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I'm seeing more units without propane ability for the fridge. If an inverter is also supplied by the manufacturer to only run the fridge does it stay powered enough from the tow vehicle on long runs to stay cold?Thanks for any input.

bucky by Explorer II
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Slide Room Stuck

Tried to get underway for a long trip and could not get my slide room in, after a few hours it finally moved in to lock.I have a 2004 tagalong Trail Lite by R-Vision, 30 feet with 1 slide. On my other RV's there was always an emergency crank in gear ...

radio

We have a 2008 Phaeton. All of a sudden no sound from the radio. You can see it is on, can see the volumn is playing by the little lights flashing but no sound. There is a switch to the drivers left that says "radio" and that is in the on position. A...

Fresh Water problems are they related, help!

The water pump was noisy (didn't want to shut off after turned on faucet) - yes there was water in the water tank. Then it wouldn't pumpA. We unhooked the line to the tank & put the line from the pump into a pail of water and the water pump worked f...

Hankjoe by Explorer
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Securing Honda 2000

A friend had his eu3000 stolen during hurricane Irma, what a painful loss. I'm heading to a college tailgate next weekend and was going to bring the Honda. Made me wonder, what is the best way to secure the gen? At some point, I can turn it off and...

tealboy by Explorer
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New Surge Protector or Leave It Alone?

Our 2000 Winnebago Chieftain 35U has an OEM PI EMS-HW30B surge protector. I spoke to tech support which couldn't provide an owner's manual because the threw them all away when they moved... and was told the "B" hasn't been manufactured in more than ...

Power Supply Protection - Inrush (very nerdy)

Adequate protection means a two-step process. Limitation ramping of AC inrush current in conjunction with a delay-on-make DC relay load isolator. Starts off with load isolation, when softened inrush is complete, switching of DC output.Objective: Sign...

Trailer brake control

Anyone using the Prodigy P-2 brake control?If you use the hand lever to activate the trailer brakes only, do your brake lights come on?Thanks,Dusty

Dusty_R by Explorer
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Hot water not flowing through any faucets

Motorhome faucets throughout discharge good cold water. Trouble I'm trying to resolve is hotwater will not flow through faucets. I have an Atwood water heater that is just 2 yrs old. W/T is working perfectly. Just cannot get hotwater to flow continua...

jjdsr1 by Explorer
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Water Heater when draining leaks into trailer

I am going to do my best to describe the situation, so please bear with me.When I pull the rod out of my water heater to drain, the outside edge of the flashing used to house the water heater is diverting water back into the trailer onto the floor un...

Do U have Large Solar Panel Problems?

Looking to replace small 12v PV panels with 60 cell 24v panels that are often in the 3' x 5' size.Has anyone had problems with large panels committing suicide from bouncing around, flexing too much, weak frames, too much heat on rubber roof... anythi...

redramer by Explorer
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