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RE: Interstate Batteries?? Should I Purchase??
I would buy - My 7 interstates have given me no problems.
Can't always blame the battery. Lots of things come into play when you talk about how long a battery lasts.
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garym114
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12/26/09 07:09pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Honda CRV Timing Belt Question
Go ahead and do it over the winter. Had my local shop do it before we started our Alaska trip.
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garym114
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12/26/09 06:09pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: batteries
Nothing at all. That is where I got my four additional 6v chassis batteries, total of six.
You don't see any 12v batteries powering electric fork lifts or 12v batteries powering golf carts. There is a reason.
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garym114
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12/26/09 02:55pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Went Wireless at home.....
May be missing something but the op wants to use the laptop with win7 to open outlook expess emails. Win7 doesn't have a built in email client. What he has for a client is Outlook from office.
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garym114
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12/26/09 02:49pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: working with 2 pc monitors
It is all in the video display adapter. It may be easier if you have the latest video drivers. You also have to have two video outputs from the video card or built in adapter.
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garym114
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12/26/09 02:38pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Laptop hardware problem
Some laptops have to have a functioning battery in place to work, even when plugged in to AC.
If a laptop battery voltage drops below a specified voltage it will not take a charge. This is built in so a failed battery with a dead short will not try to recharge.
For some reason the laptop did not shutdown when the battery approached discharge and drained the battery below the low voltage setpoint. Now the battery will not recharge.
I would leave the new battery in a warm place for a couple of hours and try again to see if it will take a charge.
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garym114
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12/25/09 10:06am |
Technology Corner
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RE: IPhone with Verizon?
T-Mobile will be have the iPhone for use on their network sometime in 2010.
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garym114
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12/25/09 09:52am |
Technology Corner
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RE: inverters/chargers
What generator do you have?
Information like that would certainly help.
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garym114
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12/25/09 07:12am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Dash Air Selector Switch ......
On the evans tempcon page I posted a link to on the first page of this thread my controls are like the second one down on the left. My engine is a gaasser and I have a vacuum pump. My pump is a cylinder shape, about two inches in diameter and 4 inches long. It is mounted with the vacuum tank which is a sphere about 4 inches in diameter. Both are up high on the front side of the firewall. It was easy to find because of all the racket it was making. It was running and wouldn't shutoff because it wasn't pulling a vacuum. The vacuum switch is built into the pump. Only one vacuum line goes to the tank. The rotary switch on the right side of the controls ports all the vacuum to the correct component so the back of that switch is where all the vacuum lines go to.
If I remember correctly the vacuum pump is the same that is in some Volvo's.
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garym114
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12/24/09 11:49pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Laptop Won’t Startup
If I remember correctly the FN key(function) and F4 at the same time toggle the display. Try that, just once, give it some time.
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garym114
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12/24/09 08:12pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Dash Air Selector Switch ......
Evans Tempcon did a lot of the heating/cooling systemsin MH's.
Their controls - does yours look like one of these? If so the troubleshooting guide for their equip is there.
Evans Tempcon
My system has a small vacuum pump and vacuum tank. The vacuum pump was running, just not pulling a vacuum. With all hoses disconnected I gave the pump a shot of nail gun oil in the suction. It is working fine a year later.
You should be able to hear the vacuum pump to locate it if you have one.
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garym114
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12/24/09 10:57am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Microsoft Security Essentials.. Explain?
I think MS got this one right.
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garym114
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12/24/09 09:58am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Battery went... BOOM!!!!
Any chance it was an Interstate Battery? A camping friend of mine had two of them boil out. Another camping friend, who works on RV's, advises against Interstate Deep Cycle batteries.
It's not the battery. Using a single stage charger on enclosed batteries is the problem.
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garym114
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12/24/09 09:55am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Dometic Refrig recall Question
Pull the exterior cover off and there should be a big sheet metal plate covering the burner assembly.
Or, someone could have replaced the 110v heating element with one of the correct wattage.
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garym114
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12/22/09 07:14am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Buying a DirecTv receiver on E-Bay
No, Directv will not activate the box for you.
Why are they for sale then?
Because the person selling it can't get it activated, thus it is of no use to him.
I just bought another off of eBay. Just like the others I have. They haven't been sold retail in years and they are geting harder to find. Thought it would be good to have another 'just in case'. I'll replace the hard drive like the others. That will give 105 hours of recording time instead of the 35 it comes with.
Like I said. For these receivers Directv doesn't have to get involved, just move the cards to the receiver I want to use.
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garym114
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12/20/09 01:20pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Sarasota, FL Area - Need Help Cutting Plastic
Dremel tools are good for a lot of things. Cutting a straight line is not one of them.
Lumber yard or cabnet shop.
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garym114
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12/19/09 03:59pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: PC performance myths
Depends on what you defrag with. Not the built in win app.
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garym114
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12/19/09 03:55pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: RV Winterizing Antifreeze Price Poll: $3.97
$2.00 I think. I bought about a dozen two years ago when they were getting rid of them.
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garym114
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12/19/09 03:34pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Tire Pressure
With 5100# on each front,single, the table says 90 psi
rears 9400/2 = 4700# duals - says 90 psi
........................ 90 .. 95 .. 100
275/80R22.5 S 5500 5745 5985
.................... D 5080 5305 5530
So, going by the inflation/weight table - 90 psi on all
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garym114
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12/19/09 09:59am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Buying a DirecTv receiver on E-Bay
I have two PVR receivers in the house. That is what I pay for. The third receiver is in the MH. It is a PVR receiver, same model as the ones in the house. I take the card out of the one upstairs and put it in the MH when needed and "refresh services" when I switch.
Some time in 2006 DTV switched to enable RID on all new receivers. RID - receiver identification number. For this to work it must be non RID receivers I think. They can't keep track on non RID receivers.
What I said previously about refreshing services may not work on RID receivers. Been so long I forgot what the limitations were.
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garym114
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12/18/09 05:08pm |
Technology Corner
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