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Check your water heater anode!

It's the time of year when many people are preparing to winterize their RV's and I just wanted to offer up a friendly reminder that this is also a good time to drain & flush your hot water tank and inspect & replace the sacrificial anode rod (for tho...

msiminoff by • Explorer II
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How Much solar to Add??

We dry camp as much as wet camp. I have tow Trojan T-125's up front providng a good long draw for 240ah. I am looking to keep these charged up. 300-400-500 Watts? Waterpump and heater are the two largest draws. Possibly might add two more T- 125's as...

A Hockey Puck 15/30Amp Adapter to Avoid

This is a style of hockey puck adaptor that was responsible for an intermittent hot skin (open ground).Notice how it shows "Made in USA", has "CSA" symbol, and no mention of "UL". CSA stands for "Canadian Standards Association". According to CSA thes...

Harvard by • Explorer
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Duo Therm Penguin 15K heat pump

I have a 10 year old Penguin 15k heat pump that has quit working on the condenser side. The fan still comes on the the thermostat seams to be working correctly. The problem seams to be the condenser/compressor is not kicking on. Has anyone else had t...

Battery jumper cables and terminolgy of CCA

How bad did I mess up? Was at Harbor Freight picking up some 6 ton jackstands and saw what I thought was OK deal on jumper cables. Picked up 16 feet 6 gauge "heavy duty steel clamps, cooper jaws, cca wire" Some things I obviously wrongly assume a ...

path1 by • Explorer
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Battery losing charge

Just bought an 04' Fleetwood Prowler & after a few days replaced the battery since it appeared not to take a charge. (drove 4 hrs before trying to open slide out) Installed a fresh battery the next day & it also drained after very little usage all th...

furnace question

I apologize for lack of model number. I didnt write it down before coming into the woods. I'm hunting with my son this weekend & woke up this morning to no heat. The blower kicks on but the ignitors never start. Took the cabinet front off but wonderi...

0rion by • Explorer
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Leveling a Fridge while on the Road

We travel with our fridge on (the fridge's rear coils are facing the TT's right-side, outside wall). Sometimes we pull off here and there on some uneven surfaces for 4-8 hours at a time. I can easily get the fridge side-to-side level by using our t...

otrfun by • Explorer II
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Recommend a Good Tire Inflator with Gauge?

Hello, everyone,I'm looking for a good-quality tire inflator with a gauge on it, the type that you can hook to an air hose, either latch or hold the chuck onto your valve stem, then fill the tire and read the gauge as you go. My requirements are that...

Saving my 84 Norcold Fridge...if possible

First things first...No it isn't part of the ever expanding recall. Model number 776EG2, serial number C40563. After 29 years she stopped cooling. I suspect the thermistor may have gone bad. Has anyone replaced one on a model this old? If so where...

Refridgerator noise

I hear a near constant noise from my fridge. It sounds like a fan and it runs for about 10 seconds every 15 to 20 seconds. This constant on off sequence is IMO also running my batteries down in 2 days when I'm dry camping. The noise happens regardles...

New Boondocker converter test

So I connect it to a pair of 6 volts and measure immediately a whole bunch of amps heading toward my batteries. 64 or so. Is a 60 amp unit. I panicked cause I didn't want to overcharge but my god did it go. I just need to remember to tune it down af...

09FLSTC by • Explorer
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