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Re: New DISH equipment to sell, husband died
In the big picture, I wouldn’t fret this too much. Both of these items can be had new on Amazon for little more than $100 today. Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, and classified sections of forums like this should generate enough interest to find them a new home. If you can find someone to pay you half that plus the shipping costs, it’s probably fair enough for both parties.436Views0likes0CommentsRe: Dish & Wally Receiver
There seems to be a lot of gremlins with the Wally’s in reading the various forums. For that reason, I’ve stuck with my VIP211z receivers despite their larger footprint and “older” technology. All I can say is that the 211’s have always worked flawlessly regardless of whether I am using them with a Pathway X2 potable or traditional 1000.4 DPP plus LNB. FWIW, I am using the Eastern Arc satellites (61.5, 72.7, and 77).502Views0likes0CommentsRe: Generator SCORE!!!
wa8yxm wrote: One suggestion: with that much generator on hand (Well two suggestions) First: have and electrician install a proper GENERATOR TRANSFER panel on your hose with a proper INLET outside the house. and make up an extension cord "Generator to inlet" so that you can park the generator at some distance (Near a tree or post you can chain it to when power fails. I found my house needs less than that genny can crank out most of the time (Winter I drew as I recall about 3500 watts total.. Summer I run Central Air. that was NOT on the transfer panel. Heck it was not on the main panel it had its own fuse box off the meter) Two. Run it every month 1/2 hour or more 1/2 load or more (Space heaters work well you'd need two) Normally both good points, but a couple of clarifications should be made. #1 - I am an electrician...see SparkDr username. Wink. #2 - This particular generator does not offer traditional 120/240v output. It is targeted specifically towards the RV market and outputs a 4500 watt continuous load through a NEMA L5-30 30amp / 125v locking output. Could it be wired through a manual transfer switch to provide emergency power to a home? Sure, but depending on the design of the transfer switch itself, it would require a custom cable (a pre-made one may exist but I haven’t looked) or minor re-wire within the switch to put all 120v loads within the switch onto the same phase and no 240v loads within the home could be supported by this generator. I just don’t see the value in going this route and it would not be using any of these components as intended in doing so. . #3 - I couldn’t agree more about putting this or any genset under a load on a regular basis. I won’t expound on why. A quick Google search will educate anyone who cares to know but you are 100% correct in that observation.458Views0likes0CommentsGenerator SCORE!!!
Been wanting to pick up a an inverter generator to have around the house for a while now. Learned about a week ago that we would not have power for set up weekend at the CG due to flooding, so decided it was finally time. Went so far as to put a nice little Champion 2k on a Home Depot deal into my cart while I mulled over buying just one or 2. The next day, I mentioned the impending purchase to my uncle who quickly said...”why don’t you just buy mine since I’m moving south next month anyways”. Long story short, he gave me a super deal. I am now the proud owner of a beastly Yamaha EF4500ISE with a brand new battery and 200 hours on the clock for less money than I would have spent on a pair of 2k Champs and a parallel kit. It take 2 strong men to get it up into the truck though, but I only dry camp at the races once or twice a year or less. I’m already scoping out a remote start / stop kit for it even though I’m sure I’ll probably sell it off in favor of the more portables soon enough. Very pleased!1.8KViews0likes9CommentsRe: Quick Dish question
I left cable behind for DirecTv at home and on the road when we really started to camp seriously and now have been with Dish for almost 3 years. DirecTv programming is a bit more in tune with my “sports-centric” taste, but Dish has been far and away more friendlier and flexible in accommodating my home away from home TV needs both in the camper and at my remote hunting camp. There is the whole no HBO thing with Dish going on now which may sway some people elsewhere. For me, it’s really all about the beautiful HD signal and ease of set up with a carryout via my Pathway X2. There is no other way to get HD from an automatic portable than with Dish currently.578Views0likes0CommentsRe: Why ABS instead of PVC?
I guess I should’ve subscribed to the thread so as not to offend Cummins apparently. Quite honestly, these are the types of people and comments that I try not to engage with here. Regardless, I didn’t really see any reason to post any “how to” info when I originally joined the convo as nobody had asked. It was just assorted advice and opinion being passed around. Having said that, a mechanical connection is required by most codes. Fernco, male / female adapters, etc. But of course, codes don’t matter in RV’s so pick your own poison. I don’t see any reason to venture back to this thread so I’ll move on. Feel feel to continue to treat one another poorly in my absence.735Views0likes0CommentsRe: Why ABS instead of PVC?
A thread like this always reminds me to take advice gleaned from the forums with a grain of salt. As someone who is actively involved in the plumbing materials trade on a daily basis, I see misinformation, guesswork and bad advice./ practices all being offered. Thankfully, the OP only asked why one vs the other. Anyone actually wanting to know how to properly connect PVC to ABS would do well to avoid the confusion published here.330Views0likes0CommentsPathway X2 repair?
I have a pair of Winegard Pathway X2 portable satellites for Dish. A few days ago, one of them got all wonky for lack of better words. It was growling and grumbling making all sorts of horrible noises and not finding a signal. For background, I was using it set up on a ladder in the backyard for an extended period of time to feed a TV in the garage during our “off” season up here in the Northeast. I’m pretty sure it got wet and then froze and I was certain I had stripped out gears or messed up a motor in it. I swapped it out for the other unit and decided to see if I could fix this one myself. After thawing it out overnight and doing a full tear down and testing, I could not find or duplicate the problem, so I reassembled it to the stow position. FWIW, I was actually pretty impressed at the size and quality of the gearing in these things as I dug into it. Thankfully, it now works as it should with no sign of damage. However, while waiting for it to thaw, I decided to look for repair parts for these units online. This led me to the unfortunate conclusion that such things might not be available as my search was fruitless. Anybody been down this road before? I was lucky this time but wonder where I might turn if a repair is ever actually needed.1.3KViews0likes3CommentsRe: Grand Design Imagine TT
Best friends own a 2017 GD Imagine. Wife and I have a 2016 Jayco Whitehawk. Both are parked next to each other at the same seasonal CG since new. They have had a leak under the kitchen sink on a supply line and peeling crown molding trim in multiple spots where the factory staples don’t hold. Neither problem was a big deal and both were easily fixed. They also had their a/c unit replaced under warranty, but that is not GD’s problem (Dometic). And yes, we grumble every year about the GD’s lousy hose system design for sucking in the pink antifreeze when winterizing. Other than that, they have been fault-free for 2 full seasons of every weekend use (50+ nights / yr). For comparison, our Jayco is 1 more season older and gets used an additional 25+ nights / yr than their GD. On ours, we discovered a stress fracture on the plastic wheel well cover from our initial tow and a very similar water supply leak under a sink. Theirs looks and feels “nicer” as far as colors and fabrics go. Ours seems a bit less trouble-prone and more functionally designed. As I like to say, Jayco just seems to “get it” when it comes to how things work for my tastes and “do my own” maintenance and repairs lifestyle. None of this means one is any better than the other. We all agree there are things in each other’s TT’s that we would like in our own, but neither couple would trade one for the other.683Views0likes0Comments
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