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RE: 6v batteries from Costco (or somewhere else)
X2 on the DURACELL 6V GC2 batteries. I just got four of them from local BATTERIES PLUS BULBS store for around $85 each. This was the SLIGC110 model which are 215AH Deep Cycle Golf Cart Batteries... I was able to give them 12VDC battery cases for the core charges...
The other good deal thing here is you don't have to belong to any store like COSTCO or SAM's CLUB...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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06/19/18 12:11pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Charging 50A 5er with Generator 30A Receptacle
You should be able to find a 30A-50A long Adapter from WALMART but can also be ordered from AMAZON.
This is a diagram what you need to pickup. The 30A side has MALE connectors and the 50A side has FEMALE connectors.
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You can see in the diagram that the two hots are tied together so the 30A SERVICE will feed both of your 50A legs in your trailer.
Here is another diagram showing this example.
https://i.imgur.com/QJCDaYi.jpg height=300
As stated above you will have to watch which high wattage appliances are being used at the same time as you only have a total of 30AMPS to use from the generator. If you try to use both air conditioners at same time it will trip the 30A GENERATOR BREAKER.
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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06/16/18 07:17pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: VIDEO: Installing Ditch Flood Lights - No More Dark Roads
Camper Jeff - I was always doing things like this back in my Jeeps days and always had to pay the price of ripping things off the jeep so it could pass DOT safety Inspections..
On on my off-road POPUP trailer... I ran into problems mounting my own version back-up lights. was not DOT approved and I had to remove them to pass inspection... I think the main reason on the back-up lights is they are required to only come on when you place the tow vehicle in reverse... A separate ON-OFF switch not allowed... Of course these lights did not have aDOT approved lens on them either...
I think you can mount almost anything to the sides of the road vehicles but not sure if that is good in every state.... My 5thwheel has the two large 8-inch scare lights mounted on the side at the roof height and no one has said anything about them at the State inspection Station not being approved lights...
Just bringing it up hehe...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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06/10/18 11:37am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Latest WIN 10 Update
I have been ignoring the cloud ever since I have heard about it hehe... Sounds like I better get started to using it... I'm probably using the cloud and don't even know about it...
For some reason I just feel better having my backup files on my own hard drive here in my hands... Who knows who is viewing my files when in the cloud...
I remember way back when in the early 1960s WINDOW days MS was sending everybody's files to a place in Australia for whatever reasons...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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06/09/18 11:19am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Confirming electrical set up
The rest of us are seeing the pictures, so perhaps you need to check the Settings on whatever device you're using on RV.net
j-d Did my photos show up OK. Haven't been on the RV NET much of late... Maybe you was referring to something else...
I am using free IGMUR to post my photos...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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06/09/18 10:51am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Confirming electrical set up
Show these drawings to your electrician... He will understand it... I would also hope he is a licensed guy with Insurance. If he ends throwing 240V at you in the wrong spot and burns up a bunch of things then his insurance will pay for it. If it is your friend or father-in-law etc... guess who gets to pay for it...
Typical camp ground Pedestal hookup
https://i.imgur.com/NgktbLl.jpg height=400
What to measure using the multimeter for RV 50AMP Circuit
https://i.imgur.com/9WRy4YT.jpg height=400
What to measure using the multimeter for RV 15/20A and 30A Circuit
https://i.imgur.com/nczS41N.jpg height=400
Are you sure you only need the 30A service? Check your shore power cable connector to see if will plug into the sockets shown here for 30A system setup... For some reason I have always thought the motorhomes were mostly 50A Service requirement...
Typical Service Pedestal at camp ground
https://i.imgur.com/Zugn85W.jpg height=400
All photos google images
Also check with your surge protector setup if you have one. Some have that built-in to their house setup. I don't use one on my simple off-road setup but have read this may not fit well into your house pedestal setup...
Don't let your Electical friend install anything based from 'his house wiring' experience. This is for RV's and there is a slight difference.
NOTE: DO NOT PLUG IN YOUR RV SHORE POWER CABLE until you read exactly what is shown using the multimeter chart readings. It can get expensive in a instant.
Read up on it on-line... Lots of stories...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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06/09/18 06:52am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Has Photobucket released your photos held hostage last year?
I got a message from Photobucket last week that my FREE account was unblocked and then they listed their new sign-up deal. I looked on their site and saw I had all the same photos on my Hard Drive they had of mine. Then I deleted my FREE Photobucket Account and sent their email to the Junk E-Mail folder I have here...
I am quite happy with the IMGUR free posting site at this point...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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06/07/18 11:52am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Where to go in September, maybe October
For us Tent Trailer guys late SEP/OCT is perfect time for us to head down to Myrtle Beach SC and visit family and then come back up through Gatlinburg-Smoky Mountains TN to catch some outstanding fall foliage... Kids are heading back to school and you have the shopping streets all to your self...
