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Nordic Rebuilt RV Fridge Cooling Units

Anyone had any experience with Nordic remanufactured cooling units for Norcold fridges ? Rebuilt and sold out of Arizona, I think. At $600 / $700 each, does not sound like a bad deal. But......is a new Norcold unit a better idea at twice the cost ?

Remote start for EF3000iSE

Just wanted to share with any other Yamaha generator owners out there that Pinellas Power Products has developed an awesome 4 button remote control kit for the above unit. I had been tempted to get the factory one from Yamaha but then discovered that...

Motorhome heat pump troubles

Our motorhome's two-ton Coleman heat pump is suddenly drawing too many amps to run on 30-amp service. On 50-amp service it runs ok, and when we use our 8KW generator it runs fine too. We've changed the filter and it doesn't make a difference. The Pow...

suburban sw6de hot water heater

Was workin great. Now when switch is turned on the gas valve clicks and flame is initiated. BUT, the burning flame is just a low woof noise not the jet engine sound when it's operating normally. How to test to decide if it's the gas valve or the ...

AGM Charge Rates and Times

I am interested in knowing how fast AGM deep cycle batteries charge, especially in the upper SOC range.Things to consider:- Ah Capacity of battery/bank- starting SOC or DOD, or Ah's consumed/replaced- Charge Rate, expressed as C/? (Battery Capacity d...

Windy nation solar

which is better quality, windy nation or renogy?

Solar Panel Disconnected from SUN

I am planning installing 4X140W panels(parallel)flat mounted going to 15A breakers(so they can be switched off if needed) to the charge. The panel have ISC of 7.50 each times 4 equal 30. The controller(Blue Sky 3000I) I want to use has ISC rate of 24...

Protection for RV Absorption refrigerators.

I just finished installing this controller add-On. It protects the internal tubing of your Absorption Refrigerator. We all know not to run the fridge off level, but who among us is always turning it off when we stop for a quick lunch by the side of t...

Winnebago Brave some 120v receptacles don't work???

Newbie here, just got this 1998 coach yesterday. The 120v system is working fine, converter, A/C, TV's, but all other 120v receptacles are not, bathroom, bedroom, salon. The breakers are all on, all seems good, except as above, which includes the mi...

How To Irritate People - The Car Salesman

How many folks feel like this- salesmen when they take their RV's in for service???

Generator/Inverter question

We have a XANTREX inverter and an Onan onboard generator.Should the inverter be turned on when the generator is? there is a "battery state" guage on the left that is red when low, yellow medium charge and green totally charged. I noticed the other d...

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winnebago coach 12 volt system

my coach 12 volt system suddenly stopped working,batteries check out but indicator panel where levels and voltage and such show nothing,no lights frig etc.But after awhile frig will start working but still nothing on panel. Any help ,thanks

Screw Hole Too Big

Just replaced an outside marker light, but the screw was not able to grab (because the hole was too big).What is the best way to repair this? Thank you.

Odd cause for small squeak

Many trailers make lots of squeaks when moving and my trailer is no exception. But it has had one small squeak that could be heard when the trailer is parked. The squeak would occur when anyone was moving around in the trailer. Today I found the c...