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Meanwell-Megawatt-Cheapowatt VENTILATION

All of these units must be raised up so they do not sit flat against the floor. They need feet at least 1/4" tall. Now owning all three types I can vouch for the fact that laying flat decreases air flow and in the case of the Meanwell a tperatire ris...

The Coming of Flexable Lines - Propane, Gas, and hydraulic

Hi All,Noticed on may new trailers all the propane lines are now flexible. Propane and gas on the toyhaulers are all flexible, Even hydraulic lines on many electro/hydraulic brake installs are now all flexible. Seems it used to be that only the ones ...

cruz-in by Explorer
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Converter/Charger

I'm trying to get a handle on how to properly charge my two new Trojan T-105's. I'm replacing two Deka Intimidator AGM,s that are 7 years old. Trojan recommends a Staged charger, with specific voltage and amps. My 2002 Hurricane has a Fortron Power S...

2015 Lance

I have a new 1575 Lance. When hooked up to water and flush toilet or turn off cold water after using - the insta hot comes on.Very loud after using bathroom in middle of night.Is this normal?

Fridge won't stay burning in hot sun

Fridge works perfectly until the hot sun get on the outside grill, usually starts going out (F code) about 2 pm. It will lite back up no problem, but will burn only 10-15 minutes. At about 6 pm, it work like a new one again.I'm sure it must be electr...

Expansion tank addition

Will adding an expansion tank to my TT water system cut down on the battery usage while boondocking? I have a 2008 28ft Dutchman Classic and I am considering adding a tank to cut pump usage, thus increase time between charging times. I only turn pu...

Surge Guard protection... Worth it?

I've been watching these for a very long time and I thought at $140 it was time to try one out. I've never had a problem at the power pedestal but I suppose it only takes once. They got pretty good reviews on the CW site but not so good ones here. Fo...

Wire Size to Connect 2 12V Batteries?

Hi Team,Was helping a friend clean their battery terminals and noticed her two 12 Volt batteries were paralleled with about 12 gauge wire. Seemed small to me. The coach power/ground wires are 6 gauge. I would appreciate your input in1) Is this a haza...

cruz-in by Explorer
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Fastline me on RV LED's

I got tired of replacing OEM bulbs in the RV so I bought the following:LED Clicky.Warm light 3000-3500k220lmTurns out they are greenish and not nearly bright enough. DW is not impressed. I really don't want to know everything there is about LED's jus...

24v Trickle Charger

I need a 24v trickle charger to keep our school bus battery's ready to go... 110v power (no solar). Anyone know of a deal on one? A 12v trickle charger is $5. Thanks

50 ft 50 amp extension cord

I am going to need a 50 ft. 50 amp extension cord this year, I have to change sites, and the way we want to setup the 5th wheel the pedestal will be on the door side towards the front, and the cord plugs in on the off door side rear side. I am lookin...

Tree Sapp

How can I remove tree sapp from the top of my trailer, the roof is a fabric type rubber,don't want to wreck the fabric, in which I've different types of cleaners and want something safe,i see it on the shelves at camping stores but there must b...

New group 29 battery with low specific gravity

I bought a new group 29DC battery at Walmart. I used it last weekend but I didn't measure the volts or specific gravity when I got home. At home, I plugged it in to my old sears charger with an automatic deep cycle setting and 8 hours later tested i...

Very Low OCV on Full Batts???

I've been seeing lower than usual resting ocv this winter, compared to last. Figured it was either wear and tear, too high a charging voltage, or a parasitic draw. So I tried throwing a lower voltage charge on the bank, to see if that would make any...

jrnymn7 by Explorer
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