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We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year.

Don’t forget there is still time left to benefit from our special offers. If you decide after we are closed for Christmas, just email us before the end of 2011 and we will honour the 10% reduction!

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The award was contended on a range of criteria including website quality, ease of use and information available, customer service and sales volume over the year.

The prize of a bottle of champagne and a trip to the Ferrari and Ducatti Factories in Italy was presented by Time Shaw, Managing Director Dometic UK who added “the award going to Conrad Anderson is a testament to their hard work and dedication to customer service and product support”

Congratulations to the whole team at Conrad Anderson who have made this possible.

The LEAS Stabiliser, available in the UK through Conrad Anderson or the MCEA (Mobile Caravan Engineers Association), is a universal fit anti-snaking device which activates the brakes of the caravan or trailer when a snake occurs.

For more details contact Conrad Anderson 0800 2790085 – or visit the website for a list of fitters

In our long experience of the automotive and leisure industries camera systems are seen with increasing frequency. Many of the top spec cars, lorries and motorhomes include camera systems as a factory fitted extra, the latter are at least pre-wired for an ‘easy’ aftermarket fit.

Aftermarket Options

In the leisure market many people opt for having cameras fitted by the dealer at time of purchase, which on the up side can save money, on the downside product quality can be an issue, it is perhaps not the best option to just go for a reversing camera believing them all to be the same and without any option to upgrade the original.

Car cameras are readily available and relatively straightforward to install aftermarket however, modern cars are manufactured with less and less space in the dashboard so integrating the monitor can be very tricky; Often the only way is mounting the screen on top of the dashboard. The real difficulties come when trying to integrate an aftermarket camera into an original equipment (OEM) screen; Unless the integrated screen is equipped with a composite video input it is very difficult without an intimate knowledge of manufacturer specific Automotive AV electronics.

Conrad Anderson 0800 279 0085, 0121 247 0619

Over the years the technology of the aftermarket cruise control has grown significantly, which is due to the advances of the vehicles they need to fit on to. 10 years ago the only aftermarket cruise control systems available were mechanical, and so required inventive solutions dubbed ‘Creative Engineering’ consisting of various brackets and levers in order to fit them.

These days many of the aftermarket cruise control solutions are drive by wire, meaning that they plug into the throttle pedal and the cruise computer mimics the action of your foot at an electrical level. This technology has opened the doors in terms of types of vehicle that are able to have retrofit cruise control installed. Many of the fittings are far simpler, requiring less creative engineering and essentially turning aftermarket cruise control into more of a self-fit or DIY solution.

This product development has inevitably lead to a cost increase however, although the prices are higher, what is gained in the supply has been offset by the improved simplicity in the fitting and the broader range of vehicles which can have aftermarket cruise control fitted. Also, since there are fewer moving parts the hardware is simpler in fault diagnosis, making it more accessible product for the end user.

Most modern cars (year 2000 onwards ish) have, what is termed, drive-by-wire throttle systems. Before the fully electronic cruise control system was developed, the only option was a mechanical system, which works by pulling the pedal down using a bracket. This requires far more room around the throttle pedal in order that the bracket can fit with the required travel to give the cruise control full speed range. Due to this, the new technology has enabled many more small and medium sized cars to be fitted with aftermarket cruise control. Whereas many of the large van and 4×4 ranges can be and still are fitted with mechanical cruise control systems.

http://www.conrad-anderson.co.uk/cruisecontrols/cruisecontrols-home.htm

Designing power systems for vehicles is something best left to the professionals, but there is some basic information that is needed before the process is started in earnest; which appliances you wish to power (and how much power they consume both on start up and continuous use) and whether those appliances need to be used while you are stationary or on the move.

Those needs will differ greatly from application to application, and Conrad Anderson LLP can help you with any power system whether a leisure vehicle (motorhome or caravan), a car, van, lorry or truck or even a commercial, industrial or military vehicle.

Using a wide range of power sources from 240v generators and 12v generators to LPG generators, solar panels and fuel cells, Conrad Anderson will design the perfect system for your needs.

Conrad Anderson – Vehicle electronics and power system specialists can consult nation wide call now on 0800 279 0085.

During a shoot at Warwick castle the only reliable option for broadband was the use of the Oyster Internet.

For service critical applications with no hardwired option satellite Internet is the only viable option. No need to rely on mobile phone signal!

There is also a static option for satellite Internet, designed using a static satellite dish and a modem with subscriptions available from £19.99 per month.

Conrad Anderson
0121 247 0619
nathan@conrad-anderson.co.uk