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Electrical connection between trailer and truck problem

I did a really dumb, dumb thing. The plug between the truck and trailer was sort of corroded and not always making a good connection so I used what I had--WD-40 to clean them. It worked. BUT now the the male plug simply falls out of the female recept...

Maximum amps for testing AGM capacity?

After a winter of being very sick, and a spring of catching up on farm chores, I am finally back to being able to work on the van at least once in a blue moon. Next step, testing the 100aH Fiamm telecom batteries I got used. I've been topping them of...

Electric brakes

I just bought a 2000 Haulmark enclosed trailer and need to get it through inspection. It has a small breakaway battery on the tongue of the trailer and a deep cycle battery inside both are bad. If I just replace the deep cycle battery what wiring cha...

Freezer -3 Fridge at 51 what's the problem?

We are boondocking in the Yukon and now my refrigerator isn't cooling down. 51 was probably the temperature outside last night, so no reason it shouldn't be colder....Could the thermistor be bad? I do have a replacement believe it or not because it w...

Truck Camper adding inverter

Would like to hear from people on there recent experience on adding an inverter.My goal. To power a 1350 watt microwave for 10 minutes at max power.I have two group 27 batteries and a 120 watt solar panel. Wanting to add at least a 3000 watt pure s...

Low power from 12 volt outlets

Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with the 12 volt outlets (cigarette lighters) in my RV. It's a new-to-us 2004 Colorado 5th wheel, but we haven't used the 12 volt outlets until today.In our last rig I had an inverter that powered the whole rig, but w...

wineguard antenna

I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around a problem. I replaced the shaft and gears on my antenna. inside and out, lubed everything like I should but the antenna is very hard to put up and down. it requires a lot of effort to turn the crank. any so...

Generator won’t start

All batteries are fully charged. When I push the generator start button all of the power goes off. I can start the generator after I start the truck and everything seems to work well. When I turn it off everything continues to work. Is this a simple ...

Iota IQ-40 ?

Anybody with an Iota tried one of these? The ordinary IQ4 has the problem that as soon as the battery voltage hits 14.6, 15 minutes later the charger drops to 14.2v to do the next stage for up to 8 hours. The charging profile desired is to stay at...

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Check engine light

Why does my 2017 Ford V-10 check engine light stay on?

Sirius Radio

I have a 2015 Winnebago Journey 36M - The push button on my touch screen Infotainment Center does nothing when I attempt to push the Sirius Radio button. I contacted WinnebagoInc. and they sent me the owners manual for the Infotainment Center XSG2NA...

Something pulling 10 amps from 12v

So my batteries came up flat a day or two ago and we pretty only boondock and we careful with our usage so this was very weird, we usually don't get below 12.2. So I got my my multi meter out and I had a light go out about a week ago so I automatical...

PowerGear Full Wall Slide assistance

Had an issue with the full wall slide last weekend. Was able to gat everything back "InSync" but I believe I need to reprogram the in and out stop points.From all the PowerGear documentation I see that one can use a Control unit #140-1175 to adjust t...

blown fuses for fantatastic fan

I have a fantastic fan that recently blew a fuse. I replaced the fuse, and it was fine. I went out on a trip and went to open the fan cover and noted the fuse was blown again.The fuse size was appropriate. One thing that occurred around 6 months or ...