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Norcold fridge and furnace fuses keep blowing.

Hooked up to Generator everything worked well for about 1 hr. Then ac and fridge stopped. Checked fuse for fridge/furnace and it was blown put another one in and it blew also. Everything else works.Disconnected fridge blew another one, disconnected t...

TT brakes not working right - new truck & new wiring

Just rewired all the brake wiring in our TT to all #12 right up to the junction box in the A-frame. Recently installed the Prodigy P3 brake controller out of our old F250 in our "new" 2012 GMC Sierra 2500HD.Went for a test drive today and the TT bra...

RV electrical

Plugged in power cord. Everything worked for about 5 minutes then everything quit except microwave. I forgot I had the battery disconnected. After connecting the battery everything worked fine.Question: Why did everything work when first plugged in b...

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Battery Questions

Hello,The battery that came with my 2017 5th wheel took a complete charge and I unhooked it from charger planning on putting it back in the 5th wheel but I got delayed by a few days. Today I went to put it back and decided to check the charge level (...

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New converter, or whole power center?

Hi all,I have a 1988 Class C with the older Magnetek 6300A power center. I'd like to upgrade the converter, and see I can do that for around $130. I also see I can get a whole new power center, a WFCO for about $20 more. In your opinion, what would b...

Starting to trace a "short" in my running lights

Plug in the fifth wheel to the truck, turn on the lights and the fuse blows. The only lights that work are the turn signals and brake lights.I will start by removing all the running lights, will then plug into the truck and begin plugging in each lig...

Close call (fire) with water heater

Back from the mountains after a short trip with the family in which we had a bit of a scare the first evening.Pulled into camp with our 2016 Keystone and turned on the propane side of the Atwood 6 gallon gas/electric water heater (model GC6AA-10E). I...

My Holiday trailer trips my house GFI when plugged in.

Good Morning All .so I was wondering if its normal for my rv to trip my house GFCI (not the breaker) it takes about 45 min being plugged in to trip the GFCI And so I narrowed it down to when I turn my breaker off on the trailer labeled Lights and p...

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Generator Help - Blue Smoke

The generator in my motorhome is 20 years old. It has been used infrequently and only has about 384 hours on the meter. It is a Kohler 5kw Confidant.The good news first. The generator starts easily and runs smoothly. I'm able to put a large load ...

Atwood Hot water heater drain plug

Hello,My 5th wheel has an Atwood hot water heater that came with a nylon (plastic) drain plug. The location of the plug makes it very difficult to get a wrench or anything on it to remove the plug. Original Atwood plugI replaced it with a Camco brass...

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White Streaks from Fridge

A buddy just emailed me pictures of white streaks on the side of his trailer (from when he was driving) that are coming from the refrigerator area. They look like chalky mineral deposits like you'd see from a failed window seal or leaching out of co...

TV antenna

When I first bought my 2015 Solaire 220X I was able to receive several channels on my TV. Now-a-days I am lucky to be able to pull in 1 or 2 channels. The antenna is stationary (not crank-up). I know reception depends on distance to tv signal anten...

Dometic RM2862 no panel lights

Hi,Just picked up a used 2007 Copper Canyon with the Dometic RM 2862 refrigerator at a dealer. The dealer had everything hooked up and running on AC but also had a battery charger hooked to the battery because the 12V was dead. Everything worked. Fri...

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Break controller

Took my trailer out for the first time last weekend. I noticed that my trucks's (2001 Silverado) brake pedal is not activating my brake controller. If I use the manual slide on the controller box, the trailer breaks work fine. A local hitch install...

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