Kudos to Lippert

minnow wrote:
Some of our RV's are just getting too complicatated with too many electronic gizmos that are not up the abuse of being dragged down the road and being subjected to freezing and too hot outside temperatures.

I always have to giggle at the reluctance to accept change - Mechanics Illustrated was filled with similar comments about the following over the decades:

In 1939, the first sealed-beam headlamps were introduced.

During World War II, the military needed an electrical generating unit that could provide more current than the d.c. generator. They found it with the a.c. (alternating current) generator, commonly called the alternator.

In 1949, Chrysler Corp. became the first to offer a combination key-operated ignition and starter switch. Previously, the starter was operated by a separate button on the dash or by a button on the floor above the accelerator pedal. Starting a car with the floor mounted starter was sometimes a challenge: your left foot was on the brake pedal, heel of your right foot on the accelerator, and the toe of your right foot pushing on the starter. Don't press down too hard on the accelerator or you will flood the engine, but be ready to give it some gas when the engine starts and you release the starter button.

In 1960, the alternator for civilian vehicles arrived none too soon: The number of electrical devices manufacturers put on cars by then began to strain the limits of the d.c. generator. The first car manufacturer to make the alternator available in a production vehicle was Chrysler Corporation in the 1960 Valiant using an alternator built by Essex. By 1961 all Chryslers had an alternator. In the following year GM had them, too.

In 1971, Pontiac introduced a completely sealed storage battery that required no water during its lifetime. It had side terminals that the company claimed stayed completely corrosion-free. In time, the battery was to be named the Freedom Battery.