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10/4/2016 at 10:59pm
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Hi, and welcome to the forum.
1. It's easy enough to add a leisure battery to a Cruiser, and the kitchen side seat base is the normal place to put it. My 1997 Sterling had the same, along with a standard car battery charger, circuit breaker and EHU input to charge the battery. Have a look at the Conway Owners Club web site. There are plenty of manuals on there, and you should be able to find a wiring diagram to help you get it all set up.
2. I use a pair of Kampa Sabre 150 LED strip lights. They are very bright and clip onto the camper poles, using C clips. This means they can easily be removed, and used in the awning, if required. They aren't cheap, at a round 40 quid each, but I've found them to be well worth it, plus I can leave them in position when folding the camper away.
3. It isn't possible to dye the canvas, as such. you can dye bed pods and roof liners very effectively, but the main canvas much less so. There is a product that is designed for this, and I am planning on using it on the roof of my Pathfinder this year, to cover some bleaching (I'm guessing from bird droppings). I will see how it looks on the roof, but I will be very surprised if it looks good on the side panels. That said, if any canvas is badly faded, what have you got to lose? This is the product; https://www.fabricspray.co.uk/product-category/waterproofing-spray-paint/
4. I, personally, don't really like the Campingaz bottles in a folding camper. Absolutely nothing wrong with them, but they are a lot smaller than the Calor bottles. Great if you are carrying them around with you, but, in a folding camper, that is less of an issue, so I much prefer the longevity of the larger Calor bottles. Also, the larger, refillable, Campingaz bottles are Butane which is not ideal (see below). The only time I would really advocate Campingaz is if you are planning on using the camper abroad, as Campingaz is a French product, and the only one you can readily get hold of on the continent.
The Calor bottles are blue (Butane) and red (Propane). Propane is, generally, better for use in the UK, as it operates more efficiently at lower temperatures. LPG needs to be a gas to burn. Butane (blue) turns back to a liquid at zero degrees (although it tends to start losing effectiveness around 10 degrees C). Propane, on the other hand, remains in gas form down as low as minus 44 degrees, making it more efficient in UK weather.
Hopefully that will help to get you started.
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