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Replace Girard tankless how water heater

I just bought a Cougar 5th wheel with a Girard tankless how water heater. What a joke! Unit will supply hot water heater endlessly, but not intermittently. This means any time you want hot water, you waste about a quart until you get hot water. S...

doughere by Explorer
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Solar Panel Half Cell Discussion

Half Cell or Half Panels are ramping up production and I wanted to know how they work and are they suitable for a RV. I'm not an expert but this is what I found. Lots of sites have the basic half cell marketing information, more power, better shade t...

wires to battery corroded through

My trailer serves as our guest home so it’s been parked for about 12 months. Always plugged in, fridge runs, etc. I filled the batteries monthly.I went out last month and 2 wires hooked up to one of the batteries had corroded through. One black one g...

New Suburban Water Heater Won't Light

Howdy, New member from Colorado. We have a 1998 Gulf Stream Conquest (23 ft Class C) I installed a new Suburban water heater (WH) - gas only. After connecting it up I hit the WH switch in the coach and heard the burner light. The tank was empty so I ...

Dometic AC freezing up

My Dometic AC keeps freezing up. The freeze sensor reads 74° all the time, so I replaced the sensor. The new sensor never goes below 73°. I don’t think it would be low on freon or the freeze sensor would indicate that. Any ideas on what I should do ...

Dometic fridge help. Please!!!

Hello and thank you in advance. I have a Dometic RM2453 fridge made for LP, DC, AC. Was not working in DC or AC, diagnosed it to 100% certainty to the thermostat. Here’s the problem. The diagram shows LP, AC,DC all running through the thermostat. Tot...

Pex crimpers

My new trailer is a hodgepodge of different plumbing. It's obvious that incorrect materials are mated together in various places. I would like to consolidate and make it all pex so I don't have to worry about leaks, but I have zero experience with ...

Dometic CF40 (CoolFreeze) acting up badly

The portable 12v/120v Dometic refrigerator/freezer will not stop freezing everything regardless of where I set the temperature. It is 12 years old. Dometic says it "COULD" be the control board. Not sure if I can find a control board. A replacement m...

No DC Power after shutting down generator

Hello all,2023 Momentum 25G ,No DC power inside coach, electric jack has power. It started with my 12V Refrigerator chirping from low voltage 11.2 V. I started the generator and ran for 45 minutes after bringing the voltage up to 12.7 or so. When the...

rvpep by Explorer
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Furrion backup camera connector

I just got a keystone Cougar 2100rk. I went to attach the furrion backup camera that I had in my old unit, but the prewire did not install the female connector in the housing. Does anybody know a source for the female connector. It seems to be si...

PVC roof failure

Has anyone else has issues with a PVC membrane roof? I kept reading goo things about PVC so I bought kit in March of 22 to replace my dead rubber roof and installed it on my trailer. After the tropical storm hit us in SoCal I went to check on it an...

PUCampin by Explorer
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Drain the bowl save the Honda

For 15 years I have had issues with deposits in my Honda eu2000i carburetor. I tried fuel stabilizers and they worked. But you can only buy a pint size the bottle of stabilizer and only need about 2 ounces. Then the unused bottle would expire before ...

opnspaces by Navigator II
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Exhaust manifold question

A while ago we had a big exhaust leak on my 2000 Flair, Workhorse 7.4L. We took it to the shop and they replaced both manifolds.2 days after we got it back, we went on the road and after 20 minutes the problem came back on the drive side only. We too...