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What solar panels, and what charge controller do I need?

I’m hoping you can help me with this, or at lest point me in the right direction. I have a motorhome that I’m going to add solar panels to. I have 12 100ah gel cell batteries. These are alpha cell 195 gxl batteries, I got them for free, so that is ...

Kd7vea by Explorer
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Dometic A/C and CCC1 Tstat E1 error

Got the E1 error. Did the initialize and nothing. Turned unit off at breaker and pulled 12v fuse. Did initialize and it started back up.Before I do the initializing I unplug and plug in the phone cord that goes from the tstat to the unit at the unit....

rav by Explorer
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Help with digital thermostat.

I have been fighting with what should be a fairly simple swap, I am swapping my Coleman Mach thermostat for a Honeywell TH6110D1013 which is a battery operated thermostat. I am attaching a picture of the wiring when I first took it apart. Here is ...

Iceman31 by Explorer
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Finding my leak

I had posted about a leak I had back in 2016, took it to a dealer and they supposedly used a SealTech and found the issue. Well only a couple months later when I brought it down to my land in TN, I found the leak was still there. I have been keepi...

Puzzeling thru a 12v to 24v solar upgrade

Currently have 400w of 12v panels feeding four 6v US Battery 2200's in series/parallel.The 12V battery output goes to a 1000w inverter dedicated to a single plug output for computers. There is a Blue Sea combiner that flows between the coach battery ...

glennts by Explorer
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Water dripping from New AC

Hubby installed it last fall. Dometic Air conditioner. We are in VERY humid florida but it is mainly happening when we turn off the AC...water dripped out of the on/off switch on the AC. It is not happening all the time but it does when we turn it...

dcason by Explorer
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2 pin panel-mount electrical socket and plug?

Hoping you electrical experts can point me to something non-RV related.I just bought a pull-behind sprayer for spraying weed killer in my yard. It has a 12V pump on it spray the chemicals. Not sure how much current it draws. I'll be pulling it beh...

What are Smart Tips to set up Outlook email?

I want to operate my business deals with the help of MS outlook mail account. MS outlook is launched by Microsoft, hence I want to communicate through this emailing application. Microsoft outlook is one of the most powerful ways for communicating pro...

Water filters

Hi y’all! Hoppy Corona. We have started boondocking a lot over the past 4 years and water is of course a hassle. Has anyone used a water purifier? I see some advertised that claim they will filter and purify any water. I’m not talking about recycling...

Help: winegard pathway x1

Had this setup for a few years and has always worked well. Now it will not find a signal. I have tried a different coax cable, other TV, so the only thing left is the receiver, which I can see the “acquiring signal” on the screen so I doubt it is the...

Battle Born Charging

This might answer some recent questions.The table is not accurate wrt to the BB comments--don't go by it by the table itself. Wade through the questions and answers to get the true picture. Takes a while to go through the comments, but that's wher...

BFL13 by Explorer II
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1994 Award bumper pool- battery help!!

Hello! Just purchased a 1994 award bumper pool trailer. The electricity works inside of the trailer when it is plugged into our car. It shows that the battery ON the trailer is full. We are having the hardest time figuring out how to access electrici...

The newer wingman upgrade info

I have been seeing the newer winegard wingman advertised for anywhere between $30 and $60, and am curious if it is worth the upgrade over the old wingman ? Anyone experienced w/ the new wingman ?

4700 generac generator cutting off

In have generac 4700 generator in my 2007 hurricane. The generator runs starts and runs fine. The generator will run the a/c fan great for hours,but once you turn the a/c on it will run about 15 minutes then cut off. Sometimes it will start right bac...

jumper Magnetek circuit board

I need to jumper the circuit board on my old Magnetek circuit board but can't find a description, so I just need clarification.In the attached photo, do I just need to take a short length of wire and attach the terminal that currently has the blue wi...