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Total Bus RV renovation

My cousin and her husband are totally gutting and rebuilding an old, previously-converted bus/RV in preparation for a full-time tour of the U.S. with their 4 kids. I knew they were doing this, but didn't realize they were blogging about it. I've ju...

laknox by • Nomad
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Fantastic fan screen cleaning

Not sure if this is the best forum to ask this, but - we have a Fantastic Fan in our bedroom with a screen that is collecting a lot of dust. The manual says that the screen may be removed by grasping the "finger hold" feature and popping off the scr...

Tonijim by • Explorer
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Custom Build!

I believe I selected the correct category for this build. I just wanted to share what I am creating. I will also need some advise along the road so I wanted to get started here. You can also follow this build on Facebook, Instagram, and youtube under...

new fan - vent cover or rain sensor?

Picking up my new Grand Design TT (2670MK) next week. It has cheap fans in the living room and bedroom. Will be going to Fan-tastic or MaxxAir on both. Temp. sensing is a must. But what about rain? Should I go with the fancy rain sensing models ...

Flapper by • Explorer
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New Solar System with No Clear Objective

I have a battery system that wound up being kind of complicated. I have 3 battery banks: 1 set of golf carts 230 ah., 1 set of AGM's 200 ah and I Group 31 AGM around 100 ah. I usually use them for a few days of boondocking and charge them afterwards...

Spring Over Axle Conversion

Greetings again.I have posted about flipping axles. Which I have learned it is know as "spring axle conversion".I have an old 89 trailer. Fleetwood Taurus. It is low and I have issues getting in and out of my driveway.I asked an RV repair place what ...

cs2kplus by • Explorer
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New window in door The best !

I was going to replace the frosted glass in the door with tinted glass and a new plastic frame, but with the cost of the glass and frame plus shipping I could, for a few bucks more I get this neat window that opens and doesn't have a cheap plastic fr...

Preparing RV for trip to Europe

We are planning a trip to Europe and are hoping to ship our truck (2008 Dodge RAM 3500) + truck camper (2014 Livin Lite Camplite 8.6c) from the US to Europe. Ideally, we'll be there for a few years to discover Europe and possibly Asia, so we are loo...

jornvango by • Explorer II
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Solar wiring issue

I'm sure solar questions have been beat to a pulp but I just can't find the answer. I don't want to drill holes through my rv roof and found that I could easily run my solar power lines down my fridge exuaghst vent. Thus gives me great access to ever...

New Step Light

I am planning to upgrade my step light on Monaco Diplomat Qwikee steps. I would like to put a row of LEDs to light the steps. If anyone has done this let me know where you got the lights and hoe you mounted them. I guess that I will wire them to the ...

jimj by • Explorer
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Generator Recepticle Install

Im new to the forum and somewhat new to RV'ing.I just bought a new toy hauler that has the generator setup and had a hardwired Onan generator but it was removed before I bought it.My question is can I wire in an RV receptacle to the existing wiring w...

Question on battery monitor for my solar setup.

Hey all, have a quick question. I bought this battery monitor on Amazon. The display panel is wireless and just powered by USB so I went for it since it gives me a lot of options for mounting.DROK Multimeter Displayhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M5CWR2...

Tricon by • Explorer
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Inverter install

In my never ending research quest on what inverter to install in our fifth wheel, I came across this:http://gpelectric.com/products/inverter-charger-ic-seriesHas anyone bought and installed this one yet?thanks,

Adding Aux input to Linear Series LS7600CD Player

So my wife and I, being poor grad students, finally saved up enough for a used travel trailer. We love it, but the radio with a CD player is useless to us. So I decided to add an aux cord. I figured a lot of people have this same radio in their trail...

raygun by • Explorer
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