Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012

[2Rad4U]

My daughter was getting a little warm in her bunk during our last camping trip, so I decided to put her a fan in to keep the air flowing.

I had been wanting to add a 12-volt fan to the main living area anyway, so I decided to tackle both jobs today. A trip to Wal-Mart for two fans($8.48 each) and we're halfway there.

She picked the spot, and I got to work -



I picked up the power from her overhead light. All I have left is to install a short piece of wire cover and I'm done -



I added one in the main area -



I dropped by Lowe's and found this cool soap dispenser. I also just installed these Pop-a-Toothbrush holders -



I added a sopa dispenser to the kitchen area as well. I also installed a Pop-a-Napkin under the radio -



Here's an easy mod. I found this over the door towel rack at Walmart and it works great -

[PennyPA]

There's no reason you can't use a household faucet setup if your RV ones are 4" on center.

[Fisherguy]

Are you guys using regular household faucets?
Our Komfort has an RV faucet with the pull out head, has hardly any pressure on normal but lots when you set it to spray, what are the house ones like? They solid or cheap plastic like the RV ones?

Busch, don't base your opinions of this forum based only on the likes of one person.

[pasusan]

Desperado359 wrote:
I just installed a new Moen kitchen faucet in the 5th wheel, the old one was leaking, and making a mess under the counter top, this new one is a pull out with spray and an off button, I really like the way it looks and works.

Looks great - and believe me you will continue to love it. We replaced ours with a similar Delta faucet - it is a super mod! Love the sprayer coming out of the end of the faucet - no wasting water to get it hot (if the water coming out of the faucet is already hot).

I have to add... There didn't used to be back and forth conversations in this thread - just mods and kudos. If you want to discuss how you did it better, then why don't you post it as a mod with pictures? Who wants to wade through arguments????

[Desperado359]

I just installed a new Moen kitchen faucet in the 5th wheel, the old one was leaking, and making a mess under the counter top, this new one is a pull out with spray and an off button, I really like the way it looks and works.
From the back side.


From the side.


From the front.

[TreeSeeker]

I would think you could just replace the plastic valve with a better one and then you would have a good unit. Nobody is complaining about any of the other parts.

I have a sprayer built into my tank, so I don't need a portable one.

[LarryJM]

busch2fan wrote:

LarryJM wrote:

Jeffzee160 wrote:

While sort of slick for around $20 you can get a swivel stick rinser where the water doesn't come out of fixed holes like yours, but it rotates and washes down the sides of the tank evenly and is flexible so you can sort of direct it up or down some. The rotating part only has like two holes so the water really comes out at a very high pressure.

Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel this is something I would just buy that has been tested and proven to work.



Larry

Don't be too quick to desparange inginuity...
I bought one of those unit you showed...

1. The end of it was too big to fit past the ball valve in the toilet
2. The shut off valve in the wand broke w/in 3 minutes of trying to use it

I tried to go the cheap route... cost me in the end.

Then you probably got a bad one and after 3 years of using mine probably 50+ times, I have had no issues with the shut off valve and that can be easily replaced and I've never seen a toilet with a "Ball Valve" (all I have ever seen from my 1974 portable toilet to my 1981 TT toilet to the one in my 2007 TT have a slide type valve/flush system) and if that 1 1/4" diameter business end of the swivel stick is to big to put down your toilet I think you have one very unusual toilet and not typical of what 99.5% of the RV toilets have in them.

Also, I did not in any way desparange inginuity (sic ... disparage ingenuity is the correct spelling) since I acknowledged what I quoted was "slick". Maybe you need to read posts more carefully and realize posts like mine are only giving my personal experiences and I even explained why I like the rotating water mechanism vs. a fixed system.

Larry

[schneid]

I bought one of the plastic ones above. The valve leaked getting water on the floors inside. They are junk.

[busch2fan]

LarryJM wrote:

Jeffzee160 wrote:

While sort of slick for around $20 you can get a swivel stick rinser where the water doesn't come out of fixed holes like yours, but it rotates and washes down the sides of the tank evenly and is flexible so you can sort of direct it up or down some. The rotating part only has like two holes so the water really comes out at a very high pressure.

Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel this is something I would just buy that has been tested and proven to work.