Good way to spend two or three weeks... The most time we spend on the road is usually 5-6 hours between stops. We are definitely not into the RV Travel mode... Color us RV Campers not RV Travelers hehe...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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06/01/18 07:04am |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
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RE: Venting for Battery adequate?
The problem I see is your 5th wheel bedroom is directly above your installed battery compartment - At least that is the way mine is... Probably not the best of circumstances haha...
Even LOWES has the vent tubes with hose assemblies... I'd try to rig up some positive venting...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/31/18 03:51pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: coffee 'Therma Carafe'
We have good luck with the CUISINART Grind and Brew Thermal 10-CUP Coffee maker. I am using the DGB-650BC model...
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This works great in our OFF-ROAD camping as it only needs 120VAC for the around 5-minutes for the GRIND and BREW operation and then it pours up the fresh made coffee into a thermos Cafafe.
This fits into our normal off-grid camping scheme just fine by running all the things we want to run directly off our batteries or from a Power Inverter. It is planned to run down our battery battery bank to its 50% charge state by the next morning and this is when we connect up our 2KW Generator when allowed to our POPUP converter setup to recharge the battery bank back up to its 90% charge state with a three hour generator run time. During this this three hour run time we get to make our coffee for the day and like stated above this only needs the generator for about five minutes to grind and brew our coffee...
Since the whole world has gone to K-CUPs now it seems I probably should look into some of that for making our coffee but for the present time using same band name bottled water we bring with us we get to enjoy our fresh Ground Bean Coffee taste every day...
Definitely keeps our coffee hot all day long...
Probably one of the downsides to the CUISINART type coffee makers is the cleanup before making fresh coffee again... ALot of components needs rinsed off it seems...
We have been using the Cuisinart Coffee makers for several years now for both camping and in the house...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/24/18 09:38am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Replacing tail light
Just be aware the TAIL LIGHTS fixtures are required to be DOT TYPE APPROVED.
These are safety lights and need to be approved by DOT and be sure they have the DOT ID NUMBERS stamped into the lens...
If the tail light is not DOT TYPE APPROVED then it may become an issue during SAFETY INSPECTION time...
We ran into this all the time back in my early JEEP DAYS when we all changed out safety lights alot from running off-road and getting them damaged...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/23/18 05:00pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Amber lens cover for 2003 E450 Ford Fourwinds
Just keep in mind these SAFETY LIGHTS lens are required by DOT and must show the APPROVAL DOT Stamp on the lens. If the DOT statement is not present you may not be able to pass your safety inspection...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/22/18 04:30pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: COFFEE POT ?
My Cuisinart grind and brew coffee maker is only drawing power for about five minutes then it pours up into a thermos carafe that keeps the coffee hot for a pretty long period of time...
We camp alot off grid using the batteries so having a short time using power is important for us....
I have never looked into those K-CUPS coffee makers but they sure are popular in the various stores like WALMART... Since we have our favorite fresh ground bean coffee taste I guess we could grind our coffee beans using the MR COFFEE grinder and get to use the K-CUPs for almost instant coffee when we want it...
Probably should look into those since they seem to every where you look in the various stores.
My Cuisinart Grind and Brew Coffee maker does just fine for us camping off grid like we do...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/19/18 03:43pm |
Family Camping
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RE: TV bracket outside
Every TV SET I have ever seen has a standard four holes arrangement on the back of them.
You should be able to go to WALMART or any big store and find something that might help you come up with a wall mount that will work for you. There are many versions available all using the standard four hole mounting scheme...
This is a typical HDTV swivel wall mount using the four screw pattern on the rear wall mounting scheme...
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Also note that depending on the age of your HDTV SET it may not be compatible anymore with the HDTV digital TV signals that is being transmitted over the airways these days. Even some cable hookups at the camp ground cable connections are now converted over to the somewhat new digital TV format... You might want to make sure your present TV set is working first with the available HDTV signals as you may want to purchase a new HDTV for your trailer that may require a different mounting scheme to work for you...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/17/18 04:47am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: cant find part needed
Good point what BUD says... These are regulated by DOT as safety lights and MUST be approved type lens which have a DOT NUMBER stamped on them. If you search AMAZON for the stamped-on DOT number you should find exact lens right away...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/14/18 01:17pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Ten Years On RV.NET - 2501 Posts
WOW - I joined RV NET in Apr 2008. Time does fly when you are having fun...
I think the RV NET was the first RV forum I joined... I also joined Jayco Owners, POPUPPORTAL, and Starcraft Owners...
