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Re: How many of you are cooking with the NuWave
I just got an induction cooker for the house, and like it so far. I wondered about getting one (or more) portable cooktops for the coach, but I hesitated because I couldn't get smart enough about the power requirement. Do they typically draw enough power that one wouldn't want to use them with both air conditioners running? Or so little it's not worth worrying about?215Views0likes0CommentsRe: Insurance Recommendation
I find if USAA recommends it, it's a pretty decent deal. I did the same thing, called USAA for my RV insurance, they routed me to the Progressive unit that just handles USAA members, and it was all good. A year later, the storage building where our Class A was parked burned to the ground, taking our coach with it. Progressive did a comprehensive review, but fast. Within 2 months, they had made a full and fair settlement and we were able to buy our replacement coach.289Views0likes0CommentsRe: Power to Satellite and Switch
I have a 2007 Holiday Rambler Vacationer with a Winegard in-motion dish and a DirectTV receiver. I bought it used, so had to do some experimentation. in mine, the compartment above the driver's location contains the distribution box (selector buttons to route various signals to various destinations), the DirectTV receiver, and a Radio Shack 12 volt power supply. There's a small rocker switch on the driver's side of the main TV enclosure. The Radio Shack power supply seems to provide power to the dish aiming motors; with the power supply turned on, the small rocker switch is enabled, and can be turned on (a green light illuminates inside the switch.) The stepper motors then aim the dish. I can see the signal strength on the setup menu in the DirectTV receiver. I don't use it "in motion" so it's just a convenience to aim the dish when we change locations. Once the dish is aimed, I can turn off the rocker switch and the Radio Shack power supply, and all is still good; the DirectTV receiver can still see the satellite. I deduce the Radio Shack power supply was added when the Winegard dish was installed, to provide 12 volts DC. Perhaps doing it that way was easier than tracking down a live 12 volt line in the existing harness. Hope this is helpful.450Views0likes0CommentsRe: Chassis Battery Maintenance - 2007 HR Vacationer XL
randallb wrote: We owned an 08 Vacationer XL and the fix to your problem is around $20.00. I used a Battery Tender Jr, .75A maintainer. Did you leave the batteries wired in parallel and connect the charger across both of them them as a unit? I suppose since the batteries are in parallel, it doesn't matter if you connect the charger to the positive and negative pole of a single battery or positive of one and negative of the other?285Views0likes0CommentsRe: Insurance Shopping
When we bought our coach, I went to USAA for insurance. USAA doesn't write RV policies, they partner with Progressive, so that's where my coverage is. If they pass USAA's scrutiny, that's good enough for me. On a side note, the one time we really needed Progressive on a nasty claim, they were right there and handled it smoothly and professionally.493Views0likes0CommentsRe: Chassis Battery Maintenance - 2007 HR Vacationer XL
Mark and Bully, thanks for the wisdom. I'll plead guilty to not having called Monaco on this particular problem, probably should have from the get go. In the meantime, I'll investigate those nice new trickle chargers. Does the fact that there are two batteries in parallel change what would be needed in such a charger? Would one sold for consumer use be able to charge both at the same time, given they're in parallel, or would I just burn it out?285Views0likes0CommentsChassis Battery Maintenance - 2007 HR Vacationer XL
This is a new to us coach, and I'm still learning all the vagaries. I have an original manual, but of course, factory support is mostly unavailable given the company's history. My Vacationer has two Interstate 31-MHD CCA950 batteries wired in parallel as the chassis batteries. I've been hooked to shore power for six months. I had thought that somehow would translate into maintaining the charge in the chassis batteries, but clearly that was wrong, since I needed a jump to start the engine this morning. I have seen (and used, on light trucks) new, computer controlled, charging systems that monitor the battery and deliver either a charge or enough to maintain a charge, depending on the state of the battery. Would such a device be a way to keep idle batteries ready? What might I do to allow the coach to sit for some months at a time not being run but still keep the chassis batteries in good shape?2.8KViews0likes9CommentsRe: Storage/Parking away from the house???
bigdogger wrote: X12AEsq wrote: Consult a local attorney. Possibilities: non-conforming use (parking the RV) may have begun prior to that zoning limitation, hence grandfathered; parking RV on neighbor's land with concurrence for 20 years may have created a permissive easement in your favor; depending on adverse possession statutes in your jurisdiction, it may actually have given you a colorable claim to ownership of that 1 foot strip. No, you will not win a claim for prescriptive easement. Among the elements necessary to win such a claim would be the fact that rectifying any encroachment would create undo hardship on the party encroaching and that the encroachment has been ongoing for a long period of time. Obviously, since it is an RV it can easily be removed (unlike if you accidentally built a barn one foot onto their property) and the encroachment has not been ongoing, since the encroachment ends every time you take the RV on a trip. Most people would not like losing part of their land. If it was the neighbor coming after you for a running foot of your land, most of us would fight it tooth and nail. The reason the neighbor doesn't want people encroaching on their property is immaterial. It's their property. Every jurisdiction is different; that's why it's necessary to consult a local attorney. In Texas, for example, the elements of a prescriptive easement are "'the open, notorious, hostile, adverse, uninterrupted, exclusive and continuous use of the servient estate for a period of more than ten years, and the absence of any of these elements is fatal to the prescriptive claim.' Allen v. Allen, 280 S.W.3d 366, 377 (Tex.App.—Amarillo 2008, pet. denied); see also Brooks v. Jones, 578 S.W.2d 669, 673 (Tex. 1979) ('To obtain a prescriptive easement one must use someone else's land in a manner that is open, notorious, continuous, exclusive, and adverse for the requisite period of time.')" Wallace v. Kent County, 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 10573, 10-11 (Tex. App. Amarillo Aug. 21, 2013) This is not legal advice; once again, consult a local attorney.347Views0likes0CommentsRe: Storage/Parking away from the house???
Consult a local attorney. Possibilities: non-conforming use (parking the RV) may have begun prior to that zoning limitation, hence grandfathered; parking RV on neighbor's land with concurrence for 20 years may have created a permissive easement in your favor; depending on adverse possession statutes in your jurisdiction, it may actually have given you a colorable claim to ownership of that 1 foot strip.348Views0likes0CommentsRe: Boondocking safety
Roy&Lynne wrote: Love this thread. Blocked so many folks I'll do a lot less reading in the future. Sure hope I don't meet these folks on the road. I rather face a bear or Mountain Lion than some idiot with a gun as I haven't heard of either a bear or a Lion killing a person in years but there are daily accidental shootings,mostly children unfortunatlty Might as well go ahead and block me too. Peace, out.81Views0likes0Comments
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