Wolf_n_Kat wrote:
Oh great, something 'else' I need to worry about!!
In other news, I've got ours 'under wraps' for the winter but at some point I need to crack it back open. A week or so ago I was rotating food-stocks and pulled out a 5 gal. bucket (those are SO useful!! Always keep one or two empties, 'just in case') that turned out to be an effective mousetrap.
That explains why I'm one wire short on the battery/relay connection, but that wasn't a mouse, that was a rat. Nearly caught the (not so!) little bugger a couple of days ago, but he disappeared in the fender well.
Also talked to my father a couple of days ago, and found out that he recently bought a '76 Dodge. I need to call him back and get the details, but apparently his has decided to 'eat' batteries. Going home from the family reunion, he made it from Lake Arbuckle (Oklahoma) to Purcell, where he had to buy another battery from Wally-World just to get home in Noble (about 20mi). He's thinking shot alternator. :-/
Tell your dad to check the voltage regulator
first ... they tend to go out more often on older Dodge vehicle and only cost $10-20. (Again, voice of experience ... and that's why I like separate regulators/alternators versus all-in-one alternators.)
To repeat what I've said before: Keep vents and windows open a bit when you're storing your motorhome. Or, use a chemical or electrical dehumidifier. Most older motorhomes, unlike houses, don't have vapor retarders (aka barriers) in the walls. That's the reason the wood framing tends to rot. Water vapor from respiration and cooking tends to penetrate the walls and condense in the wood framing. The smaller interior space of motorhomes tends to have a higher concentration of water vapor compared to houses, which aggravates the problem.
