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Shade screen - ideal height?

Thinking of purchasing or making an awning shade screen in case we find ourselves at a sunny site. Do people find an 8 foot drop too big or is a 6 foot drop good enough?

NHDad by • Explorer
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Gas Grill Hose

Instead of the using the 1lb bottles we have an adaptor hose to hook our stove and grill to a 20lb tank. On the end of the hose that attaches to the propane tank there is a white washer inside the connector. Our has started to break apart. Does anyon...

DRM796 by • Explorer II
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Elec. Brakes on Truck-Bed Trailer

Hi, first post here. Hope this is in the correct forum.My tow vehicle is a '95 Dodge Cummins 2500 pickup, with an ATS transmission. I have tens of thousands of miles towing experience towing a 1960 2-horse, in-line horse trailer that I have restore...

Missing cargo door on my Starcraft Launch 24RLS - DIY

We bought this new Starcraft Launch 24RLS at the end of February. Unfortunately Starcraft changed their design in between the time that we looked at the demo camper at the local show in January and receiving our new one a month later. They cut cost a...

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Can windows be flipped?

It seems I just can't leave well enough alone... Ever since I bought my trailer 3 years ago, it has bothered me that the two door side sliding windows open in a way that in my opinion is opposite of common sense. (See attached picture with both windo...

Water "Proofing" 30 amp Connections

Here in Ontario runs to the campsite power post can be quite long, 100' or more not being unusual at all, so using extension cables are a way of life ... to solve this I long ago built a set of custom 10 gauge extension cables terminated with Leviton...

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Thank you for the refrigerator fan mod tips

I I have learned so much from this forum that I couldn't begin to list it all. This week I finally got around to adding a small computer fan to the outside of my 1999 Americana refrigerator. It is attached to the underside of the hot coils blowing up...

Anybody using a 12v Air Conditioner?

My Class B Motorhome, like many I suspect, gets uncomfortably warm in the back while tooling down the highway during the summer. Passengers and my wife don't like it. I've run my genset and my roof air conditioner to help out but I don't like using u...

Bathroom fan screen standoff

I have the usual cheap bathroom fan/vents that come from the factory in most all RVs, and have had trouble with the fan blades becoming fouled with the screen. I'm sure some here will say that the proper solution is to replace the whole shebang with...

DrewE by • Explorer II
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Pictures

Testing posting a picture. Sorry I now see this test is in the wrong place but I don't know how to delete it or move it. This is my little teardrop at Otter Springs in Florida.

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