Carriage of Cables, chargers,etc

G'Day Alan,

We roll ours up and secure with a lacky band that also holds the label indicating which gadget it's for. Then in the bucket it goes.

Hopefully someone has a smarter idea.

Paul

There are two covered areas beside the set of drawers in the back of the car.

Cables, ropes and rags are in bags in these areas. We do not carry any 240V stuff so all is small and easily wound up and tied together with elastic bands or wire wrappers like on a loaf of bread. Then they go is either a soft material bag or a plastic bag.

Everything that we have runs of 12V or can be recharged from 12V. We have three batteries under the bonnet with a one (cranking) - two (auxillary) split.

One has all the recovery gear and tyre repair stuff in it.

The other which has the air compressor mounted in it also has the ground sheet, water bra, bag of rags, air hose and tyre gauges in it. Some ropes are in each.

Neither is the most convenient to get to. The right hand one with the air hose is the easiest to get to. We do not use much of it apart from the air hose and tyre gauge. The air is plumbed to a wall outlet at the rear together with extra 12V outlets, the water faucet.

Try getting or making some soft bags and then put the cables etc in those bags and store the bags in a square or rectangle plastick box with a lid. I got some with lids for the food. We also have a rectangle bucket that carries the water hose and fittings. It is so much easier storing square or rectanglular stuff than round thinmgs.

The boxes are similar to those with wheels that you slip under the bed. But a more suitable size for dry foods and no wheels.

Allan : All my leads are in a fishing tackle bag/satchel -berkley- zipp up individual envelope style 350 x 250 mm also i can put my small lap top pc in it too , packs well when on the road..... go in to a good fishing tackle shop and have a look ..

cheers nick

Hi Alan, I only have one charger to cover all charging requirements. Your computer uses 19 volts and you can get a 19 volt multi charger so you can change the ends to suite the item you need to charge. Comes in a small cloth bag and sits in the glove box.
Andy

I made a compact, lightweight box with a suitable size to hold all the chargers I need with sufficient powerboards to supply them. It has a slot at the top with 6" of each charger cable protuding over a slanted top with non-stick matt to place the item being charged and just has one lead coming out the back to plug into the wall.

I would upload a pic but of course this forum won't allow a non member to do that.

Cheers Neil

Correct Nonmembers cannot upload direct to Exploroz.

As a non member I upload any pictures to photobucket and then use the direct link to the image at the photobucket site in the "Insert Image" function.

I have read the posts up to the photo bucket bit (which I did not understnd!) and think somewhere your question is unanswered,

I use Canon still cameras and JVC video cameras. I find that whilst I have four different types of battery to charge and three different types (styles) of battery to charge I only need two (2) 240 volt plugs 1 X 2 holer and 1 x 3 holder. I keep the battery bit in the camera bag for the appropriate battery and the two 240 volt thingees in a seperatle container. Hence there is no tangle of cables.

I hope this may be of help to you (OR maybe I got lost too!!!)
Regards
Brian

Hi Alan

Back to the question. Everything for the laptop is carried with it in a laptop bag. For everything else electronic i have a flat plastic kitchen type of container - a bit bigger than two lunch boxes. I get Velcro bands from KMart to keep the cords tidy. Just about everything takes AA or AAA batteries, so one charger covers all. It is hard to get point and shoot cameras these days that don't have their own battery but i prefer a bundle of AAs in the camera bag when i get to the top of a mountain than discovering a built in battery has gone flat.

Motherhen

Collect a few empty cardboard toilet roll or similar tubes. Fold the cables to fit snuggly and label the tubes accordingly. Neat and tidy. Cheers.

Roger B.....

If you go to a fishingle tackle store that sells gear for billfishing(marlin, sailfish etc) they often sell lure bags. Breathable mesh with pockets in them and they roll up. Excellent pieces of equipment for a multitude of uses. Various sizes.
cheers

I bought a big soft padded camera bag about 10 yrs ago in central Sydney, for $44. It measures about 22cm x 20cm x 35cm and it has multiple zip compartments on the outside, as well as multiple compartments in the main section of the bag. It works great for carrying all the accessories, adaptors, chargers and cables that one can't do without today.