Larry

Don't be too quick to desparange inginuity...
I bought one of those unit you showed...

1. The end of it was too big to fit past the ball valve in the toilet
2. The shut off valve in the wand broke w/in 3 minutes of trying to use it

I tried to go the cheap route... cost me in the end.

[aaronttrv]

KraigWhiting wrote:
Hi, aaronttrv. I'm not sure why the small boards needed to be plugged into the socket one particular way. The boards have a polarity correction feature built in. I've also checked current inventory and it all works no matter which way they are plugged in. Possibly the wire leads were not positioned correctly. But it should work either way.

I'm not sure why that would be either, but if my memory is correct (I just plugged them all in 5 days ago) I had to do that with all 3 of the smaller 21-LED modules.

With the first one, I thought maybe it was a connection problem with the bayonet adapter so I spent a little time wiggling it around, making sure the metal tabs were making contact in the right spots. Everything checked out okay, so I flipped the wedge around and plugged back into the bayonet adapter and voila.

For the other 2, they didn't need the adapters (the sockets were just 921 style) and once again, on the first try it didn't light up. I flipped it around in the socket and got light. And on the 3rd one I think I actually got it right the first time since I don't remember having to flip it around.

Who knows, maybe it was just coincidence and the wire on the wedge fitting wasn't quite lined up right and flipping it around gave it better contact.

All of the larger modules work great by the way... loving them. I ordered 6 to start just to make sure I liked them, and they were a hit. I had my neighbor over to show off the new trailer and he liked them too, especially how they were a decent color match to a typical filament bulb, and how little heat they put out. Good light coverage, and I kept my stock plastic covers and you really can't tell those are LED's in there when it's turned on (too bright to stare at it. When off you can tell, and it just looks cool then. 🙂

Too bad Command Electronics didn't have the standalone wedge/bayonet bulbs so I could have done one-stop shopping and been sure that all the colors would match up fairly well. As it was, the ones I got from LED Trailer Lights were about the same color temp, so when I look at my wall sconce with their bulb, and look at one of the CE modules, it's pretty much the same color.

[PennyPA]

Remember, these sprayers are only good to use in toilets that drop directly into the black tank. I have 2 45* elbows in mine so a rigid sprayer is of no use. Before you spend the money, look to see the configuration of your toilet drain, underneath the floor.

[larry_kruzan]

mattyk6 wrote:

Patrick45 wrote:
could not this black tank sprayer also be made of PVC? I don't have the tools to make it out of copper.

You can get one from Camping World for $8.
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/holding-tank-rinser-with-valve/4678

I have the magic stick from Camping World - it works great, stores easily. If I ever break it, I'll buy another one.

Larry Kruzan

[mattyk6]

Patrick45 wrote:
could not this black tank sprayer also be made of PVC? I don't have the tools to make it out of copper.

You can get one from Camping World for $8.
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/holding-tank-rinser-with-valve/4678

[LarryJM]

Jeffzee160 wrote:

While sort of slick for around $20 you can get a swivel stick rinser where the water doesn't come out of fixed holes like yours, but it rotates and washes down the sides of the tank evenly and is flexible so you can sort of direct it up or down some. The rotating part only has like two holes so the water really comes out at a very high pressure.

Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel this is something I would just buy that has been tested and proven to work.



Larry

[kincade]

ut_pupcamper wrote:

kincade wrote:


Look at the LEDtrailerlight units. They're quite a bit less expensive than the Command units and very nice. I see you are in UT; if you want to see a rig with them I am in SLC.

Thanks for the offer, I would like to meet up sometime and see the difference in the light output in real life. It's sometimes hard to see it with a camera because most auto camera settings don't have a setting for LED and it is a different warmth than either incandescent or fluorescent or most other light sources and it either comes out with some kind of tint to it.

I'd be happy to show you. Just PM me and you can take a look. To our eyes it is indistinguishable unless staring directly at the light (where you can see there are many individual lights instead of one).

[beaverstaterich]

Here is how I haul my tote tank.



It's 2 pieces of 1" square tube bolted to the bumper, 3/8" eye hook up top and threaded rod with an eye bolt down below, straps to hold it on. When not taking the tank the bottom bolts back unscrew so nothing is sticking out to bump into.

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