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Modified satellite dish mounting bracket

Just bought a new larger 24x26" sat. dish up from our old 18x21" dish and it really pulls in a much stronger signal now. Bought an adjustable mounting bracket last year that allows fine tuning of elevation and azimuth but it is for another brand of ...

Converting to dual FWT

I have the dreaded tank sag. My last rv, a 2006 21 AK attitude had dual tanks without any sag. I am contiplating installing dual 50 gallon FWTs in hopes of decreasing the sag. Has anyone ever thought about this as a way of handling the sag issues. ...

Reifer by • Explorer
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Solar & batteries ...

The house battery in our Livin Lite truck camper has died after about 3.5 years of frequent use. Lots of boondocking during which it kept the fridge, LED lights, water pump, ... running for about 3-4 days before we needed to run the generator.Now th...

jornvango by • Explorer II
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clean up wiring mess

Trying to get a 20 yr old class c updated. Most of the new stuff is electric, so I need more power. Problem is, the wiring coming off the battery is starting to become a real mess. Some of the stuff I did, some the previous owner did. Any ideas on a ...

photobug by • Explorer
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Quieter Water Pump

I have a SureFlo water pump in my trailer. It is rubber mounted and hooked up with flexible water line on the inlet and Pex-ish on the outlet. I am not real impressed with how much noise it makes and was thinking of doing the following. Either or ...

Well nut size for large solar panels?

**EDIT**I will keep this post updated, but to see the install condensed into a single page, CLICK HERE.Hello all, long time lurker, first time poster. I am installing 4 solar panels, measuring 72" x 40" each. I know most will say screws are enough, ...

Rube Goldberg move over.

I wanted to install a Tornado washer into my black tank but the only place it could go, did not have enough space between the frame and the tank for the drill & hole saw. But there was a small opening above the frame. By cannibalizing several tools,...

rbrand by • Explorer
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Installing Inteli-Power 4600

My original inverter is a Magnitek 6300 Q series. Im installing an Inteli-Power 45 watt converter. The wiring colors don't exactly match up, and I'm not going to be installing the new DC board at this time.Here is a pic of the DC wires out on the o...

Recoating RV roof

I read somewhere on the Good Sam forum a question about recoating an RV roof. Well here is the before and after photos of our RV roof. I used Dicor Cool Coat coating and just followed the directions as written including using a pressure washer on the...

Installing solar panels on roof of my Bounder

I am planning to install solar panels on the roof of my Bounder. I call Fleetwood and they said that the plywood is 1/8" thick. I have seen panels installed on other RV's, including Bounders, and it looks as though the installation went well. In f...

akvet by • Explorer
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Floor vents

We are full timers with two dog I pulled up the floor vents and hot glued window screen to the bottom of the vents so no crud fall in

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