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Not a training area Steve, but most likely a barracks.

Nope not prison cells. The structure was not for human or animal accommodation.

Not a dormitory Jerry, there is no roof to this structure

Clue: a - c = b - d = 10ft a - b = c- d = d - e = 5ft But the markings 5 & 10 horizontally each side represent something other than length

Not really that sort of thing Andy.

It looks as if it could be that sort of thing Steve marked out for those pointless PT games we had to do, but its not that.

And if you are really shy Bernard you go behind the wall Not for ablutions though

It certainly is made of brick Wally

What's all this about?

Tim VAOS Section XA is quite old, even in a VAOS of 1943, X is subdivided into: X1 Searchlights, sound locators & associated stores X2 Generating sets & general lighting stores So I assume XA predates the division so your item would could fall in either of the above categories. But it is not YA (Line & visual) or ZA (Wireless etc)

On the side I can read "WARNING LIGHT UNIT" but what is the number that precedes this? I have looked in a 1954 RAF MT Electrical Vocab Section 16E & its not listed there. Also have CAV Instruction Book circa 1950s that covers cut-outs but nothing obvious there. Can you take the cover off? Of course 1952 may only be the date it might have been repackaged.

Thanks Bernard, this all looks encouraging to go with a compressor. These 40 litre 3-way fridges are too bulky for my needs, but for maximum efficiency I feel I have to stuff it full, then that makes it difficult to get to bacon at the bottom with the squashed tomatoes that always seem to end up there. I see there is a version of those that runs of the smaller cooker type disposable can. But it not the sort of thing I want to run in a vehicle from a safety aspect & all the fiddle of getting it level. Then endless frustration trying to get the piezo starter to strike. So just got to decide whether to go for CDF11 or CDF16 which is only slightly bigger externally for a significant internal increase. The smaller one would do but there are things lettuce, mushrooms etc that have to be stored somewhere & in the fridge is a safe place. Part of the loss of space on the boy's model are the recesses on the top for two opened cans to fit. Fine if you are using it as a glorified chubby box between the front seats, but that is not where I want it to fit. I think I shall cut out some pieces of cardboard to mimic the space each version might occupy. Pig & Wolf no problem but I'm rather pushed for space in the Shorland & I want to tuck away evidence of domesticity to the back of it. I'm going to sell the 9x9 which should fund the cooler. Erecting it is not a massive problem, but if I find it necessary to relocate to a different pitch at a show it is too much of a fiddle to dismantle. So I should be self contained, cool & have some power left in my battery. Well at least the Pig & Shorland have starting handles

Thank you Nick I need to do some size comparisons in the space available in the various vehicle. But I think the CDF15 externally isn't that much bigger than the CDF11. Not sure whether to buy now when prices might be lower because people aren't camping & dealers want some trade. But I might find by next season there will be a better model. The CFX range looks more robust & efficient but as yet they don't do it in smaller sizes.

I'd come & visit Paul if you had any Humber 1 Ton, armoured or not. Sadly a very neglected part of British post-war MV history. Amazing the adaptations to which it was put: CT/GS: winched, FFW, wireless light, Corporal missile command, Malkara missile supply, missile test, missile system repair etc, Armoured: Battlefield radar, APC role, FFW/FFR, ambulance, Malkara missile launcher, foam dispenser, squirt, EOD etc All derived from the FV1601

Thank you Tony that's what I was hoping to hear. Two of my vehicles are 24v so with this Waeco CDF11 that is only 1.25A. A quilt, you do spoil it a little I think

She can't complain because I find bits of horse bridle in with the cutlery

I'm fed up with lugging a 3-way fridge with 42 litre capacity & a gas bottle around shows. All I want is a few cold beers, hard butter & non-rancid bacon. I have dismissed solid state electronic cool boxes that draw about 4 amps at 12 volts continuously as inappropriate when parked up at a show. I have just realised that there are low power compressor fridges that only draw current during the compression cycle. Some of these are dual voltage 12v & 24v the smallest drawing 2.5A & 1.25A respectively during compression. Furthermore there is a low battery warning cut-out so there is some juice for starting the vehicle. The lowest capacity one I can find is 10.5 litres, this is the Waeco CDF11. Has anyone any experience of this? Are they reliable & how many days might it last at an average warmth show? I don't need to have ice cubes in my beer, so 5-10 deg C would be as cold as I would want. I would only run it during the daytime as it is cooler at night & it might be a bit annoying trying to sleep with this thing turning on & off. Waeco seem to be the only company making a fridge with this low capacity, it is not externally as small as I thought but that must be due to a good thickness of insulation. A bit early to think of summer I know!

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Oh so you both retired together.

So he wasn't far off retirement then Richard :-D

'fraid not Richard, I think the book is 1964.

Whilst the Thompson book is out, does anybody want any other numbers looked up?

Sean no that wasn't meant to be you I was referring to in anyway. This was an expert in a particular type of AFV who was unaware that the same Vocab Section was also used for later vehicles that fulfilled the same role & occupied the same VAOS Section. My mistake was not to have qualified it with the date I suppose. This is always a learning journey for instance I had wrongly been assuming my track rod ends were Lockheed rather than Thompson, yet the proof was on my own book shelves

Its quite logical Sean that LV7/BMC should exist & you have the evidence. I'm only going from publications that I have, I'll try & see when this particular one I have was published. I think it is more of a Chilwell publication than a VAOS.

Thank you for the update, just the man I was hoping to read the thread