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FlatBroke
Explorer II
Jan 01, 2016

Cold heading south-problems

First night in Las Vegas NM it got to about nine degrees. My converter went out shortly after we arrived. NO 12v to run the furnace all night. Quick thinking we brought the slides in, before we wouldn't have enough power to bring them in, an put out our 120v heater. It kept us in a balmy 50* all night. In a Best Westen in Deming NM right now. Ordered a new 9260 converter from BestConverter Wednesday, was shipped Thursday. Spent $34 fedex 2 day shipping to get it delivered to our place in AZ on Saterday, possibly Monday. Nope apparently there TWO day shipping is means SIX days, as the tracking number says it will arrive January 5th of January! Looks like another motel tonight.
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  • Falcon35's avatar
    Falcon35
    Explorer
    Jan 01, 2016
    I had that happen to me some years back when we had fifth wheel. I got battery charger and it looked after us until we got home. I still have just in case and I did use it once to charge the battery on our toad.
  • RVcrazy's avatar
    RVcrazy
    Explorer
    Jan 01, 2016
    You need furnace heat so your water pipes don't freeze. You may spring leaks when the RV warms up since I expect your pipes froze the first night. Keep an eye out in case.
  • DownTheAvenue's avatar
    DownTheAvenue
    Explorer
    Jan 01, 2016
    Roadpilot wrote:
    Buy a battery charger at Walmart.


    Great advice. Hook the charger to the battery and all is well. Any auto parts store will have one as well. $40 and no worries.
  • DownTheAvenue's avatar
    DownTheAvenue
    Explorer
    Jan 01, 2016
    Roadpilot wrote:
    Buy a battery charger at Walmart.


    Great advice. Hook the charger to the battery and all is well.

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