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Re: New to lithium battery
As others have mentioned, we really need to know the specs on your converter, and batteries. I have 420 AH of LiFePo4 Lithium batteries being powered by a standard (Non-Lithium) Progressive Dynamics PD9260 and it works just fine, though might be slightly slower getting to a full charge than if I were to have one of their Lithium specific converters. On the other hand some standard off the shelf Non-lithium converters are not nearly as Lithium battery friendly as my PD-9260540Views0likes0CommentsRe: I have 1 week
2 days in Yellowstone is barely enough time to see the highlights, expect it to take 2 full days just to drive the main figure 8 loop at Yellowstone, briefly stopping at the major attractions only, and skipping some of the secondary thermal features, waterfalls, visitors centers, etc. Yellowstone is BIG, and the loop road alone is 142 miles with 45 mph speed limit, which drops to 0 mph when wildlife is present. It would be easy to fill up a week in just NW Wyoming, and not come close to seeing all the major attractions that are within 100 yards of the highway. We spent 3 nights and 4.5 days in Yellowstone in the summer of 2017 just before the big solar eclipse and were barely able to hit the highlights.233Views0likes0CommentsRe: Looking for a Tardis - What RV?
My first pick for such things in current production would probably be a Leisure Tavel Vans model 24MB, though it is a little long for a single parking space at 24'7" (a standard full size parking space is 22'), though with a 170 inch wheel base it could probably fit into a standard parking space if allowed to back in and overhang a curb, as I do this with my 28 ft Safari Trek which has a 29'5" bumper to bumper length on a 177 inch wheel base.393Views0likes0CommentsRe: Does the furnace run ONLY on gas ? And same with the WH ?
The thing to remember here is that the control electronics in the water heater and in the refrigerator while they are running on propane draw very little power. On an RV with a pair of deep cycle house batteries, the refrigerator can probably run for a week or more on propane without depleting the batteries, however the propane furnace blower fan could drain those same battery down over just one cold night.369Views0likes0CommentsRe: Another idiot in Yellowstone!!
To those that complain about him damaging the environment, yes he would have left footprints that may take years to fade completely away. However if you go to any of the major thermal features in Yellowstone you can find wildlife footprints on those same fragile surfaces. On the topic of plugging up a Geyser by sticking his hand in and dislodging rocks, sure it is possible, though unlikely to make much difference given the disruptive forces at play every time the geyser erupts. In other words anything he might accidentally dislodge, would likely also be dislodged by the force of the erupting water within a matter of hours. Having said that, the is an idiot, and a darwin candidate432Views0likes0CommentsRe: NY Times - As Elkhart goes
I too question when will we reach the peak of this bubble, though as long as the overall economy continues to grow, I don't think we are anywhere close, though the rate of growth may slow. I attribute this to a few factors, first build quality or the lack of it likely means the service life of RV's they are churning out will be shorter, as many of us know rot from water intrusion tends to be the number one killer of all types of RV's. Second the US population is growing, look at those historical sales figures, then compare them to US population growth. Looking at RVIA's historical numbers https://www.rvia.org/historical-rv-data the first year they produced more than 300,000 units was 1999 with 321,000 units (the same number that were produced in 2013), however the estimates suggest the US Population has grown by nearly 50 million people since 1999 (278 vs 325 million today, which is over 15% growth), so population adjusted those 1999 production levels would equal to 375,000 today, this of course fails to account for shorter service life of todays units. It should also be noted that in 1999 the 2007 period was fairly stable, except for the dot com bubble bust, which only caused a 6 & 14% downturn 2 years in a row, vs the 9,32,30% drops when the bottom fell out in late 2007, where production went from 390,000 in 2006 to 165,000 in 2009.237Views0likes0Comments
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