We payed the price for convenience
Let's start with last year. End of the season, last trip. As we are hooking up to head home the battery dies and we have to use jumper cables to raise the fifth-wheel to hook up the truck. Battery was old so I assumed that was the issue and replaced it.
We made our first camping trip this year. All set up Friday evening, playing some cards with friends and the ceiling lights are getting dim. We are plugged in to shore power. Guess it wasn't the battery after all. No cell service at the campground so Saturday morning we head out to locate an RV dealer that has our converter in stock.
We end up in Thurmont Maryland at Beckley's Camping Center. They have the matching converter for the low low price of $327. Now had I thought a little bit I would have searched for the price of this converter after I had service. But I didn't. Afterward we stopped at the outlets in Gettysburg for the ladies to shop so in the down time I did a Google search. I could buy the same thing from Amazon for $123! With free shipping!
Like I said the price for convenience.
Moral of this story ..... if you THINK your converter might be going bad, order one! Before you need it to keep your refrigerator running so your food doesn't spoil.
By the way do not pay someone to install a converter. It took an Allen wrench, a phillips screwdriver and 10 minutes of my time to change out.
We made our first camping trip this year. All set up Friday evening, playing some cards with friends and the ceiling lights are getting dim. We are plugged in to shore power. Guess it wasn't the battery after all. No cell service at the campground so Saturday morning we head out to locate an RV dealer that has our converter in stock.
We end up in Thurmont Maryland at Beckley's Camping Center. They have the matching converter for the low low price of $327. Now had I thought a little bit I would have searched for the price of this converter after I had service. But I didn't. Afterward we stopped at the outlets in Gettysburg for the ladies to shop so in the down time I did a Google search. I could buy the same thing from Amazon for $123! With free shipping!
Like I said the price for convenience.
Moral of this story ..... if you THINK your converter might be going bad, order one! Before you need it to keep your refrigerator running so your food doesn't spoil.
By the way do not pay someone to install a converter. It took an Allen wrench, a phillips screwdriver and 10 minutes of my time to change out.
