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Re: Duo therm 4 button tstat
sorry for the late response here, been down with bronchitis ever since Christmas. looked at the board, could see where the contacts had come loose and decided that I didn't feel comfortable doing such fine soldering or spending the money or time on a 5 button change out. Talked to Mr. Frerichs on Christmas day, he was very helpful and I have a rebuilt thermostat on the way. He claims to have done over 300 of these and never had one returned. I might note that the existing tstat had been redone by someone else and the switch had been held down by some type of adhesive which had broken loose resulting in the broken welds. While I am not happy about having my motor home and trips hostage to a thermostat that can't be fixed/repaired on the road, at my age if I can get a few years out of this, I will probably be done with rving. Thanks to all who responded.451Views0likes0CommentsRe: Duo therm 4 button tstat
Mine is a bad switch attachment. I could get a screen if if I wiggled it enough but not enen that now. I talked to the guy who refurbish hes these yesterda to no avail but concern is this could have happened on a long trip and there are no parts/repairs available. I understand the conversion to the 5 button unit requires a board for each a.c., are the difficult to install?451Views0likes0CommentsDuo therm 4 button tstat
Had mine repaired a year ago stopped working again while out camping. Hoping it won't end the trip,. I have seen a couple of ads for a conversion from a 5 button to work with this system,does anyone have any experience with this? I feel like I am a hostage to this tstat, can't even buy a backup unit,2.7KViews0likes10CommentsRe: Onan Genny - Help - Looking for suggestions!
A SHORT shot of starter fluid to the carb intake. If it starts, or tries to, then it is probably fuel related. As a previous contributor pointed out, probably drop the fuel bowl, clean it out and shoot some carb cleaner through the passages.297Views0likes0CommentsRe: battery type
Not at the rv, so I'm not sure what size the current 2 6 volt batteries are but will check tomorrow. The inverter is 1500 continuous, 3,000 surge, the inverter is about 2 feet from the batteries and connected using 1 gauge cable, the rv is a 2000 model, but the fridge is only a couple of years old, about 10 cu feet, could find no specs on it's draw. Will be looking for a couple of 6 volt batteries, was hoping not to spend a ton of bucks on the upgrade, but may have to, or resign myself to turning on the generator every couple of hours. Thanks to all for the input.424Views0likes0Commentsbattery type
I have a medium sized residential refrigerator in my motor home that I keep cool on trips by running the generator a bit every few hours. We are planning a long trip and I have installed a 1500 watt pure sine wave inverter that I had hoped would power the fridge off the two 6 volt house batteries. Apparently not enough juice to start the fridge so I am going to add another 12 volt battery. Do I need a deep cycle for the amp hours they provide or a starting battery for the starting amps? We do not boondock, so the batteries should be kept charged by the engine running .2.8KViews0likes11Commentsbattery for inverter
I have a 2000 holiday Rambler with a medium sized household refrigerator. I usually rung the generator for a short time every few hours until we reach our destination to keep it cool. We do not boondock. We are about to take a long trip and I decided to install a 1500 pure sine wave inverter connected to the 2-6volt batteries with an extension cord to run the fridge. It won't start with the two batteries so i am going to add a 12 volt battery to the circuit. Should I install a deep cycle battery to run it during the times we stop or do I need the watts a starting battery provides to start the fridge?2.1KViews0likes10Commentsbattery for inverter
I have a 2000 Holiday Rambler with a medium sized home refrigerator in it. In the past I have simply run the generator for a short time every few hours to cool it off until we arrived at our destination. We do not boondock. We are going to take a 2 week trip in a couple of months and I decided I would install a 1500 watt pure sine wave inverter and run an extension cord to run the fridge, the 2 6volt batteries would be charged while driving. They are apparently not enough to start the fridge though, so I am going to add another battery. Should I get a 12v deep cycle for the few hours we will not be in the rv at a time, or a starting battery to give it the necessary watts to start the fridge running?2KViews0likes8CommentsRe: battery/inverter recommendations
my thanks to everyone for their input, you've given me a lot of good information to work with and the installation should be simple. Saved me a lot of research time and time spent agonizing over the route I should take since you've all been there! Great site.357Views0likes0Comments
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