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Batteries

What's the best rv battery? I have a 1995 Holiday Rambler. It stays at deer camp where there is no electricity.

Magic Chef oven wont get very hot....

I have a 2007 Arctic Fox 22M with a Magic Chef oven. The pilot light will light up with ease, and the oven burner will light, but the flame seems weak. I left the oven on for about an hour or so at an indicated 450 degrees (on the knob), but it barel...

Who to but a power center (converter) from?

I am looking to replace my power center in my motor home and the task is rather daunting to me. What vendor would you buy from if you may need technical expertise from to install it?

tedp by Explorer
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Disconnecting front axle disc brakes

My 17.5" Michelin tires are experiencing wear on the front axle that indicates skidding or brake lock-up. I have a disc brakes and am wondering how to and how difficult it would be to disconnect the brakes on the front axle. I have about 1,000 miles...

Fridge Roof Fan?

The Valterra vent fan I installed couple years ago died, so I'm gonna install a 120mm cpu case fan. What cfm do I need and do I need one with thermistor or just standard. I still have the thermal button installed on the lower coil to control the fa...

Generator run issue

I have a 98 Monaco Diplomat with a Onan 6.5 Lp genarator. My issue is that when I start the generator it starts and runs fine as long as the Lp tank is completly full. As soon as the LP tank gets to about 3/4 full the generator shuts down and does no...

Winter Storage Question

I will be putting my TH away for the winter in 3 weeks. This past spring I had a solar system with a pair of 12V 260 Ah AGM batteries installed which have served us well this past season. I plan to cover the RV over the winter but was wondering wha...

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A new, innovative, portable air conditioner

So it might be a bit of a stretch to call this a true "air conditioner", but I can't help but think this would be pretty interesting to try in an RV. I wrote the company already and they are going to offer 12V adapter version as well... What do ...

tfirma by Explorer
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Lug nuts for steel wheels?

I've just had a need to mount the spare tire on our TT for the first time while I deal with a tire issue. The lug nuts for the alloy wheels are conical but are they the correct ones to be using with steel wheels? Or is that what's normally done? T...

Water heater anode rod looks good?

I just bought my rv this season just in time to learn how to winterize it. I found the 1-1/16" anode rod and unscrewed it to let the water out and this is how it looked. Does this look good or do I need to clean or replace?

Charging house batteries from coach.

My 2008 Winnebago Aspect on an E450 chassis has 2-12 Volt house batteries. Has anyone had any success installing a circuit to charge house batteries from the coach alternator? When I pulled a travel trailer with my truck the trailer batteries were c...

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Low hot water flow

Comments appreciated. Our motor home has the standard 6 gal. water heater. What has started happening is that the flow out of all hot water faucets is down to 10 to 20% of normal. The water heater is heating fine and the water is hot (eventually). We...

DC power

I'm having an issue with my DC power and I began to notice the issue when I got an error message on my frig. I am currently living in a RV park and connected to power. Then the lights started going dim and the panel showed only one light. Then the lo...

AnnieL by Explorer
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