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Finally a switch for the batteries

LOL Finally on our third trailer we got around to hooking up a battery cutoff switch!A little bit of wire routing clean-up and a vent hose for the second box and we'll be good I think.Really liking this small mod.Makes battery management so much easi...

Where to find out of production Reese part no. 58028

I have a 1992 Airstream trailer with Reese equalizer bars. I am looking for trunions for the equalizer bars as the knobs on the trunions are wearing down. I am looking for replacement trunions and hardware replacements for 1 ¼” Reese weight distribut...

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Disappearing tire sensors

I have learned the hard way that people who work on my vehicles don't know what tire sensors are. I have the TST system.First about 2 weeks ago I took my motor home to have the brakes replaced.I told the manager about the tire sensors. While talkin...

rexabbot by • Explorer
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Dometic analog thermostat to digital

Does anyone know how to hook up the new Dometic single zone digital thermostat when replacing the Dometic analog thermostat?Evidently, the digital has a 3 wire connection and the analog has 6 wires. I haven't purchased the digital yet but the compan...

Looking for Roof Storage ideas

I have a truck camper but I suppose this topic is not limited to that section. What types of roof storage do you use and is it water tight? How is it fastend to the roof? And if you were to do it again, what would you do different?I was thinking of a...

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Improving the heat in 5th wheel.

I have a 2013 Sandpiper 365saq. It's 43' long has 4 slides with 9' ceilings and the 35k btu heater is dismal at best. The warmest it could get when it was 30degrees outside is 60 degrees inside. The camper has the upgraded insulation package. I cal...

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Rear entertainment center remodel

When I bought our Open Range fiver it has everything but a desk. I removed the rear cabinet and located the TV slide and fireplace to the far left and put a desk to the right. Here's a link to before during and finished pictures...https://www.faceboo...

Butyl tape

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Anyone upgrade brake wiring - does it improve braking?

I have been tossing around changing the brake wiring from what looks like 14 gauge to 8 or 10 gauge wire. Has anyone done this and noticed an improvement in braking from the trailer. I don't want to spend hours and the money for the wire only to fi...

CaLBaR by • Explorer
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Toilet hand spray?

I have a sealand 510 toilet, on our last trip I noticed water dripping from the bolts under the toilet when we were packing up but did not see any leaks around the toilet inside the trailer, yesterday I went to see if I could figure out where the lea...

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LEDs replaced florescents but get hot

I bought 28 "48SMD LED Light panels)to convert the 12 Volt lights to LEDs. So far I have converted two florescent fixtures, removing all the florescent components, circuit board, etc., and sticking the LED panels to the fixture housing and then repla...

Winegard Portable Satellite not working

I purchased this some months ago and used it twice and it did work but now won't work at all...Would like to return this to Camping World and purchase the tailgater and new 211 unit at the sale prices...I use a phone app to aim and it's been dead on....

inverter wiring diagram

I'm looking to electrify my little coach for intermittent off-grid camping (boon-docking and national parks). I plan to add 3 or 4 deep cycle batteries (duracell group 31 agm 12v @ 100ah)For ac power, I'm going with a Magnum energy system, the MS281...

generator in an old rv

Hey everyone, I'm new to rv'ing and new to the forum! I just bought an oooold 1977 dodge sportsman rv. It's a class c, but it's never had a generator in it. I managed to get a hold of an onan microlite 2800 generator and I want to get this badboy up ...

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