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No solar needed???

M. Hey, I just wanted to mention my experience with Trojan T105's after a 3 night camping trip for those of you who are wondering about solar power. We camped in Idaho mountains at about 7400 feet. It was colder than we hoped. In mornings the Creek ...

pickjare by Explorer
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kwikee steps grounding

model number is 903209100. in a 2006 Itasca MHbeing old I don't want to go under the MH to often.I need to know where the ground connections are before I get there!a picture would be nice.who bought kwikee?thanks all

anon125 by Explorer
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Wire gauge recommendation

To get the most efficent charging to my batteries, with cost kept in mind, what wire gauge should I use between the batteries and charger?I have a pair of 6v gc batteries.They're about 12-15 feet from the charger.I have a Boondocker 75A charger.Curre...

johnm1 by Explorer
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aux fuel tank in truck questions

SO i have a camper shell on my 2003 f250 SD diesel (7.3L) and was looking at putting a tank in bed, 37 gallon, and was wondering how to get fuel to main tank. The tank has 2- 2" fitting one with a vent fill cap, plus on bottom there is a 3/8" fitting...

carl2591 by Explorer III
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convertor not charging

I did a bit of searching but did not find any info. The convertor was installed in 07 and the other day while the trailer was plugged in the low battery started to beep. Does a battery have to be installed to check output voltage? Could there be a po...

Outside faucet only hot tap works

This is pretty odd. The outside tap on my Tracer 3000bhd (forest river brand) only has the hot tap working. I took apart the faucet and still the hot water tap when I turn on the pump works. No cold water at all. There is a hex nut in behind the f...

Adding an inverter off the Distribution block

So, After looking I have a TON of space under my converter/charger on my passport 2920BH. After looking at the 12v distrobution chart for the fuses it looked like I had quite a few open blocks to tap off of to add a 600W inverter on a short run mount...

Battery Disconnect positive or negative side?

My battery disconnect on the positive side only kills the light, fridge and furnace. Still have lots of parasitic drain, probably from 1 or both of the 2 other positive battery cables. Can I add a battery cut off switch to the negative side and kil...

SFVdave by Explorer
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Induction Hotplate and 1000W Inverter

Just rec'd a DuxTop 1800W Induction hotplate (8100MC) from Amazon. Wanted to try using some of that solar going to waste with our 700W of panels and ~420Ah batteries. Especially when it's hot outside, and in, with no A/C. These induction things are s...

brulaz by Explorer
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How do I adjust Dometic electric awning?

Here is our electric awing fully extended.I would sometimes like to tilt the awning so the outer end is lower. -Drain water and better shade.For some reason there is no adjustment possible as the lower arms are riveted together.Thumb screw serves no ...

Wat is it?

On the dash of my 2005, gas, Chevy 2500 super c, there's a switch with a "D" with a line through it. There's nothing in the manual about it. What does it do?

Continued AC Saga

About a week ago I had my 15,000 BTU ducted Duo Therm AC replaced. It had to be a special unit to fit my Newmar trailer. It was installed using the old control panel and existing digital 4 button thermostat. I operated fine for a couple of days, not ...