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An Advantage Of The Truly Superior Flooded Battery

Countless stories, endless Anecdotes, fighting to regain full specific gravity, unequal cell gravity. Phantoms of the flooded battery.Once experience has been gained with cells that have been manufactured to proper engineering standards and not a cas...

Accidental Arc Welder

I needed to check lug size on my shunt today to complete some charging cables. I turned off shore power, and turned off batt. disconnect. While wrenching the shunt bolt off and the wrench slipped and shorted the pos side of the inverter 100A fuse (wh...

sjturbo by Explorer
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Solar and battery help

Good Morning. I am hoping someone can provide a simple answer or 4 for me. I just read a post on the TC forum about flexible, light weight 100 watt solar panels and love the look of this, I have a Northstar 850SC pop up that this would go on. I have ...

kjenckes by Explorer
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Refrigerator Fan Noise

We have a newer Dometic series RM1350 4-door refrigerator/freezer in our RV that makes really loud noise when the fan kicks in. We've owned several RVs but have never experienced this noise before. Anybody have the same problem? Solution? The tec...

Skipter by Explorer
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DIY PC power supply charger

I had stumbled across this instructable article about converting a PC power supply to a multivolt power supply/charger. Since I had a few lying around, I thought I'd give it a go. I pretty much followed the Instructable project but added a few twists...

westend by Explorer
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sterling tow bar.

we noticed that there was a shinier part of the arms just where they come out of the grey thing.when we pull them out - by hand - till the locking lever comes down, there is another inch that the arm comes out.is this a problem? it is 8 years old and...

anon125 by Explorer
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Black tank dump valve replacement tips?

Hey Everyone,I am having trouble with the dump valve on my black tank leaking. Just a slow leak.I dumped and rinsed then added some "seal conditioner" that I found at an RV shop.That appeared to resolve the issue for a few days. Now it has started le...

bus bar?

Has anyone used a bus bar to reduce the wire clutter at there battery's? I have to unhook my battery's for winter storage and was thinking it would be a lot less hassle to only deal with a couple wires going from the battery's to bus bar then all the...

Buck Gizmo -Volts vs Amps ? UPDATED

Update 5 Nov. (It didn't work out as hoped)I got my little gizmo, see close-up photos herehttp://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-DC-15A-Converter-Buck-Adjustable-4-32V-12V-to-1-2-32V-3-3V-5V-24V-Step-Down/281206555382?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid...

BFL13 by Explorer II
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50/30 amp RV Park standards?

Here's an ignorant question for you. When an RV park advertises 50 amp and 30 amp at the posts, how much total power is available at the post? Is the 30a tied to the 50a, so you still only have 50a total? Or can you draw 50a+30a at the same time?A...

How to measure DC current

I am wanting to measure some of the loads (amps) on my coach.My standard multi-meter does not support this.Thinking about options.What are you folks using and any tips on waysto get reliable readings?Thx

bukzin by Explorer
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