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No Rear Access to Shower Valve

The mixing T on my shower valve (Dura) is cracked and leaking.Easy fix, right? The problem is that it's a corner shower on 2 exterior walls and there's no way to get behind it to remove the water lines & mounting nuts to replace it. Dura offers a rep...

mbopp by Explorer
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Refrigerator temp fluctuates too much!!

This summer I've noticed our frige seemed to be not as cold. It is a 12 year old dometic rm2652 americana. It will get down to about 38f overnight but by late afternoon will be at 52f. I know the days have been hot and opening the door alot will caus...

Solar again?

Hi allI know, Im sure this has been answered before somewhere here but what the heck. While I was just sitting being lazy today, I said why don't I go on top of the MH and measure some to see what kind of room I have up their. Well, between all the a...

Generac Generator Issue, Help Please

Hello all,I have been trying to help out my brother with his generator issue and I am out of ideas and I hope one of you can help. His rig is a 2002 Layton toy hauler 24 feet. It came with an on board Generac with remote start and all that. As of two...

E_mc2 by Explorer
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Turnigy meter question

When a Turnigy is used to monitor charging, the charging source is the source side, and the battery is on the load side. If the charging source is off, will the meter show the battery voltage? It doesn't seem so from what I see of it.There is an au...

Thanks for the help with my brakes.

I posted a few days ago about help with brakes not working and all of you were kind enough to respond with good suggestions. just wanted to say thank you and tell you they are working ( the brakes) just fine now. Major problem was the wrong orientati...

Direct DC power to Trailer

I recently found that my power converter from 120 ac to 12 v dc was defective. I purchased a replacement WF-8955MBA and installed it but there is an extra green wire that the original inverter did not have. After installation I find that the invert...

just discovered a new (to me) parasite DC draw

Getting ready for an upcoming trip that will include a little boondocking and I just discovered that there are two switches on my Dometic fridge, one of which is a "climate control" switch that apparently keeps the fridge from sweating. Haven't done...

Any good / easy way to find power loss on 12V house side?

The 12V batteries in our motor home discharge quite quickly so I'm thinking I probably have a short somewhere. Our 4 6V are new from May/2013 (Costco). With the disconnect turned to disconnect, I think they don't really lose much but if the batteri...

michelb by Explorer
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Surge Guard

Getting ready to order our first fiver and am looking at various accessories etc. I realize the importance of a surge guard and am wondering if hard mounted or portable is best. Seems cost wise, security etc. would have me wanting a permanent moun...

bob8687 by Explorer
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VAPOR LOCK

I'm experiencing what I believe is vapor lock in my 1990 E350 Class C.Happens when I climbing hills, especially when it's hot out. I can see the engine temp gauge rise and start looking for a wide part of the shoulder of the road. 10 minutes of cooli...

TOMMY47 by Explorer
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House/solar battery opinions

My current battery space is 20"L x 14"w x 10"HGoing solar, and want to packs as much AH in there as I can (reasonably). Currently looking at 250 - 300. Price is not THE deciding factor, unless all else is equal.I don't have experience with a lot o...

seraphim by Explorer
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MS TS-60 MPPT Solar Controller Data

I did a simple data grab earlier this afternoon and though I would post some of the results. SURE would appreciate others posting their controllers results The rigs setup - Four panels in a series parallel arrangement 2 each K135 and 2 each K140 pane...

KJINTF by Explorer
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Progresive Industries EMS

......saves me again. We are in the middle a severe thunder storm and my PI EMS just shut the power off as it reached 127V and turned it back on again. This was one of the best purchases I have made. This is the second time I have watched this thing ...