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How to remove these lightbulbs?

The light directly over our dining table is one of those hanging types (bolted to the ceiling, lampshade surrounding lightbulbs) that come standard with our brand of rig. Inside the shade there are two identical bulbs, each within their own socket, ...

TheBeans by Explorer
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Doing stupid things to my elec system...question

I'm going bad to worse. Last week I posted that I forgot to disconnect my house battery on class c then we took off snowbirding for 7 months in our trailer. Came back and after charging only got 0.97 volt. Batteries are shot. Yesterday I took out...

path1 by Explorer
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Water Leak - HELP

I have used Rv sealer around everything on the roof including the front and rear seams. I have also caulked all the windows and fixtures on the sides of the trailer. I have replaced 90% of the floor thinking that we had solved the problem. We had a ...

They take a licking and keep on ticking...

I did my regular battery maintenance today on my Costco 6v. SG was 1.275 to 1.28 on all cells with a +3 for temperature (1.283). I have a quality float type hygrometer that is probably 30 or more years old and generally corresponds to a cheap one I...

joshuajim by Explorer II
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generator plugs

Yuck. Wonder what the one on the other side looks like. Not looking forward to getting behind the generator to find out.

Added External propane line for BBQ...DONE!

I decided to just jump right in and play "Joe the Plumber".....Playing with propane...What could go wrong!It came out great!I wrote an article about it on my web site. Lots of pictures.Enjoyhttp://rvbprecision.com/rv-projects/rv-travel-trailer-toy-ha...

A/C Coil Cleaner

I want to clean the condenser coil on my TT before I take it out in a couple weeks. But what I DON'T want to do is harm the rubber roof when I flush the cleaner off the coil. Is there a specific coil cleaner that is safe for the rubber roof?

30BR by Explorer
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Battery Charging

In a earlier post I was talking about what battery I could run my inverter and fridge on. After reading all the replies I am thinking about going with 2 Trojan T105 GC batteries. Which will be just fine in my 5th wheel. But now I have another ques...

"Runaway" Smart Charger? A Survey...

There are enough experienced folks here to offer a decent database...Definition: Runaway...A charger that suddenly decides to (unexpectedly) decide to exceed it's voltage specification output limit. A WFCO at 16.0 volts, an Iota at 15.6 volts, etc. A...

Generator not powering ac/tv/micro

I am driveway docking at a relatives, with marginal voltage. Generator is starting, is not powering anything, eben when unhooked for all power. Inverter is working for micro and tv, not enough for ac though. Shore power is working except if there i...

puttd by Explorer
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check guages warning

We have a 2006 motorhome on a f series class A motorhome chassis.It has about 20,000 miles on it.Been sitting (mostly) for a year or so with a full tank of gas.2 days ago we took it for a half hour run and everything was okay.Yesterday on a 50 mile j...

anon125 by Explorer
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Noob has questions on repairing roof.

Ok so I just bought a travel trailer off of a relative this week. It is a 2010 coachmen catalina 29rls. They had it parked at a campground and a tree fell and poked 3 holes in the top. It didn't rain and it was immediately tarped when it happened so...