I actually hangout on POPUPPORTAL most of the time as it is very big with POPUPS and actual RV CAMPING more so than RV TRAVELING.
I very seldom get more than a couple of hundred miles away from home anymore...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/13/18 02:03pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Home Security - what we did
Having not checked into something like this but my first question is what can the POLICE/FIRE DEPT do for you if no one is at the home...
With SimpliSafe, and ADT for that matter, the police/fire dispatch is done by a person at the company dispatch center. They will also contact me via my cell phone. The police will check the house for signs of a break in and take the appropriate action.
Thanks for the information... I figured it had to be something like that...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/13/18 10:16am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Home Security - what we did
Having not checked into something like this but my first question is what can the POLICE/FIRE DEPT do for you if no one is at the home...
They probably can't go stomping into a house without permission as well...
I know recently the house across from us had a fire started up for some reason behind the house. I called the Fire Department and reported the back yard/woods fire which they responded and put out the small fire that was in the woods/back yard.
There was a large pipe coming out of the house with lots of smoke in it like maybe an heater exhaust that caught our eyes etc...
No one was here that owned the house and no one had any contact telephone numbers so the Fire Dept and the Local Police that also showed up would not knock down the door of the house to check on possible fire condition inside the house... They said the only way they would go inside was if they confirmed there was a fire in the house.
If the Fire/Police does break into the house to check on things who secures the house after they leave if no one is at home. Now it is setting there with a busted window on the back door haha
They did secure the outside area and got the woods fire put out... Everybody left the scene... It was a few days later when the owner got back asking questions as to what happened haha...
I guess these remote devices have to be registered with the local departments with some sort of written paperwork on what can be done when no one is around the property???
I know when I call 911 they have a bunch of questions to ask me... If a machine calls 911 wonder how that works hehe...
This all probably works just fine - I am just in the dark on how it works...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/13/18 08:48am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Replace A/C gasket as preventive maintenance?
My last few years before retirement I was on I59 between Gadsden and Fort Payne ALA a couple times a month pulling my POPUP over the buckling concrete slabs. There was no escape haha... The best spot to run was the hard shoulder but you had to fight the truck traffic for the space...
I could not go faster than 45 MPH between Gadsden and Fort Payne pulling my OFF-ROAD POPUP as my trailer was always bumping up and down for miles on end. The truckers would be running the hard shoulder and passing me. This scared the **** out of me being passed on the right by the big trucks running the hard shoulders...
After two or three of these runs I noticed my air conditioner was dripping water inside the POPUP when being used... This was first time I had inspected the four bolts holding down the roof mounted air conditioner. I was shocked how loose all of that got. I literally almost lost my air conditioner from being so loose on the roof.
After seeing this a close inspection was performed after every trip up and down I59 in North Alabama.
I did replace my 14-inch square gasket after noticing the compression on one side looked different from the compression on the other side...
Been awhile since I have been down I59 and hopefully all of that got corrected.
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/13/18 04:14am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Time to scale back- which tents to get rid of?
I am down to one good tent now which is a JEEP BRAND Family Dome Tent 15x12...
https://i.imgur.com/3pgm7bHh.jpg height=400
Then I throw up large WALMART Tarp over the top of the tent which makes me a nice awning for the front and angles down in the back to the ground to make a good spot to store firewood... The entrance doors to this tent is on the side flaps so having an awning there is good too...
This has one long room across the front and then the two same size smaller rooms in the back. We have two of these TENT beds with air mattress filling out one whole back room. The other back room is our catch all room... The front long room is perfect for setting up camp with great view out the front and side windows...
Two of these air mattress tent beds tied together just fits in one of the back rooms of the 15x12 Dome tent.
https://i.imgur.com/z7FZbvKh.jpg height=300
We have all of the comforts from home with my 12VDC Battery Bank in the back of the truck bed... This includes a 600WATT PURE SINE WAVE Power Inverter to give us all the 120VAC we need in the tent for fans and HDTV etc... we heat with a MR BUDDY propane heater...
I got mine from AMAZON back in 2009 I think it was... Haven't seen it listed of late so must be discontinued from AMAZON... They are still available I bet... Mine cost $100 back then...
We have several great tent camping places around here in Northern Neck Virginia and up on the Blue Ridge Parkway... Tent camping remains popular around here... Our favorite place is Sherando Lake just a some three hours away from here where I64 crosses over the start of the Blue Ridge Parkway...
This is the only picture I can come up with showing another three room tent we had earlier...
https://i.imgur.com/udysqEWh.jpg height=400
Roy's image
Seems like once a tent camper always a tent camper hehe...
Roy Ken
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RoyB
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05/12/18 07:05pm |
Tent Camping
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