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Day 1:
Picked up the RV, got the title transferred and drove it back to "my spot". Ran off to Wally-World and grabbed a big 29D house battery and some supplies and filled my 5 gallon water jug.
Went back to the RV and installed the house battery. Went inside and started a good old fashioned USMC Field Day. Looks and smells much better in here now, but still some work to do.
Messed with trying to get the gennie started for a while. No luck so I stopped and made my first supper in my new Mobile Domicile.
It rained most of the afternoon so I couldn't do diddly outside. Decided to head off to my storage unit and grab my bedding, sundry other cleaning supplies, and my toolboxes.
Set up the little porta-potty since I'm not using on-board water right now. Made my bed, read Facebook, and wrote a few posts.
Went to bed at 10pm.
Day 2:
Turned on the propane tank as soon as I woke up. Lit the stove without issue. Brewed a pot of coffee while running all 3 burners to warm the house. (Gotta have my coffee!)
The oven pilot lit but won't fire up the burner when I turn up the heat. I don't anticipate using it any time soon so I put off messing with it until later.
With coffee on the range, I set to getting the furnace working.
The igniter button was a little sticky so I hit it with a little squirt of WD-40. After about 20 minutes of farting around with it, it finally lit off. Nice and cozy in the coach now.
Went outside and opened the gennie access door and checked connections where possible. Tried starting it. Not happening. Went back inside and RTFM. Oh, duh! Keep holding that start button, son. Did so and after about 30-40 seconds it sputtered to life.
For the first 10-15 minutes the governor kept cycling from high to low RPM. It eventually smoothed out and ran beautifully.
Discovered I don't have juice at any outlet inside. Reset all of the breakers on the converter. Still no power. I'm left wondering if the house battery was even charging during the 2 hours or so that I ran the generator. I'm going to have to limit my usage of the 1000w modified sine wave inverter I put on the house battery until I know the gennie is charging it.
Been messing with the 2-way refrigerator off and on all day trying to get it started on propane. At one point there was a brief puff of flame in the pilot sight-glass. I haven't gotten it to start yet, however.
I have heat and can cook. That's most important to begin with. I'll worry about the electric and charging issues later.
That's all for now.
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Picked up the RV, got the title transferred and drove it back to "my spot". Ran off to Wally-World and grabbed a big 29D house battery and some supplies and filled my 5 gallon water jug.
Went back to the RV and installed the house battery. Went inside and started a good old fashioned USMC Field Day. Looks and smells much better in here now, but still some work to do.
Messed with trying to get the gennie started for a while. No luck so I stopped and made my first supper in my new Mobile Domicile.
It rained most of the afternoon so I couldn't do diddly outside. Decided to head off to my storage unit and grab my bedding, sundry other cleaning supplies, and my toolboxes.
Set up the little porta-potty since I'm not using on-board water right now. Made my bed, read Facebook, and wrote a few posts.
Went to bed at 10pm.
Day 2:
Turned on the propane tank as soon as I woke up. Lit the stove without issue. Brewed a pot of coffee while running all 3 burners to warm the house. (Gotta have my coffee!)
The oven pilot lit but won't fire up the burner when I turn up the heat. I don't anticipate using it any time soon so I put off messing with it until later.
With coffee on the range, I set to getting the furnace working.
The igniter button was a little sticky so I hit it with a little squirt of WD-40. After about 20 minutes of farting around with it, it finally lit off. Nice and cozy in the coach now.
Went outside and opened the gennie access door and checked connections where possible. Tried starting it. Not happening. Went back inside and RTFM. Oh, duh! Keep holding that start button, son. Did so and after about 30-40 seconds it sputtered to life.
For the first 10-15 minutes the governor kept cycling from high to low RPM. It eventually smoothed out and ran beautifully.
Discovered I don't have juice at any outlet inside. Reset all of the breakers on the converter. Still no power. I'm left wondering if the house battery was even charging during the 2 hours or so that I ran the generator. I'm going to have to limit my usage of the 1000w modified sine wave inverter I put on the house battery until I know the gennie is charging it.
Been messing with the 2-way refrigerator off and on all day trying to get it started on propane. At one point there was a brief puff of flame in the pilot sight-glass. I haven't gotten it to start yet, however.
I have heat and can cook. That's most important to begin with. I'll worry about the electric and charging issues later.
That's all for now.
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