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Bordercollie
Dec 15, 2013Explorer
It is best to know how to check house batteries and adjust with distilled water for proper fluid levels, clean battery connections, and monitor level of charge with a simple voltmeter. Changing engine oil and filter, topping off fluids, and checking condition of belts and hoses are not beyond the average RV owner. A good general understanding of how the furnace,fridge, water heater, fresh water pump and other appliances work, including 12 volt DC and 120 volt ac power requirements is necessary for discussion of problems with RV repair people and to protect yourself from getting "taken". A good understanding of potential RV tire safety problems and awareness of how brakes and and transmission should work is important too. There are a small percentage of RV owners who have the various skills, workspace and equipment to properly overhaul and restore an old motor home. Wish I was one of them.
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