautiful up here.
Those shops !😍😆
They are amazing
Just love how the stores up there sell everything, I really wish stores in the UK were more like that.
They definitely are excellent shops
Those magnetic light bar mounts are great, I tested one stuck to the roof at 160kph with a 52" lightbar attached... My volvo 940 doesn't go faster :(
They are pretty strong that’s for sure. I see a few people use them for traction boards
That store look WAY BETTER than halfords,b&q etc.....the uk should take note 😂 your a better man than me repairing things at -25 😂😂
Those stores are incredible, and that was only two of about five different varieties, so much more in them than I have shown as well.
Additionally, they do also have store similar to B&Q as well
Oh I love that component shop. Maplins on steroids!
That’s a good way of looking at it like Maplins, then also add automotive, heavy machinery, hunting and a whole host of other outdoor related activities
Kinetic persuasion 😂
Engineering term for smashing it with a hammer 🔨 😁
"Kinetic persuasion." Love it! 😂😂😂
Do you refer to gaffer tape usage as 'kinetic suppression'? 🙃
Wouldn’t gaffer tape be chemical suspension? As it’s an adhesive.
Good video. Btw you can use black heat shrink tube top of the connector where the clip did fall off. It looks nice and it keeps connectors secured together.
I did further on with bright blue heat shrink, but it pained me to use, it was the only colour I had left. I wasn’t particularly happy about having no black or any larger heat shrink left , I specifically cable tied it so it’s out of view from the floor but. It’s actually on my list of parts to redo!!
@@MispronouncedAdventures Yeah, its always redoing something. I usually use heat shrink so nobody can see connections what are never same color what is the cable...
That light bar turns night into day.
Definitely a bright one and useful up here!
Very nice 👍
Cheers
The section on different stores and the diverse products was pure DIY porn.
You know your audience so well😂
Theres nothing like them in UK.
If Ikea can do it here, why not them?
That’s only scratching the surface in those stores. There’s so much in them. But for me it’s the fact that you can buy all the obscure little random components you’d usually want for the sort of project I work in which I would normally have to go to Amazon for but they’re just on the shelf.
Hey man, great content! Thanks for sharing all your adventures.
Any chance you could share the name / link to the cable junction box on your roof and the diameter of the pipe you used to bring in the cables? Cheers Martin
Hi, will you be releasing a review video of the router and it’s external antennas? I will be very interested to hear how it performed. Thanks
Probably not a completely dedicated video on it, but later on when I do get round to fitting the router as well and some subsequent time has passed of using it it will feature again and I’ll chat about it.
Although at the minute it’s done exactly as it’s advertised to do. Better signal strength with an external antenna
@@MispronouncedAdventures that will do me thanks, im just thinking about a mobile router and particularly the external antenna route. Cheers
9:58 looks like a very nice store!
I do enjoy the shops here!
Yep still mad as a box of frogs
My sort of compliment!
Looking forward to your impressions about the 4G router. Their website have no product specs. Unusual.
Which specific specs are you looking for?
So far so good with it with my use of it
@@MispronouncedAdventures Does it connect to public wifi when you are in reach of one? Power demand also. It's just a bit light on product info on their site. Thanks.
It is good to know they now have such a wonderful parking lot for caravans in Rovaniemi. Thank you, Alex, for your great videos. Good luck with your Mispronounced Adventures!
Another awesome video as always Alex,the drone shots are absolutely stunning and what a excellent job you did with the light bar and the antenna 👏the Arctic DIY shops are the best 💯 thanks for sharing 🤗
Safe travels 🚐
That pull out bike rack is F***ing cool 😂🤌
Thank you very much! It was an upgrade I did for this winter trip.
Very well done!
Thank you
always an interesting an entertaining video from you ..thanks
Glad you thought it was interesting. I try and keep the content a variety. from sometimes it’s travel and exploring places other times it’s technical projects in somewhat less than desirable conditions.
Some light bar that Alex, well worth fitting, though doing it in -27 🥶
Yeah, rather happy with it specifically for the new DRL.
Another great video. Just wondered where you got the box cable gland from, and are they specifically for campervans? Thanks,
Graham
Not specifically for campervan at all just off Amazon for a 10 way waterproof junction box and then I drilled a 40 mm hole through the bottom of it and a 40 mm hole through the top of the van and used a 40 mm waste bulkhead fitting to pull them together.
Looking forward to seeing how the new light bar does. It certainly looks cool. 🫡🚚
Cheers, I’ve certainly been happy with it
Always a fab video from you Alex 😁
Thank you for watching!
