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Part-Time Job Opportunity

Help Wanted. RVer(s) to live/work part time in Yellowstone National Park (Mid May thru Mid October). Email canyoncpu01@gmail.com for job description and job application.

Re-coating Wheels

Trailer wheels (al alloy) are starting to look a little rough. It appears the clear coat is deteriorating. For my own curiosity, I did some quick online research on steel as opposed to aluminum replacements as well as re-coating the aluminum clear co...

marpel by Explorer
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Recommendations for solar charge/controller

It appears a buddy of mind is going to donate two used 300 watt panels.They are rated at 30 volts with about 8 amps open voltage (he got them for a song - used I should say)We’ve been out in the desert in socal and after wiring in a progressive dynam...

jodeb720 by Explorer
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Are rooftop AC units standardized for mounting?

Picked up an '87 class B several months ago, that ended up having a potentially bad AC unit. Started tear down of the insides for rebuilding and to fix a saggy roof, which I believe will involve removing all the wooden structure to rebuild it. If t...

urbex by Explorer
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Onan Generator Oil Filter Crossthreaded

Hi! According to my service technicians my generator is leaking oil (and can’t even run) because the area you screw the filter into has been cross threaded/stripped. They say the entire bottom plate has to be replaced to the tune of $2400. I have th...

latoky by Explorer
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Furnace Troubleshooting

Hello, all you helpful people out there.My furnace is once again having another issue. We've been living full-time in our trailer for almost 4 years and we had 3 good years with the furnace working flawlessly. Last spring we started having trouble wi...

Two different size quick connects on my trailer?

My Grand Design Imagine XLS came with 2 quick connect water ports. I'm trying to winterize but can't plug the OEM sprayer into one of them. It just bottoms out with no clamping action at all. I tried a little vaseline but no difference. I suspect...

air conditioner and heat strip problem

Hello all,New here. I have a 2007 trail manor 3023. I was using the heat strip one night and during the night the whole unit shut down. No fuses were blown and no breakers were tripped. Later during the next day I was able to turn on the fan and it r...

Installing an oven into a former rental rv

Hi All,I am considering a former rental RV. I have found that the El Monte RV models are out of my price range. The Cruise America models will work. However, none of them have an oven. I am guessing the space for the microwave is too small to install...

Electrical panel issue

I have a Altwood panel box. My blue wire from the converter to the dc fuse panel is getting hot and smoking when I hook shore power. Any thoughts?

rdl1972 by Explorer
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Generator bogging when A/C is turned on

We like to camp on the beach in Port Aransas and have used our Champion 4500 generator with two previous small RVs, AC unit ran fine. Got a Gulfstream Vintage Cruiser 19R and it also has a single 13,500 BTU AC (same as our previous ones) but when the...

12v wire thickness

I have a 2kw inverter and will be getting a 100a converter for my 2 100ah lifepo4 batteries. Currently I'm just using whatever ga wires came with everything (a bix of 4/6/8).I am planning on changing everything to connect through a BUS BAR and upgrad...

Thermostat not getting 12v

Hey guys, first post just recently started full timing in a 2004 KZ inc. New Vision 34’ 5th wheel. Everything worked great until last week, the a/c started short cycling and the LP leak detector started screaming and showing a fault. I replaced the t...

KotzurJ by Explorer
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