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Re: Plugged in or not?
My previous Ford with a factory hitch & wiring didn't like staying connected to the TT on shore power. It's headlights would come on and the clearance lights on the TT would come on. The lights would go out if I started it. My current Chevy with same TT doesn't seem to have a problem staying connected.262Views0likes0CommentsRe: Battery Leads Arcing
I'm with bigfootford. My 2016 Starcraft Launch came with a factory installed battery shutoff switch in the front storage compartment. But my slideout, tongue jack and breakaway brake switch get their power directly from the battery before the so called battery shutoff switch. Each has an inline 30 amp fuse. I don't leave my battery installed when my trailer is in storage, but if I did, anyone could walk up to it and run the jack up or down, let alone a malfunction. Actually, this came to light when I accidentally disconnected the breakaway switch and almost ran the battery down before I noticed it. Of course, I understand why the brakes need to be wired that way, but not the jack or slideout.557Views0likes0CommentsRe: Unwanted critters
Driving them out once they are inside could be different than preventing them from getting in to start with. Some people swear by the electronic repellers. I tried them years ago in a garage and didn't notice any effect. Maybe newer ones work better or maybe a more powerful one. Some say it might take a couple weeks for them to escape the annoying sound. One thing I wouldn't do is put out poison. Been there done that. You'll regret it. Use traps or sticky pads.145Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ocala Natl. Forest at Thanksgiving
Watch out for the bears. We spent the 2011/2012 winter in a private campground at Half Moon Lake in Ocala Natl Forest. The bears arrived almost every night despite the campground's best efforts to keep them away. I'm talking trying to look in our windows! Sure wouldn't want to surprise one of them when taking the dog out in the evening.294Views0likes0CommentsRe: Battery Leads Arcing
My trailer draws 1/4 amp with everything possible turned off, except things that can't be turned off like propane and smoke detectors. That's enough to give a tiny spark when hooking the battery up. It's also enough to run my standard battery down in about 2 weeks.111Views0likes0CommentsMouse Alert!
When I went out to storage and opened the door to our trailer, I was met with the unmistakable odor of a dead mouse. As an extra precaution, I've always left a few glue traps in strategic places inside my RV's. I've never had a mouse problem in 15 years of camping in several RV's until now. But this is my first one with a slideout. After I bought this Starcraft Launch 24RLS new this past spring, I went through it sealing all the unnecessarily huge holes in the floor where pipes and cables went through. It has the artic package with a "sort of" sealed bottom. I guess Starcraft doesn't see the need to seal the construction holes in the floor with the plastic underbelly. Not at all sure why they need a 6" hole for a couple 1/2" pipes! I say the underbelly is sort of sealed, because it droops between the screws holding it in place leaving gaps of 1/2", which mice can easily get through. I did seal them, though, so I don't think that's where it got in. I'm pretty sure it got in where the slideout meets the floor when it is retracted. I had seen light coming in the corners on the floor and had taken to stuffing dryer sheets in the corners until I could come up with a better fix. Today I got back under the trailer and did a closer inspection. The corners were just the tip of the iceberg. The entire length of the slideout is "sort of" sealed with a soft rubber seal. It doesn't seal very well, plus I can easily poke a finger right through to the inside. By the way, that area seems to seal OK when the slideout is extended. I'm not sure how to redo the way it seals but plan to work on it this winter while staying in Florida. For now I just stuffed the entire length of foam rubber with lots of dryer sheets. Has anyone found something similar on a slideout and found a better way to seal it. I can see it has to be flexible to accommodate differences in leveling and not bind. I'm hoping this dead mouse was just a scout!2.8KViews0likes10Comments
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