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RE: Portland to Coast
Duty free shopping on the Anacortes Ferry is fun. If you enjoy getting good bottles and a considerable discount from LCB in Canada, off 50 and 100 dollar canadian bills for purchases. They offer a discount plus give you your change in US Dollars...quite the savings.
Going south, camp in Victoria overnight at the dock, phone the ferry to find out how to do it for free, when to show up and such.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/14/09 12:38am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Leak---But where???
I've never done it, but have heard it can be successful... start nearest to the leak and apply different colors of food coloring to the wall before you apply water, then wait for awhile to see what comes out.
Pull up the carpet and apply some white paper towels instead.
Did the leak happen when you were driving or when the unit was stopped? That can be real important. I had one once that was a wet lip between layers of caulking, and I went through a severe rainstorm at 55 MPH. I never would have known where it was until I removed all the caulking along the roof line and found the lip. It was flat and looked sealed before I removed it...but when I got there I could see the water line between the layers.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/08/09 07:32pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Leak---But where???
Water gets in on the roof, under the wall skin, down the side. Hit's the floor which the wall sits on, and it directed across the top of the floor.
If you can, clean up the roof really well, and lay a strip of Eternabond from front to back that overlaps the roof and edge enough to put in a new seal. The more you can do, the better your chances will be you stopped it.
Still, you have a wall to consider too. Windows, vent's, what's in that corner?
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Artum Snowbird
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11/08/09 06:10pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Batwing ant
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Artum Snowbird
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11/08/09 06:00pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Posts with Pics...
Sure, it's super easy. But you have to move your pictures from your computer to a server like Photo Bucket so they are always available. Then just figure out the various options.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/08/09 05:47pm |
Forum Technical Support
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RE: Dry camping and length of battery time.
But they are using the furnace aren't they? A furnace will pull down a battery in a night or less. Plus you have your fridge using some, and all the sensors too.
But if you are plugged in, your converter should keep the battery at full charge all the time unless somehow the battery charger isn't working.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/08/09 05:44pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Cold Weather Camping. 9 degrees tomorrow night.
Propane is very inexpensive and running the furnace(s) moves the air around and heats the storage area too. It's the very best option.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/08/09 12:17pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Waterheater weridness
A few options: Do you have the bypass valve still in bypass. You would get a spurt of hot water, then cold.
Do you have good flow out the HOT tap? The outlet or inlet to the tank may be restricting flow?
Your HWT high temperature sensor may be getting defective and causing the heater to cut out too soon. Use a thermometer to check the temperature and see what the manual calls for.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/08/09 10:07am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Wintering
You should have lots of air movement and have a way of continually changing the air too, especially when the air temperature warms.
Having vents cracked open is a must, and running the vents for a while every so often if you can is also good.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/08/09 09:59am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: The "non-essential must-have" items - What's on your list?
OK, the yellow thing checks your 120 volt plugs for the right polarity and more, and the black thing is the plug in adapter from 120 to whatever the blade set is for.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/06/09 10:15pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Installing Koni Shocks
Roy, I have no idea how easy it might be and I have a rack of tools too, but when you have things that rust in the weather, and a shop can put on an air wrench, or cut the nuts off in an instant with a torch it sure makes life easy.
Another thing I learned the hard way was after working like a bugger to get the nut off the bolt holding the shock in, I ended up with an eroding bolt a lot less strong than what the shop would have replaced in an instant. It's twelve miles down to the nearest shop too.
My theory is, if it's diagnostic and I can spent time tinkering or learning, then I will do it, but if it's mufflers, brakes, or shocks with nuts and bolts that rust and get cranky the shop can do it in an instant. I did two back shocks, and they were the easy ones, in about 2 1/2 hours back and forth from driveway to shop. They did the two front ones in less than 45 minutes.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/06/09 04:51pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Battery usage and Inverters
Thanks Tafische, that's about the way I see things too. It's too bad that Class C makers don't realize the need for a super quiet 500 watt miniature generator tucked in somewhere. It wouldn't even have to be electric start, but if it had an on/off switch inside, and a pull cord to get it going outside, it would just be so useful.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/06/09 03:49pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Battery usage and Inverters
OK... I think that the Sony Wega pulls 265 watts.. almost 22 amps at 12 volts.
Considering the other loads that are running in a boondocking motorhome, fridge, sensors, light or two, water pump on occasion, coffee grinder(165 watts), furnace motor
that becomes my question. Is the idea of putting the Sony onto an inverter just asking for trouble for a few hours of TV watching in an evening.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/06/09 09:33am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Battery usage and Inverters
A week or more without recharging?? How can that be? If I am pulling 30 Amps per hour... Two batteries won't last very long doing that will they?
12 volt Group 27 Deep Cells...
But how much can one expect to be able to take out in an hour before it becomes over discharging at too high a rate. I am thinking 360 watts out is 30 amps, divided by two is 15 amps per battery. What will they take? 30? 45?
thanks, Mike
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Artum Snowbird
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11/06/09 08:38am |
Tech Issues
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Battery usage and Inverters
I am seriously considering the addition of an inverter permanently wired in with a DPDT switch to separate the two systems. For the most part, it would be for watching TV for a few hours... Maybe 200 watts load. Other great uses if I can get into the microwave/convection oven and connect to just the exhaust fan. This fan sucks fumes off of the stove top. And most important, a few minute burst to power the coffee grinder, and small chargers for short times.
What's the reasonable amperage limit I can take from two Group 27 batteries for watching TV purposes and still leave enough in them to pull in the slide or run the water pump?
I am looking at a draw load of around 25 amps from the DVD and TV. and keeping this load going for a few hours... then getting it fully recharged driving the next day for a couple hundred miles.
Any reason to put in an inverter more than 600 watts?
thanks for your thoughts, Mike
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Artum Snowbird
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11/06/09 04:03am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Clicking, ticking sound from front wheel
It was quite a time ago, but for me it was the tire treads separating in the tire. New front tires fixed the problem for me.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/05/09 09:33pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Mom and Pop motor homes!!!
Triple E, made in Canada.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/05/09 04:36pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: 1992 Triple E Commander
My 2006 is rubber. I use Protect All on it... totally wonderful stuff, both the cleaner and the protector.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/04/09 11:16am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Yet Another Newbie Question: Winterizing
Another place that may, or may not need antifreeze is the city water hose connection. My instructions advise to put my pump in bypass, put the hose into the anti freeze, then push in the one way valve on the city water connection until anti freeze comes out there too.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/04/09 08:57am |
Hybrid Travel Trailers
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RE: Waxing Top Of MH
I second the ProtectAll. Great stuff.
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Artum Snowbird
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11/04/09 08:51am |
Class A Motorhomes
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