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Lippert Solara adjustable pitch awning
We have a Solera adjustable pitch awning by Lippert on our trailer that likes to adjust itself. It’s a nice awning in that to adjust the pitch, one simply pulls down on the arm. Problem is that arm tends to sink on its own. I’ve tightened the bolt mechanism but it still sags, especially if it’s breezy and the awning is moving. Anybody else have this issue and figured out a way to tighten it short of putting metal plate on top and bungy cording it tight?632Views0likes0CommentsRe: Micro Air Easy Start 364-XP installation
Interesting info on the soft starters-thanks for sharing. I was able to get it running although of course I haven’t been able to do an extended test since it’s now 70° here in Wisconsin. Everything looked good, and it ran for 8+ minutes before the compressor shut down due to the internal temp dropping. The fan did keep running and it cycled up a little later as expected. All stats looked good on the Bluetooth app, so that was really encouraging. It’s supposed to be in the 90s this Labor Day weekend, so it will get some use! Essentially what I had to do was put all of the compressor and fan wires together on one post. That’s not how I had it and it didn’t like it. All seems good and both the external fan and compressor were performing well.913Views0likes0CommentsRe: Micro Air Easy Start 364-XP installation
Interesting- Micro Air has authorized a return of the 364-XP starter and wants me to order the Bluetooth version. Not sure if that’s because they can see the diagnostics on it or what. My understanding is that the Bluetooth and non Bluetooth versions were essentially the same.926Views0likes0CommentsMicro Air Easy Start 364-XP installation
I installed a Micro Air Easy Start 364-XP on our Furrion AC unit and it has been generating issues from the start, making me wonder if I had installed it incorrectly or something else. For starters, I was trying to run/test the unit on our 15amp outlet. Turns out the Furrion draws 15.35amps when running, so of course on the small breaker and smaller extension cord the compressor would fire up, run for a minute or so, and then shut down/stall out. Makes perfect sense. Next test was to get a 25’ 30amp RV extension cord. Plugged it into a 20amp outlet. Fired it up, the compressor ran for about two minutes (I was getting excited) and then shut down. The fan ran for three minutes, the compressor kicked in, ran for 30 seconds and shut down again. This time the error lights signifies an over current situation, saying the device was not able to support the load. Not sure I buy that. Any thoughts? I’ve been working directly with Micro Air Support, but curious if anyone has had any issues with installing this unit on a Furrion 15k btu AC unit? I’m pretty sure the way it’s running that everything is wired correctly, but just have that sneaking suspicion something’s not right? I don’t know where to go with this. And it’s 100° here in WI. Of course.1.7KViews0likes7CommentsRe: Backwards buttons
For everyone wondering, it was that I indeed had the wires backwards. Black to positive, white to negative and all is well again. We take the battery completely off in wintertime and keep it in our basement. Even though I try to leave the wires on their respective sides, I suspect that when it was moved in and out of the shed they shifted and I didn’t think about it until I had no power. I’m still trying to figure out which one is supposed to have the inline fuse though, as it’s a red wire. I’m assuming positive. I want to make tags to identify them right on the wires.662Views0likes0CommentsBackwards buttons
Here’s a weird deal that I’ve never run across before. We brought our trailer home for the summer and are ready to go out on our first weekend voyage and the button actions are backwards. Slide in sends the slide out, retract extends the tongue jacks. We’ve fried two 40amp fuses, which leads me to believe that something’s crossed, so we have no fridge power or lights. Thoughts?3.5KViews0likes20CommentsRe: Bike Rack for Trailer hitch?
mkenyon2 wrote: For any still following this, I'm thinking about this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007EA6JMM That doesn't look big enough to support two bikes on it solidly. We have a Jack-It and really like it. The bikes don't move. The downside is on a nice summer evening, sometimes they collect their fair share of mosquitoes and bugs going down the road! https://store.lci1.com/jack-it-double-bike-carrier-system-429756792Views0likes0CommentsTo a Suburban water heater from Atwood
I feel like a rookie asking this question, but we've always had Atwood water heaters and our new trailer has a Suburban. I've never had to deal with an anode rod before. With our Atwood, I installed a petcock and we drained the tank after every use-never had an issue with the sulfur smell. On the Suburban, how do you go about that? We typically are weekenders except for our long trips where we don't empty the tank when moving obviously, so after the weekend we'd open up the valve and run it empty. Do you pull the anode rod out? Leave it full? Pull the low point valve and drain out as much as you can? Like I said, we are not rookies, but going to be learning new tricks with a new rig after 12 seasons on the last one.2KViews0likes8Comments
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