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RE: LED Strip Light Warning
Are you going to give us a link to the lights you used? :)
and how did you do it? :B
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beemerphile1
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06/18/13 05:49am |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: cpap and drycamping
Your RV probably has a battery, use it. Might need a small inverter but many CPAPs can operate from battery.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 01:45pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: RV tv/gps theft
When you took it in there you probably signed a disclaimer absolving them from responsibility. Common business practice.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 01:43pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Winterization: wet or dry?
I drain, blow, and then pump antifreeze. Do it right and one gallon or less is enough. The $4 - $5 for the antifreeze is cheap insurance.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 01:39pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Dumb question alert. Can I use 15 amp power?
...But at a campground, I highly doubt you are getting anywhere near 13 amps, especially a campground still using 15, it's likely old equipment.
I tried running mine at a campground that only had 15 amp, had every single other electrical item off in the trailer and it started up, but it was humming really low, like it was struggling for every ounce of energy. Turned it off and went back to the old classic stand up fan...
If someone has the specs on their A/C unit like you do, and use the right equipment, like you are, they may get away with it. But a newbie going out on their first trip, I don't suggest it.
Your issue was probably voltage, not amperage.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 01:36pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Fridge issue on propane
I doubt it has anything to do with level. Probably coincidence.
Clean the burner and chimney.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 01:32pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Good Sam logo download?
Hello beemerphile1,
Thank you for your post. Your state directors have access to the logos that you are are allowed to use. PM me with the state your in and I will make sure your State Director gets in touch with you about this.
Wes Robinson
Marcus' Rapid Response Team
goodsamcs@goodsamfamily.com
Thanks Wes, I know how to contact the director on my own. I thought I could find it for myself since he is a real busy guy.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 01:29pm |
Good Sam Club
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RE: Life Member Logo?
Log out and log back in.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 01:27pm |
Good Sam Club
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RE: Lights that do not work
...what am I missing? Could I have a short that is not blowing a fuse...
No, a short will always burn a fuse if there is one.
You caused a short when you grounded a live wire.
Now you have an open circuit. Keep looking, you either burned a fuse, a wire, or a connector.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 10:35am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Dual-15-adapter-generator
This topic comes up fairly often. The adapter hasn't been available for a couple of years now.
I think this is what the question is about;
http://i.pgcdn.com/pi/74/24/11/742411429_640.jpg
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 10:26am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Merger of GS CW makes Rally an infomercial
I've never been to the "Rally" but I am not surprised about the infomercial comment. Good Sam by whatever name has always been part of a for profit company. The club was started by an RV magazine as a way for readers to identify each other on the road. Sort of like an RV.net T-shirt or sticker.
To be fair to Good Sam it is not their fault that it is an old farts organization. Demographics are changing, younger people aren't camping much. I belong to a large motorcycle club and it is almost exclusively blue hairs also.
Good Sam is trying to bring in younger people. At our state meetings and with our regional representative it is often stressed that we need to attract younger members.
I suggest that anyone disappointed in the "Rally" attend your state Samboree. Our Ohio Samborees are held three times a year. We are a totally volunteer organization and the Samborees are operated as a benefit to the attendees, not as a sales tool. Also get involved in a local chapter. The real club is out there, it just sometimes gets lost under the commercial banner of Good Sam.
At our chapter campout this past weekend I met a young couple with two children. They asked about our group (33 people this trip) and said it looked like we really had fun together. I told them we are a local Good Sam chapter. They responded that they had just joined Good Sam. They really expressed a lot of interest in joining us until they asked the dreaded question. "How many families with children are in your chapter?" I had to be honest and tell them that sometimes our grandchildren camp with us but there are no young families in our chapter. They totally lost interest at that point and anything else I said fell on deaf ears.
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beemerphile1
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06/17/13 06:02am |
Good Sam Club
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RE: Camp reccliner
I don't know of any that will fill the light weight qualification. Every one I have seen is heavy, bulky, hard to handle and store.
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beemerphile1
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06/16/13 09:34pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: WALMART RV Parking
...IMO, westernrv doesn't show his locations out of pure (and probably justified) paranoia...
I disagree. If western does own an RV park, and gave its name/location, he would be immediately kicked off the forum.
As a private individual he can post here the same as you or I. As a business he would be in violation of forum rules. I'm sure he would love free advertisement, but it wouldn't last long.
I would also consider someone that operates a boondocker couch surfing type organization to be teetering on the edge of violating forum rules. I don't know if shunpiker really makes much money. She does sell RV travel guide ebooks and operate a couch surfing type organization (with a membership fee) but it seems to be more an extension of a hobby rather than full fledged business. Nevertheless it is a business.
You may not use the Open Roads Forum to either advertise or promote commercial endeavors. This includes direct posts, member name, URLS in your profile or signature, as well as, active links to other sites on the Internet.
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beemerphile1
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06/16/13 09:29pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Great Smokey Mountains Trip
Absolutely no one goes to the Smokys anymore. Its just too crowded.
:B :B
Sounds like something Yogi Berra would say! :B
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beemerphile1
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06/16/13 05:26pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Blocking Access To Gas Stations
...Everybody was yelling at this idiot. He could care less. People with trailers were circling the pumps trying to get fuel. What kind of an idiot does this?
On the other hand, maybe he couldn't care less. Entirely different meaning than what you said.
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beemerphile1
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06/16/13 05:15pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: WALMART RV Parking
Actually, when I see people staying at Walmart, I just think they are not my customers.
Anyone besides me wondering why a (successful) RV park owner who doesn't think we are his/her customers is hanging around this particular forum?
Why are you hanging around a beginning RV forum? You live on the road for extended periods, operate your own websites, you have a blog, you sell books on how to avoid camping fees, and you advocate camping for free. You brag that you traveled for an entire 12 months but only spent $115.50 in camping fees. You certainly are NOT a beginning RVer.
In my honest opinion you are only on here to take advantage of this free forum to do research for some idea you have.
I do overnight at Walmart when on the road. I will NOT go hunting for a campground off the main road to spend $10. Westernrvparkowner is correct, the Walmart overnighters wouldn't be patronizing him at any price.
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beemerphile1
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06/16/13 05:04pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Rewiring battery bank to charger/inverter, couple of ?'s
I'm a little confused. You said "if I do put in an inverter" but in the original post you said you have a charger/inverter. Do you currently have an inverter or a converter? You need larger wire if you have an inverter/charger.
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beemerphile1
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06/14/13 10:53am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Ideas for spacers
Cheapest idea I can offer is going to Walmart and buying a cheap 3/8" thick cutting board and trimming to size.
My thoughts also. I've done mods using the white plastic/nylon? cutting boards.
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beemerphile1
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06/14/13 10:37am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Syracuse Rally Messed Up
Be glad they are parking at the mall. I was at a non-Good Sam festival several years ago. Everyone had to be hauled out by tractors on Sunday.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/4024513846_ce238e386b.jpg width=640
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beemerphile1
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06/14/13 09:15am |
Good Sam Club
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RE: Do Hosts Do This?
A little loss of sleep is a very small price to pay for the courtesy the host did for you. I would be pleased to know that someone cared.
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beemerphile1
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06/14/13 05:43am |
General RVing Issues
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