Welcome to Finland. Pretty rough to be doing installations in such frosty weather 😀
I would say I find some of the Scottish conditions worse in some scenarios whilst we might only be -2. It’s really wet cold everything is wet. Your cold is dry but far colder, your cold is easier to warm up from! Although you’re far colder conditions to have the issues with things becoming a lot more stiff and brittle
@@MispronouncedAdventures That's probably true. It's a dry winter in Finland, you can put a ton of Nivea on your face 😅😅.
I love the roof rack, did you build that yourself? If so what materials did you use? Thanks!
Indeed I did, It’s using 33.7 mm diameter aluminium tubing primarily from the scaffolding and handrail industry combined with associated aluminium clamps all then painted black, cheap overall
Nice video and good installation etc. documentation again!
I am happy that I have the nearest Motonet about 10 min drive from my home and Puuilo about 20 min :)
Did you already know that Puuilo means Woodjoy, and it's because long time ago it was originally a carpentry workshop and made wooden toys for kids?
Glad you liked the install video and they are definitely great shops to have easy access too!
Interesting to hear the origin of puuilo name, I wasn’t aware of that
Alex you my friend are an inspiration. Crack on buddy awesome vids!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video! Lots more to come of this series still
I am looking forward to see how good the 1000 Watt electric engine pre-heater works and how it compares to the diesel engine pre-heater. I guess the diesel pre-heater puts out a lot more Watts?
The electric pre-heater will always start up, no matter how cold it gets. If you are pleased with the result, I will certainly look at installing an electric pre-heater in my Sprinter 4x4 camper.
Pretty much yes, my webasto is a 5kw unit, the electric one is 1kw. I would intend to use it as a backup ( or on hook up ) as if should always work. Being used for back up I probably wouldn’t use it to do a full preheat to 80° as that would take five times as long as usual, but I could definitely use it to get the engine above zero in a emergency.
But sure the concept of it would work, you would spend energy to preheat the engine but when the engines running the DCDC charger will put that back in again
I think you got your steps in today on those ladders Alex . LOL
Fattrucker
I’m most certainly did!
Can you do a video on the relationship between pre heater coolant temp and Oil temp. You seem to always say “let the oil come up to temp”. Is that the number on the bottom left of your gizmo? How long does it take to heat up? As in the above your coolant was 72C and dropped as you started the engine while i think the Oil temp was -19C! Do you start the engine with the coolant preheater still running and have them running in parallel? How long before you set off? So many Qs!
For me.
Coolant temperature wise I usually wait until the preheater has gotten the coolant above 70° as then that allows the engine to start like it’s a summers day even when it’s far below zero. It’s not so much the coolant temperature itself, but the time taken to get the coolant that temperature will have warmed the block and everything is not as tight, and will have somewhat done a decent job at warming the oil directly on components in the block. Basically a lot less stress on the engine. Trying to crank at -30 with no preheat the starter motor can’t even spin the engine sometimes.
Oil on the other hand, i’ll wait for that to warm up after the engine has started and running at idle just to make sure everything is getting properly lubricated and flowing through the system.
I could drive off immediately without letting the oil warm up, but it’s just a lot less stress in the engine that way.
As for the engine preheater I often leave it running as it will do its own thing and shut down once its above 80, and particularly cold days I have the engine heater running whilst driving to keep the engine even hotter so there’s additional heat for the cabin heaters.
How long it takes depends on how cold it is sometimes it could be 20 minutes if it’s only -10 could be 40 minutes if it’s -35
Thanks. I had assumed you ran them in parallel to speed up the oil warming!
@gregcope5565 Engine preheater only heats the coolant so that’s only going to warming the block and any oil currently in the system, but the oil pump is going to be only on when the engines is running.
I usually let the engine preheater shut off on its own accord when the engines up the temperature.
That looks like an interesting non mega expensive modular roof rack.what kind is it and do you have a link for it thanks.I’ve watched many of your videos,but intending to watch much more of your backlog of videos.👍
@johnpatterson5744 it’s not really a roof rack if I’m honest with you it’s 33.7mm diameter tubing from the scaffolding and handrail industry and associated aluminium clamps. Which I painted black. Probably less than 300 quid altogether.
How is your screenwash performing in the coldest of days??
I filled up with a concentrated stuff available locally, which suited well below -40 rated so no problem at all. But I found in previous years if I buy the local stuff premix it will often freeze, although probably freezing directly at the nozzles opposed to in the tank
Lidl in Finland do (or at least did do) a screenwash under the Ultimate Speed brand that straight from the bottle is suitable to -60c. Comes in 5l bottles.
What gland box are you using?
It’s just a standard 10 port waterproof outdoor junction box of amazin and then I’ve drilled a 40mm hole through the bottom of the box and through the vans roof and then use the 40mm waste pipe bulkhead fitting join them together. Way more convenient than a standard solar gland.
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