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Propane fill question

OK I am officially confused.I took one of my 40lb. propane cylinders out of my new RV to have it filled. A note on the door of the propane compartment said do not fill over 80%, could cause fire,explosion etc.I told the guy that was filing the bottle...

Air Conditioner ......Musty Smell

Each day when we first start the air conditioner there is a musty smell for the first 5 minutes or so. The air conditioner is roof mounted with about 12 ceiling ducted outlets. The filter on the AC is clean and the roof coils are clean. Any ideas?...

Generator question

The last time I had this problem was almost 10 years ago when we had a beach front site in Florida. Blamed the salt air on it because it worked a couple months later while checking it. I took the MH out on salty roads (300 miles)after a snowstorm i...

6845ct by Explorer
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Recommend Tire Pressure

Please recommend a tire pressure for my 5th wheel, tandem axle.Tire size is 235-80R-16 , Rating is E , Max pressure is 80 PSI.By actual scale weighing, the four trailer tires share a load of 8180 pounds plus maybe another 600 pounds for food and wate...

tach

I am trying to install a tachometer to a 454 and the coil is made funny.There is two plugs on the coil.A red wire and white wire on each.Can someone please tell me which wire to use.

joe0508 by Explorer
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How to remove decor self leveling sealant from roof

How do I remove Dicor self leveling sealant from roof without damaging the rubber roof. I replaced the crank up antenna with a Jack antenna so there was some sealant from that antenna the the Jack antenna replaced that and it got knocked off by a wa...

Disconnecting coach battery during storage?

We put our 24' Class C rv in storage for about a month at a time. Does it help the coach battery to disconnect the negative cable or the positive cable to keep it from dying out? Is there anything else I can do?

Repairing cracked black water tank

From the day we bought good old Mabel, she's had a leaking black water tank. A PO somewhere along the line did a very poor job of repairing what I think is a crack at the valve fitting with some fiberglass. The tank is empty and today was about pee...

DaHose by Explorer
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Everstart 24DC

Is it a true deep cycle or a dual purpose? I can't find the RC or ah rating online. I hope it's 85ah or more? How does it compare to Crown or Interstate group 24 batteries?

SFVdave by Explorer
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Small Fridge on Inverter for TC-1.7 vs 3.2 cuft Report

Ran an inverter test comparing two small fridges to replace the old 3-way in the 1981 TC. There have been several threads on using 120v fridges on inverter, so this adds something to the data base.( The 3.2 is the size we want to fill the hole where...

BFL13 by Explorer II
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Dometic 2652 Refridgerator

I have a Dometic 2652. I turn it on and within hours my freezer is 10 degrees and refrigerator is 34 degrees. The next morning temperatures in freezer and fridge have risen to unacceptable levels (45 and 60).I unplug the 110 wait a few minutes and pl...

Schwintek slide

We had a wire come loose from our slide motor and need to replace motor. However slide is in and need to open slide to get to motor retaining nut. Manual said to unplug both motors from controller and push slide out. We did this but could not budge s...

hpdrver by Explorer
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Much happier now

When I was running the air conditioner test using the 245w mono and 250w the numbers were the opposite of what I expected based on what I had seen with the Schott poly 230w. Today I put one of the panels out for a nice long day in float and when I ch...

Onan 4KY on a 2001 Minni Winnie would not run until!!

Thought I would post problems with an Onan 4KY model not running. I spent nearly two days on this with success and no injuries! Flooded when first tried. Gas coming out the air cleaner housing.:EError 36 on the indicator lamp. attemp #1 at cleaning a...