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Satellite TV

I am getting ready to buy a satellite for my fifth wheel and need some advice/comments. I am looking at the Tailgater or Wineguard Pathway X2.My fifth wheel is wired for satellite, can I buy two receivers and watch TV in both the bedroom and living r...

Okie1 by • Explorer
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What is the proper way to hook up a stereo amp?

Hey guys i had my amp and subs hooked up in my old trailer using a ac to dc converter and it burnt something up and i lost all my electric. What is the proper way to get power for the amp it is a 1000 watt amp ?Do i run power straight from the batter...

sillsmws by • Explorer
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Electric motor for trailer jacks or power converter? Help

I'm trying to find out what I have to do in order to fix this power issue. When I last parked my trailer I plugged it into a 50 amp shore power source. Then while trying to raise the power jacks in order to unhook the truck, the switch wouldn't work....

GSemics by • Explorer
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OK, I was stupid. FINE !

I was hooking up my class A Winnie coach to an electrical panel as I have done numerous times before with no problem. This time I was distracted and I hooked it up wrong. Considering I have done a bunch of electrical work in the past, I completely di...

Help!! No Battery Power to 2014 coleman 192 rd

I bought this model new from CW last year and had an issue with a bad breaker on the frame near the box...It would not transfer battery power to the unit. I could only run a few items if I was plugged in. I took it in and they replaced the breaker on...

Battery Self Discharge

Would the rate at which a battery self discharges be a way of determining the health of a battery? I have (2) 7 year old Sam's Club GC batteries that have been sitting without charge(battery disconnect switch on) since Nov 4 2014. On Jan 10 2015 the...

Gjac by • Explorer III
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WR gas valve

Question is that there are three "OUT" ports on the valve I am looking to purchase . Can any one of the three ports be used while blocking off the other two ???thanks

Solar Panel Shadows and Bypass Diodes

The following data was collected from my 3x250W flat mounted solar panels on 1/16/15 in my storage area in the Phoenix area. The graph shows the significant transition as the sun just covers the 3rd rear most panel while the front 2 panels are in ful...

12v Mattress heating pad woes

Last night was kinda chilly. An hour before climbing into bed I, plug my 'watts up' meter inline with my mattress heating pad, crank it up to 7, check out the amp draw, and see it is only half of normal.Sure enough, I climb into bed, and only half t...

Furnace with over-active igniter

After years of lurking, I have finally come up with an issue that I have to post my own thread for!I have a furnace that in the past couple days has decided to continue to click (sounds like the igniter) AFTER lighting. It lights up no problem, keeps...

ikedae by • Explorer
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His n Hers windows

The bedroom slide in our fiver only has 1 window (with screen/crank) at the head of the bed.I would like to have a small slider/openable (sp) window on each side of slide for cross ventilation. We have ceiling vent and a crank window at opposite end...

Strange radio interference situation

I know nothing about RFI, so maybe it's not strange.I have my MH inside my shop building. It is plugged into a 110v outlet. Plugged into the same outlet is a boom box radio.When I turn on certain (OEM) 12v LED light fixtures in the RV, I get RFI on...

Low Oxygen Alarm

I wanted to install a vent free propane heater in my ice fishing trailer, the one I am looking at has a low oxygen shutoff, but I would like a little more redundancy. I have an LP/CO alarm that works off of 12 volt, but I was wondering if anyone made...

hyfyve by • Explorer
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Stainless propane hoses

Has anyone used stainless propane hoses to connect tanks to changeover valve ? Did they get hard as a rock like rubber hoses or did they stay reasonably soft and pliable ?thanks

What Time delay switch/relay/breaker for portable genset?

Seems most after-market portable or semi-portable gensets will not start with a load plugged-in/applied. For those that have their RV plugged into a portable genset and use a remote start, what time delay device is being used to let the genset start...

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