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Slide Out Issue

The guy across from me in the RV park has a 2005 Jazz, by Thor. His slide will go in, but not out. He's thinking probably a switch issue. What do you think? Also, if he has to manually crank it out, does he have to go underneath and put a ratchet...

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mppt or pwm An opinion from Victron

Hi all,Victron, which makes high quality equipment, has charge controllers. At the end of an overview they give their description of the differences between PWM and MPPT. They do not support it with figures, but they don't get into any "hype" either....

Charging Chassis Battery

We recently purchased a 2013 Itasca sunstar class A. I talked to Winnebago and was told that the chassis battery does not get charged while on shore power. Im looking at the trik-l-start gives 5 amps into the chassis battery until charged. This sound...

captbru by • Explorer
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WONDERFUL! Aluminum Chinese Wire

They did it. Small items may have tiny single-strand aluminum battery power leads.25 50 SMD LED plate lamps. The furnished wire extensions with plug have single-strand aluminum wire leads.STRIPSCRAPENot copper? Avoid using the entension.Honorable Chi...

Bleeder Screw niple size ????

I am heading for Home Depot and am preparing to bleed brakes on my w24. Do any of you know the ID of the plastic hose I need to get??

lhaeb by • Explorer
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First impression on champion 3100 inverter

I decided to give the generator it first run yesterday before it gets it's real use later this week. At I went to add oil and noticed some was on the dipstick. I got a little nervous that this may have been a returned generator, but then realized the...

mrad by • Explorer II
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First Solar Harvest

Comments appreciated3x250W serial connected panels, flat mounted (4 degree slope), no shadows on 12/24/14 in Oceanside, CA (33.2117° N) and MS MPPT 60 controller. There were high clouds by 10am and variable clouds for the remainder of the day. Batter...

TVs not powered by gen

Anyone got any ideas why my TVs are not powered by gen set? TVs are powered by shore power but not gen set. 110 vac is available to operate all other appliances including microwave, washer/dryer, coffee pot, etc but not TVs. What is this newbie mi...

Suburban Water Heater not Heating

My Suburban water quit working on 120 volt but works fine on gas. I checked the voltage where it connects to the heater element and get 120 volts..Anyone know what the resistance should be? Anything else I should check before I replace the element?

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Unhappy with cooling unit from rvcoolingunit (Amish)

The replacement cooling unit for our Dometic failed in 1 year. We have been living full-time for 12 years and did not want to be out of refrigeration again for a week (this is the second unit which failed). They refused to give any monetary compensat...

Wondering about my 1982 RV's roof, it needs to be fixed.

Hey there everyone, I'm very new to this forum. I apologize if this is in the wrong category. I've owned my 1982 Ford Dolphin RV, it's 21 feet on a Ford F250 chassis, for about a year. I'm wondering what options I have for either replacing or reseali...

TheDolph by • Explorer
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air compressor

Any recommendations on a portable air compressor that I can use for tires and to blow out water lines?

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No power to Onan Quiet Diesel

Hello,I have a 2008 Jayco Seneca with an Onan 5000 Quiet Diesel. After returning from a trip, i discovered one of the positive cables to the coach batteries became disconnected due to a battery terminal nut falling off (from road vibrations). I recon...

Norcold 811 turns off

I have a Norcold 811 that shuts down after 2 days running freezer gets cold ref.gets then the temp. starts to rise. I tuned it off then back on then it will start running again? This on 120V.I just turned to gas mode to see if it will run on gas. Any...

JAYHAY by • Explorer
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12V Electrical wiring - wire nuts vs crimp connections

I have a late 80's Western Wilderness Alpine truck camper which has become a bit of a project.SEE: http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27165648.cfmI am in the process of replacing the clearance lights, tail/brake/turn signals and ...

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