What did you do to your Toy Hauler today???

Installed new Bulldog landing gear on the WW 5th wheel. Fairly straight forward, almost a bolt-in replacement. What a difference from that wimpy, plastic cased, 1 motor POS that was on it. Still need to touch up the install, dress wires etc.

BTW, what's everyone using for tire pressure/temperature monitors?

Added two Trojan t-105's for house batteries and re-used the 12 volt battery that came with the trailer for the power tongue jack exclusively. Also put in a Trimetric 2025RV to monitor both battery banks. Next will be to put two 100 watt solar panels and a Morningstar ts-45, and 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter. These should help my boondocking excursions.

azdryheat wrote:
Removed the middle a/c and re-taped the ducts (crummy quality control at Voltage).

I did that to mine too. Not only were the ducts not sealed, but they had just stuffed the wiring harness into the duct. Fixing those two issues made a really big difference to the airflow out of that unit.

utkurly wrote:
I installed wireless back up and side cameras , to my voltage trailer

what system did you use?

Removed the middle a/c and re-taped the ducts (crummy quality control at Voltage). Greased the 9 fittings on the Trailair Tri-glide pin box.

Greased the axles and suspension and aired up the tires for the trip home.

I installed wireless back up and side cameras , to my voltage trailer

I taped up the tank vent in the unused powder room sink so that galley fumes don't get into the living room.

Actually......with the exception of a few REALLY CHEAP ones the RV manufacturers put in these days......a basic digital (non programing) is about the same price. Around $20.00, but there's still the issue of the dual speed fan.

rcpd34 wrote:

TexasChaps wrote:
I installed a residential control for the air conditioning.

The standard controls on the EL-cheapo Coleman unit installed in my MXT-20 leave a lot to be desired. basically a very simple mechanical thermostat and a simple switch to select fan, heat or cool.. so I decided to replace the controls with what is basically a residential control system. This takes the form of a 24 VAC transformer, a number of relays and a residential control.. just like the one in your house. I also designed and linked in a control panel to switch the generator from econ mode to full power when boon-docking.. we do that a lot and this mod delays the fan and compressor load. basically it does the following:

1. switches generator from econ mode to full power
2. waits five seconds
3. activates fan relay
4. waits another five seconds
5. activates compressor relay
6. holds generator at full power for another 5 seconds
7. switches generator back to econ mode

Pros:
1. sequenced load on generator ( no sudden shock loads )
2. full and precise control of temperature
3. auto switch over from heating and cooling.
4. fan cycling if required ( on 5 min off 10 or whatever )
5. reduced fuel consumption
6. the most important.. compressor protection.. compressor will only cycle now after 5 min or so..

Cons:

1. not sure ??.. perhaps you gentlemen care to comment ??

oh.. and to quell the doomers.. I have degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering.. so I do have some competence here... LOL

I did this mod on my WW, but without the relays. I just took a digital residential thermostat and replaced the junk factory one, it already had built-in compressor protection which didn't allow it to kick on/off. I did have to buy a micro switch to give me the two speed fan control. I found the directions on this site from another member who figured out the pin out. Worked well. I'll probably do this same mod on my current camper at some point.

good... my issue was that I didn't have a "junk factory" tstat to begin with.. just a few knobs on the side of the unit..now I have a wall mounted digital system.. It just shows how cheap rv builders are.. I mean, for less than $100 they could have installed a proper system.. go figure....!