RE: when to sanitize tanks
Fresh water tank, before the beginning of the season and at the end of the season; black water tank, never; gray water tank, never; galley tank, never.
To winterize, I put RV antifreeze through each sink trap to equal about 1/2 gallon in each gray water tank. I also put 1/2 gallon in the black water tank through the toilet. I sanitize and drain the fresh water tank and put nothing in it. When I de-winterize, I put 1/2 cup of bleach into the the end of the white hose, then connect the hose to the house and fill the fresh water tank. I then drain it and refill it. That's it for me.
RE: Furnace ID Suburban
Remove the outside cover. You should be able to find a model number.
Listen carefully to see if the furnace lights for 5-6 seconds and then goes out or doesn't light at all. If it lights and goes out, that's classical flame sensor, but if it doesn't light, look at the board first, ignitor (which is probably the same device as the flame sensor) and sail switch third. Your RV dealer should be able to test the board (sometimes for free). You shouldn't have to remove the furnace to fix it.
RE: Furnace Problem
I'm thinking it's the motor as well. If the fan slows enough, it won't be able to operate the sail switch and the sail switch is one of the safety features which should turn off the flame. The AMP meter is a good idea. There should be a spike at start up and then level off. If it starts going up significantly, replace the motor.
RE: How long are you going to keep your current travel trailer?
It's a 2000 so we should be good to go for another 15 years or so. By then, maybe our camping urges will be over. Anyway, no plans to trade. We bought what we liked, like what we have and see no need to change.
RE: RV PARKING PROBLEM IN NEPTUNE N.J.
But I checked first with code enforcement, before bringing a motorhome to the house. Thus I didn't have to deal with losing face for having violated the law for three years before getting caught.
It's helpful comments like this that make some of us wonder why we came back here. I AM glad you were able to save face. That's REAL important.
My point is, the way to avoid being cited for violation of the law, is to know, and obey, the law. What is your problem with obeying the law?
I have nothing against obeying the law. In fact, I do it regularly. That has absolutely nothing to do with my comment. It was entirely directed at your attitude, not your upstanding civic demeanor. The original poster very obviously either did not know the law or chose to ignore it and his question was about what to do about it now, not what you did three years ago. I suspect your smart aleck reply did little to help him solve his current problem.
RE: RV PARKING PROBLEM IN NEPTUNE N.J.
But I checked first with code enforcement, before bringing a motorhome to the house. Thus I didn't have to deal with losing face for having violated the law for three years before getting caught.
It's helpful comments like this that make some of us wonder why we came back here. I AM glad you were able to save face. That's REAL important.
RE: traveling with items in fridge
By all means use your fridge. The bars work well to make a less than full refrigerator behave by just putting the stuff against the back wall and sliding the bars up against it. We keep staples (cokes, ketchup, mustard, etc) in ours all the time and add our other stuff the night before the trip. NO MORE ICE CHESTS (HOORAY!)
RE: GAS CAP
Each year we have to have emission test which include a gas cap check. The first year I went with a locking gas cap it failed. The guy said more locking gas caps failed than passed. He sent me to Walmart to get another cap for him to check.
As a side note, like all locks, determined thieves will still get your goods. Around here they're cutting the hose between the tank and filler or punching a hole in the tank. As a result I re-thought the whole locking gas cap thing. I decided better to make it easier than have my truck damaged.
RE: To Be Armed or Not
I just have to say that of all the gazillion gun threads that have been started, debated, abused and finally locked over the years, this has been the most civil and, in general, been attended by the most mannerly people I've seen. This has not been a testosterone driven shouting match, but rather a civil discussion of the goods and bads of private gun ownership and it's been refreshing.
RE: Need to purchase another set of TT keys. Please help.
I got the number off the lock and emailed them asking for blanks I could have cut. They said they would send me two. A week later I received two keys cut to work at no cost. They were square headed with out the plastic and the original were rounded with plastic, but they worked great.
