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Re: Inverter in tow vehicle
CFBLACKTRIKE wrote: Plannin to wire an Inverter into my Ram 3500 charging system. I already have the inverter at no cost ,, thought I oughta do somethin with it. Thinkin I can wire this 2400 watt inverter into my truck bed toolbox. then run a #12 cord from inverter back to my trailer breaker panel and feed the refridgerator with 120 volt thru inverter. We got a full size double door residential frig and freezer. Just thinkin I could run the fridge on 120 V. instead of LP. while driving. Since we do alot of long distant trips to get south or to the rockies. Has anybody installed an Inverter to there tow vehicle ?? Can yas give your pro and cons. Any advice or instruction greatly appreciated. I have a 16' TT with a small apartment sized dbl door Frigidaire refer in it. I run a 750/1500 inverter in my toolbox, for work lights, drills, etc, and built a short 1ft adapter with 2 male plugs on it and plug it into my outside receptacle, it has worked fine for about 20 yrs. I run a 25' 10/3 extension cord from the inverter to the trailer plug by way of the hitch stand with a small bungee cord. NOW, I am installing a converter into the unit and setting up a charge line -8 ga- to keep my battery topped off and run the fridge internally on it's own beaker. The main consideration for ANY electrical after market hookup is "don't get a case of cheap butt", check with an electrician and explain what you want to do, have the specs from the unit, and ASK how to do it so it is SAFE. Larger stranded wire than needed will carry the amperage better, cooler, and more efficiently than going cheapy and burn your trailer or fridge compressor up. Just my 2 cents worth.343Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need Help With My 5th Wheel/Truck
Like centerline said, the center of the hole in the hitch plate should be 1-2.5 inches in front of the axle, on a long bed a rule of thumb is that the rear bed rail is 30 inches from the rear edge of the bed. Go by a set of truck scales at a truck stop, weigh the whole rig with each axle on a different pad, pull off, drop the trailer in the lot, reweigh the truck, subtract the truck from the total and that will give you the trailer weight. The difference between the loaded and unloaded rear axle weight will give you the pin weight on the trailer, it should be about 15% +/- of the trailer gross. Believe it or not your air bags are too soft, bring them up to about 45-50# to compensate for the pin weight, and run 60# in your drive tires, I can pull my 31' Wilderness gross 12,500, on my GMC 1500 with little trouble, I use my 3500 mostly, but it's built for the extra weight, just saying, get REAL weights then go from there, it will be worth the $10+ for accuracy and your hitch guys. Chuck S533Views0likes0CommentsRe: In a bit of a predicament (Black Water tank full and frozen)
RidEx makes an RV solution similar to their septic tank enzime that works well to digest the solids, also a pound or so of bakers yeast and a pound of sugar gets things going to, but it takes a while. I keep a small barn heater under my 5ver on low, have the unit skirted, and have dumped my tanks at +5 air temp with no problem. I dump both my tanks when the grey water gets full, and use a lot of water into the black water tank, I also have a heat cable running from inside the sewer drop up under the dump line to be sure it doesn't freeze up. Just some ideas when it gets real cold and at 30 it hasn't even got cold enough to freeze up the water lines much, like stated above, I think you have a solids build up and may need to get a hotsy or pressure washer to brake it up.1.2KViews0likes0Comments
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