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Awnings & Accessories

Looking for the perfect Caravan Awning or Driveaway Motorhome Awning for your next caravanning holiday? Visit our Awning Showroom surrounded by the latest Poled Awning & Inflatable Awning designs from leading brands including Telta, Dometic, Outdoor Revolution & SunnCamp. We stock a comprehensive range of Awning Accessories to compliment your awning available online & in-store.

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Camping & Outdoor

We are proud of our association with Lafuma, as a UK Supplier of Lafuma Furniture for more than 20-years. It's not hyperbole to say, we cannot recommend Lafuma enough. We have carefully chosen our Lafuma range to best suit our customer requirements. Look out for new Taupe, Graphite and Lac colour options in 2019.

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Caravan & Motorhome

We have chosen 8 models across the Swift Select and Swift Escape ranges designed to give a wide range of model options and equipment. The Select van conversion range offers a greater level of customisation, while the Swift Escape continues to be one of the UKs best selling single motorhome ranges. As things progress we'll be offering a range of quality pre-owned motorhomes. Call 01255-830-229 for more information.

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Motoring & Travel

The nights are drawing in and the weather is cooling; whether you're a winter caravanner or put your vehicle into storage for winter, there are a few essential items available to help you get prepared and protect your investment. With this is mind, we put together a selection of our Winter Care products.

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Parts & Maintenance

If you're about to embrak on a caravan or motorhome DIY project and are in need of some supplies to help the job along, check out our Tools and Consumables category first. While your thinkg DIY, we'd like to remind you that our purpose built, 8 bay workshop is ready to help you resolve any issues you may have. Give us a call if we can help and to book your next carvan service.

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Towing & Trailer

Homestead Caravans holds in stock a wide range of essential electrical equipment for Towing and Trailers at very competitive prices. From basic 12N and 12S plugs to complete pre-wired wiring kits and an array of extension and adapter leads.

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Home Leisure

It comes as no surprise that many caravan and motorhome owners are also pet owners. Homestead Caravans is a pet friendly company - we offer pet friendly holidays at our Homestead Lake Touring Park and pets are permitted into our Accessory Superstore. Check out our brand new range of pet accessories in-store or online including exclusive products from the official Crufts range, all at very affordable prices.

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Discover Energy Independence with a Truma SolarSet Roof Mounted Solar Panel Kit

21/02/2016 IN Accessories - Electrical

Solar energy is a tried and tested power source that is already used around the world for numerous applications and works by transforming energy from the sun into a reusable form of electricity, a process known as Photovoltaic or (PV). Your Solar panel acts as a collecting area, helping you catch the sun’s rays. The larger the panel the more energy you can collect. The energy collected is then stored in a battery for your future use.

Truma SolarSets Kits

Whether you venture out in your caravan for weekend breaks or use on your annual holiday, or on a regular basis or for longer touring adventures around the UK or Europe. The Truma SolarSets Solar Kits provide a lightweight, high quality, low intrusive installation and power to sustain your trips away.

Truma SolarSet kit on displayThe Truma SolarSet Roof Mounted Solar Panel Kit have the advantage of being ‘fit & forget’ and allows you to enjoy maximum power convenience on the road. Once it is mounted and installed you do not have the inconvenience of storing the solar panel or worry about its security when leaving the caravan. This environmentally-friendly, clean and green, quiet and free production of energy will constantly generate power without causing battery stress, even when you are not there. This enables the battery to be kept in the best possible condition and greatly increasing its lifetime.

Using the Truma SolarSet Solar Panel Kits is an ideal way to ensure that your battery is maintained to the highest standard. During winter periods of little or no use or during periods in storage or on your drive, the SolarSets act as a 12v solar battery charger making sure your battery does not run flat and also allows for any alarms or security systems to be left active. To take account of the low light levels in winter you may need a 20W panel or more.

The SolarSet Solar Panel Kits offer needs based charging thanks to the adjustable charging distribution on Sets 65W, 100W and 150W and long service life due to the temperature controlled charging other features include the optimum module cooling due to airflow-optimised spoiler and reverse polarity plug-in connection. All kits are supplied with a charge controller to control the flow of energy and prevent battery damage.

Truma is an extremely well renowned Brand throughout Europe who supplies an extensive range of premium quality products to the caravan and motorhome market.

The Truma SolarSets offer maximum efficiency and safety. The perfectly matched components generate the maximum output for you. Every SolarSet is supplied complete with all the components you need for installing a mobile solar power system. Together they form the perfect supplement for your power supply.

To ensure the Truma SolarSets remain safely on the vehicle, even in the worst weather conditions. Truma have designed the roof fastening system in compliance with the strictest DEKRA testing standards to which it is also certified.

The Truma SolarSets have an installation friendly design which means the system can be mounted quickly and easily to give a neat and smart looking installation.

SolarSet Technology

Truma SolarSets use the highly efficient Mono-crystalline solar cells. This type of cell is made from thin wafers of silicone cut from artificially grown crystals. These cells are created from single crystals grown in isolation, making them more expensive than (Polycrystalline cells) but having a far higher efficiency rating. Allowing you get more efficiency in less area than other forms of solar cells.

The SolarSets are available in a choice of four power classes SolarSet150Wp, SolarSet100Wp, SolarSet 65Wp and SolarSet 23Wp.

These Solar Panels Wp ratings show the power the panel will produce under prescribed standard test conditions (STC) these very specific conditions means you can compare the power outputs of the solar panels quickly and easily and use this as a guide to find out what model you will need to match your caravanning lifestyle.

Truma SolarSet Installation at Homestead Caravans

Homestead Caravans are Truma Partners and are able to offer a professional fitting service of the Truma SolarSet Roof Mounted Solar Panel Kits in our state-of-the-art caravan workshop. Call 01255-830-229 for more details or to book an installation.

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