After a good washing yesterday I got up early (while the camper is in the shade and the temp has not exceeded 100--yet) to put a good coat of Meguiar's Marine/RV one step Cleaner Wax on. I'm a huge fan of Aerospace 303 and use that in-between full waxes. I think it has made a huge difference in keeping the gel coat shiny.
Here's a pic of my nose cap half waxed and half not waxed. Where its parked during non-use the Nose Cap and roof gets the most sunlight.
I was pleased with the contamination that came off the gel coat. I still have some strong bug marks but overall it looks great - all finished and polished! The decals are showing their age! In the heat of the hot summers I get small ripples at the top of the cap. Anyone seen that before?
Here's a pic of my nose cap half waxed and half not waxed. Where its parked during non-use the Nose Cap and roof gets the most sunlight.
I was pleased with the contamination that came off the gel coat. I still have some strong bug marks but overall it looks great - all finished and polished! The decals are showing their age! In the heat of the hot summers I get small ripples at the top of the cap. Anyone seen that before?
I travel solo, so having a Net connection at a campsite gives me something else to do. To increase the chance of having a cell Net connection in the boonies, I installed a weBoost cell booster system. Confirmed it does increase the strength via my phone "bar meter", but haven't had a chance to get a dBm reading yet.
Photos are:
1) Booster antenna in the up position when at a campsite
2) Antenna at the down position when traveling or exiting a woody campsite
3) Inside electronics hookup. Kit came with longer cables than I need, so the excess is hidden behind the seat cushions. I only had one cig lighter output where I wanted to install the system, that I plugged a USB charger into. So, I installed a device with multiple 12v and USB outputs.
Will be hitting the road in early June for several months, so the booster will get plenty of use. 🙂
Photos are:
1) Booster antenna in the up position when at a campsite
2) Antenna at the down position when traveling or exiting a woody campsite
3) Inside electronics hookup. Kit came with longer cables than I need, so the excess is hidden behind the seat cushions. I only had one cig lighter output where I wanted to install the system, that I plugged a USB charger into. So, I installed a device with multiple 12v and USB outputs.
Will be hitting the road in early June for several months, so the booster will get plenty of use. 🙂
What happened to your display monitor? It needs a thorough cleaning.
jaycocreek wrote:
I put a thermometer in my Engel compressor
942..Nice
I put a thermometer in my Engel compressor fridge/freezer and against my Lifepo4 batteries so I can read them at a glance and not wonder what either temp is
I put a thermometer in my Engel compressor fridge/freezer and against my Lifepo4 batteries so I can read them at a glance and not wonder what either temp is
AnEv942 wrote:
Added umbilical cord caps, made hangers so cords hang vertically
Recently had issue with corrosion again on auxiliary umbilical cord.
(2nd umbilical cord- back up camera, refer control & aux. charge line, AC cord to run refer on trucks inverter)
Though usually bungied up under camper they are exposed to the air can and do corrode. After cleaning
I looked at how to avoid this I stumbled on cord caps, I was unaware these could be had.
Issue though if cord is simply hung caps can fill with water and corrosion will be worse so cords need to
hang vertically with cap up.
I simply bent up some scrap 2" aluminum flat bar, Drilled hole cut slot to capture cords.
Drilled for mounting and bent the tips up a bit.
As umbilcal cords are stiff had to mount hangers at angle. Bedded in caulk and screwed to wall.
Caps should minimize future corrosion, hung against camper wall so wont need to stop when
loading/unloading to reposition cords, easy retrieval to plug in once camper loaded.
Likely other brands-just what I used
Very nice :). What made you decide to keep the umbilical cables as attached cables vs adding plugs on the camper, allow for the cable to be completely removed and stored when not in use?
Added umbilical cord caps, made hangers so cords hang vertically
Recently had issue with corrosion again on auxiliary umbilical cord.
(2nd umbilical cord- back up camera, refer control & aux. charge line, AC cord to run refer on trucks inverter)
Though usually bungied up under camper they are exposed to the air can and do corrode. After cleaning
I looked at how to avoid this I stumbled on cord caps, I was unaware these could be had.
Issue though if cord is simply hung caps can fill with water and corrosion will be worse so cords need to
hang vertically with cap up.
I simply bent up some scrap 2" aluminum flat bar, Drilled hole cut slot to capture cords.
Drilled for mounting and bent the tips up a bit.
As umbilcal cords are stiff had to mount hangers at angle. Bedded in caulk and screwed to wall.
Caps should minimize future corrosion, hung against camper wall so wont need to stop when
loading/unloading to reposition cords, easy retrieval to plug in once camper loaded.
Likely other brands-just what I used
Recently had issue with corrosion again on auxiliary umbilical cord.
(2nd umbilical cord- back up camera, refer control & aux. charge line, AC cord to run refer on trucks inverter)
Though usually bungied up under camper they are exposed to the air can and do corrode. After cleaning
I looked at how to avoid this I stumbled on cord caps, I was unaware these could be had.
Issue though if cord is simply hung caps can fill with water and corrosion will be worse so cords need to
hang vertically with cap up.
I simply bent up some scrap 2" aluminum flat bar, Drilled hole cut slot to capture cords.
Drilled for mounting and bent the tips up a bit.
As umbilcal cords are stiff had to mount hangers at angle. Bedded in caulk and screwed to wall.
Caps should minimize future corrosion, hung against camper wall so wont need to stop when
loading/unloading to reposition cords, easy retrieval to plug in once camper loaded.
Likely other brands-just what I used
I upgraded my sound and video system. New TV, Stereo and sound bar. It sounds and looks awesome.
