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buylow12
Oct 23, 2018Explorer
We live on it and it's been running fine for a month since we returned from visiting our family back home. In fact it was too cold just a few days ago(ah, the good old days...) Yes we're level and I always level it each time we park (who want to live at an angle? Lol.
The batteries could be replaced but we're parked in Phoenix right now(my wife has a 13 week contract she started two weeks ago or so). So in addition to the 200w solar panels I also have the converter plugged in, so I don't see the batteries as the problem(they still would work for a day or two as we boondocked our way down here just not as long as they used to. No sign of yellowish stain or the smell of ammonia, which my wife would have noticed immediately. I checked the wires and they all seem to be well connected.
I've ordered a new control board and payed for next day shipping and so am planning on trying to replace it tomorrow to see if that works. Looking for more ideas before it arrives though, lol. I felt the chimney and cooling fins and it's certainly still very hot and I've got the fan in the rear running constantly(it's installed in a slide so no roof vent).
I suppose if the control board or something else doesn't correct it soon, I'll have to find someone to install a new cooling unit.... I really would like to avoid that.
Thanks for the help. I'll go ahead and take any recommendations for a mobile tech in Phoenix if anyone has someone they like around here(we're technically in Mesa). Thanks again.
The batteries could be replaced but we're parked in Phoenix right now(my wife has a 13 week contract she started two weeks ago or so). So in addition to the 200w solar panels I also have the converter plugged in, so I don't see the batteries as the problem(they still would work for a day or two as we boondocked our way down here just not as long as they used to. No sign of yellowish stain or the smell of ammonia, which my wife would have noticed immediately. I checked the wires and they all seem to be well connected.
I've ordered a new control board and payed for next day shipping and so am planning on trying to replace it tomorrow to see if that works. Looking for more ideas before it arrives though, lol. I felt the chimney and cooling fins and it's certainly still very hot and I've got the fan in the rear running constantly(it's installed in a slide so no roof vent).
I suppose if the control board or something else doesn't correct it soon, I'll have to find someone to install a new cooling unit.... I really would like to avoid that.
Thanks for the help. I'll go ahead and take any recommendations for a mobile tech in Phoenix if anyone has someone they like around here(we're technically in Mesa). Thanks again.
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