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Nut and Bolt or Self Tapping Screw?

I recently damaged a scissor stabilizer jack / mounting bracket on my TT. The welds holding the 1/8" metal mounting bracket to the frame are still sound BUT part of the bracket is bent and needs to be straightened. Impossible to do without cutting ...

DD716TED by Explorer
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SHURFLO In-Line Check Valve Not working

City water is leaking past the check valve on my surflo pump and filling up the holding tank. I added a SHURFLO In-Line Check Valve - 1/2" Barbs 340-001 to attempt to solve the problem. However, the new check valve does not "check". I did a searc...

TenOC by Nomad
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Brake controller question

I'm having a memory lapse with this question. I had problems last summer with not having the brakes on my trailer working, but lights are ok. I had both the trailer and vehicle in and it took a while but everything was working when I left. Next ti...

Lost power to drivers door functions - need diagram

TV in sig, 2007 Classic GMC 3500 dually, 326,000 kilometres, over 200,000 miles on it.I have lost power to most everything in my drivers door. The only thing I can do is control the drivers side mirror only. Can't control passenger side. And the spea...

What is this on my battery

What is this? It's connected to my battery but I don't know what it is or what it's supposed to do. Any help is appreciated.

RobWNY by Explorer
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How to remove wedged or shanked bolt

This is a new one for me. Hopefully someone has a trick that works. Keystone put their own bolts in the pinion mechanism on my slides (see below). It was supposed to be fully threaded 1/4 inch bolt but they put in bolts with an unthreaded shank the w...

bearsnob by Explorer
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A good handheld shower head?

Current no-name 2.5 GPM head is annoyingly weak, making me use more water than I do at home. Have to keep Cold and Hot valves to more than half-open in order to feel any water action, and then even with diluting hot/cold 50/50 my 6 gal heater is emp...

Almot by Explorer III
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Battery Voltage Again!

So I seem to be struggling with a chronic issue....or I'm just struggling with "Modern-day-Trailer" parasitic bleed. My Trailer is equipped with a Samlex 300w/30a Solar kit. I have two 6v interstate batteries, purchased new in August 2015. I did fl...

Winegard Batwing Antenna Leak

Last night I had a heavy rain storm. This morning I noticed that my bedroom ceiling was a little damp. it was right in the area where the antenna is mounted. I went up and took things apart. The worm gear that raises and lowers the unit did not appea...

Stabilizing advice needed

Hi folks,I dunno if this is really so hard or if I am just dumb. I'm at an rv park with my van. No built in jacks, but I have 2 jackstands, a bottle jack, and boards.We are expecting 50mph crosswind gusts tonight. The surface is loose gravel on top o...

Naio by Explorer II
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A friend to many here on RV.net has passed.....

I'm sad to say that fellow Moderator and friend to many of us here on RV.net, Dick A. passed away yesterday.....He fought a long battle with cancer....I know he met many members at the various rally's that he and his wife Sandi attended throughout th...

Help! Bogart Solar Controller Overcharging

I have three 140w panels on the roof with a Bogart SC-2030 charge controller and a Trimetric monitor.Left the camper to go four wheeling and returned to see the batteries (Two group 31 AGM) charging at 17.5 volts!I disconnected the solar panels and t...

Hyrbrid Inverter and generator to run AC?

I’m looking for inputs from those using hybrid inverters, especially in conjunction with generators to run high load devices like the AC. I currently have 600 watts of solar on the roof of my 5er, with a samlex pure sine inverter powering the whole r...