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Re: Is it common to remove your truck camper at your camp spot?
KD4UPL wrote: I used to take mine off so I could launch and retrieve the boat without it. It's also nice for hauling the kids and their bikes around the campground or whatever. I could take it off in about 15 or 20 minutes. Putting it back on was maybe 30 minutes. It's no big deal. Do this all the time. Easy if you practice.5.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: 2007 Arctic Fox 990 Slide Out Problem
Was able to obtain the required slide out motor from PDX RV in Oregon. Great service and fast shipping from them. The price for the motor was $641 shipped. That seems a bit steep but that is the going rate. Installation was simple and straight forward and anyone with basic mechanical skills will have no trouble with an installation. Just amounted to removing and replacing four bolts holding the old motor in place, removing and reinstalling a pin connection to the rotating shaft that drives the slide out mechanism and attaching one red and one black wire.424Views0likes0Comments2007 Arctic Fox 990 Slide Out Problem
My slide out would not retract this week (luckily in my driveway instead of camping) and upon investigation, I found the slide out motor had broken off the gear case and was laying loose on the floor. It is Power Gear P/N 524864 which includes the motor and gear box. Looks like it would just be a bolt on replacement job, but the prices I have found are around $620 Anyone know a better source for POWER GEAR P/N 524864 or if there has been a newer unit to replace it. Thanks for any help. (The slide moves easily with the emergency retractor handle, so I don't think I have any obstructions, etc. binding the mechanism.)2.8KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Replacing old CO alarm in AF990
To follow up on my original post, I removed the old CO monitor and followed the wires into the junction box in the closet. Turns out the 2 red wires on the old detector were connected to a single purple wire. The black wire on the old unit was connected to a white wire on the camper side. I checked the power to the unit by disconnecting shore power and leaving battery on and the green light stayed on. I then turned the batteries off and plugged in shore power and the green light stayed on. Then turned on battery and shore power and green light stayed on. I then connected the single red wire on the new CO detector to the purple wire and the black to the white. The new detector stayed on with all of the same on/off scenarios as above. I guess the purple wire must be a 12 volt feed that the converter system keeps hot by whatever means it determines and keeps the detector functioning as long as there is any power available to the converter. I will probably get a battery powered unit as others mentioned as a fail safe. You only die once and I want to delay that as long as possible. Thanks to all who responded.252Views0likes0CommentsReplacing old CO alarm in AF990
My CO alarm started beeping and I found that it had reached the end of its recommended life and needed to be replaced. The existing alarm is a CCI and that company is no longer in business. I bought a Safe T Alert to replace it with. The existing alarm was wired in place with 2 red lead wires and one black wire. I assume that the 2 leads were one from batteries and the other from the converter. I would guess this would let the alarm function no matter what power source you were using. My new detector only has one red lead. How should I wire this new unit in? Thanks.2.2KViews0likes6CommentsNorthern Breeze Fan cuts off in AF 990
I have a 2007 AF 990 with a reversible, variable speed Northern Breeze fan in the cabover. Sometimes you can turn it on at a medium speed and it will run a good while and cut off. I have Googled enough to see that there were problems with the NB fans control boards and they now only offer a single speed, 400cfm fan. Should I just replace the fan with another brand before it quits completely? Any suggestions that would work in the same hole and same wiring setup? Thanks in advance.600Views0likes1Comment
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