RE: To Be Armed or Not
I think the risks of having a gun around are higher than the risk of violent crime.
dogcomestoo, even if you talk just "body count", in other words people being killed by guns in the home, your premise simply is not true. It is a well worn premise by anti-gun groups, and a lot of people buy that line, but take a look at some of President Clinton's own (anti-gun) Justice Department figures and you will find actual facts.
When you stop the "people killed" thing and look at violent acts with a gun in the home (suicide, murder and non-lethal accidental or on purpose shootings, you will be even more surprised at what you will find. This is considering all gun owners. When you consider only lawful, well trained gun owners, it skews even farther.
I appreciate your recent comment starting "I think", because reporting "the risks of having a gun around are higher than the risk of violent crime" as fact rather than your thought would just be wrong.
RE: To Be Armed or Not
So why kill and why not subdue?
That's a good question. I think the problem lies in the nature if violent crime. When someone comes bursting into your camper at 2 AM or grabs you on a hiking trail, you don't know their intentions. I suspect most people would hand over their wallets and let someone go if we didn't feel threatened along with abused.
The problem is that we don't know where this threat is going. Maybe they're going to run away. Maybe they're going to tie us up. Maybe they're going to beat us. Maybe worse. So, even if we could trust the bad person to answer truthfully, it's not a condition conducive to asking their intentions.
We must defend against "maybe worse" and I, for one, don't think a paint ball gun or BB gun is a good defense against a person bent on doing us great bodily harm or killing us. I think whatever I do must be sufficient to insure that he won't jump up and attack again. No amount of subduing will accomplish that. This person chose a risky profession and this time the risk didn't pan out.
Of course there is the "now he won't do that to anyone else" mentality and the "he was scum" mentality, but I think they're a little self righteous and a lot vigilante. The unfortunate fact of life is that if someone comes at you in a violent way, your best defense is to understand they mean you harm. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to make sure that someone gets the worst end of the deal and there is just one sure way to do that.
RE: To Be Armed or Not
What I posted was a FACT, not an opinion. They do keep records of hand gun deaths, you know. And, again, the "someone" killed by your handgun is MUCH more likely to be someone you love or like killed accidentally than someone you kill defending yourself (or your family, home, RV etc...)
dogcomestoo, I assume (I know, but I can think of no other study regarding this) that you are talking about the famous 43:1 research Dr. Michael Kellerman did in a drug infested area of Seattle in 1986. If so, although anti-gunners still like to quote it, so many holes have been poked in just about facet of this study (body count, area surveyed, methodology, size of survey, etc) that is is only referred to by researchers as an example of how not to run a study.
People tragically die from guns in the home, but the premise that more people are killed accidentally by guns in the home than violent crimes are prevented is simply not even close to being true.
RE: Rancho shock problem
Rancho told me about a local dealer when I had a problem with a shock. I called the dealer and they had the parts in stock. I went to pick it up and they wouldn't charge me for it. The shock was an 8 year old RS9000 and the top nut came loose causing the boot, bushing, washers and nut to be lost. It was all replaced free of charge. Maybe they can point you ro a dealer since time is important.
Rancho and 4 Wheel Parts are #1 companies in my book.
RE: 16 oz Propane Fuel Bottle - full - can't use
I agree with the "shoot it" idea. Just upend a concrete block, build a small fire around it, set the canister on the end of the concrete block, run in the house and tell the DW to start the video, shoot it through the open bathroom window and finally, post the video on here for us to enjoy.
The other option (of course) is to stick a small nail in the end and whack it with a hammer to see how far it flies. Again, videos are imperative.
RE: Propane operated fridges
If you have a defroster switch in your freezer door jamb, you will want to cut that off as well. You're fine on propane, but I doubt you'll make it on battery power without backups.
RE: Well, everybody's got to make a little profit!
As an investor in ExxonMobile I wish those $11 billion were net profit. Their profit margin is way too low!
Haven't we talked about this about a dozen times before?
