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RE: Hot water heater troubles.
Bad control board.
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garyemunson
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07/05/20 06:24am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Large camper with single AC
The A/Cs are much more efficient now. 2 Will run just fine on 30 amps if you switch the fridge and water heater to gas for the hot part of the day and shut one off if you need to run the microwave. Quite doable if you want to stay comfortable. Put #2 on. You won't regret it!
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garyemunson
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07/05/20 06:22am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Disappointing test drive
X2 on what Doug said. F53 chassis drive best when toe in is set to the max value of .14+. This will result in faster wear on the outer edges of the front tires but almost all of us replace tire due to age, not wear. My 36Y Vista goes down the road like an arrow. As Doxiemom says, the CHP is also a help. Still doable on F53 chassis.
The new V8 chassis comes with much bigger sway bars and would not need it.
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garyemunson
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07/02/20 04:34pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: New E450 Chassis
And, in the E350/450 chassis, you didn't even get the 3 valve V10, just the lower powered 2 valve head engine.
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garyemunson
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07/02/20 06:17am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: DESPERATE NEWBIE
Using a generator or running the rig's engine for power can get really costly fast. You will learn how cheap electricity from the power company is, relatively speaking. USAFBILL had the best solution. If you have no access to power, do you even have access to water and sewer dump facilities?
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garyemunson
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07/02/20 06:13am |
Class C Motorhomes
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Furrion A/Cs?
Has anyone installed (or bought a unit with) a Furrion A/C? They are supposed to be a somewhat different design. More efficient and quiet. Curious where they are made and how good they are. The A/Cs that have been put on RVs for decades haven't updated much in a long time.
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garyemunson
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07/01/20 01:43pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Water Heater Help
Had a bad control broad once, too. Fixed my whole life by replacing her.
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garyemunson
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06/29/20 06:54pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Which Code Reader to Buy ?
Our previous motorhome was on a Workhorse chassis and would on occasion pull that stunt. Spent hours checking harness connections to no avail. Did notice it would happen more often (not always) when engaging or disengaging cruise. Turning it off and back on always cleared it. Don't remember the codes. Do remember they seemed unrelated to reduced power and were different each time. Our current Ford chassis rig has behaved much better.
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garyemunson
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06/28/20 03:18pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Opinion: 1986 Pace Arrow 27FT Motorhome Chevy Chassis
An 86 is really old. Expect anything and everything to need frequent repair/replacement. There is a LOT of stuff on an RV that just "ages out" regardless of how few miles it has been driven. A lot of mechanical parts that will be difficult/time consuming to locate. Example: 25 year old Ford motorhome chassis need shifter cables made special as neither Ford (nor anyone else) still sells them. A nuisance a Ford owner can overcome but you sit immobile while the replacement is fabricated and shipped to you. Having an RV that old is doable if you are a DIY type person. If you have to rely on others to fix stuff it will quickly become a money pit and far less cost effective than a newer model RV. It's appearance will likely keep you out of a lot of RV parks (you'll become familiar with the "10 year rule"). Most 86 RVs of any type are about ready to become cheap fixed trailer park accommodations. Are there exceptions? Yes. But good luck finding one of those.
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garyemunson
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06/28/20 05:29am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Replacing toilet in 2005 E450 Fleetwood 26Q
A porcelain toilet is the ONLY way to go!
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garyemunson
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06/28/20 05:24am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Noisy Refrigerator
Is this fridge in a slide? Sounds like a cooling fan in the outside compartment is bad. To see the fan you have to get on a ladder and look down into the top vent.
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garyemunson
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06/27/20 08:36pm |
Tech Issues
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Mounting satellite dish
I have a Windgard Playmaker dish and got the mounting kit that includes the 4 "feet" that have two holes in each. Was expecting to find a steel brace in the area of the roof when the dish needs to go but my magnet only revealed them further back where the TV antenna and/or A/C would be too close. How have the rest of you done this? Are the 8 small screws they provide along with copious application of 311 sufficient to secure the dish? Sure was hoping to find something solid to secure it to. Putting a small solar panel on the roof I'd found our 2015 Winnebago's fiberglass (and wood?) roof structure very easy to overtighten and strip.
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garyemunson
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06/24/20 10:24am |
Tech Issues
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RE: New Ford Chassis
The Ford F53 page mentions this as optional:
Driver Assist Technology: Automatic Emergency Braking, Distance Alert/Distance Indication, Post-collision Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure Warning, Driver Alert System and Auto-High Beam Control
I'd pay for that!!
GM sold their medium truck operation to Workhorse in the 90's. Workhorse seems to be struggling today.
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garyemunson
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06/22/20 08:04pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Forest river slide
Assuming it is a Schwintec/Lippert slide system, there is a little control box somewhere, usually on the "ceiling" of an outside storage bin close to the slide.
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garyemunson
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06/22/20 05:21am |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Traveling partner
Craigslist has a rideshare section. Whether you'd survive the trip would be another consideration. Like Bucky said above, better check site availability. Our go-to "spur of the moment" campgrounds are all crazy booked. I do my own maintenance but I have friends who utilize dealers and they have been getting cold-calls from them asking if they want to sell their clean, late model RV as there is apparently a shortage as more people see RVing as the only safe way to travel at the moment.
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garyemunson
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06/22/20 05:13am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: This one needs a little work
Somebody was watching too much "Breaking Bad".
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garyemunson
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06/22/20 05:11am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Remote Fridge Cutoff Switch
I haven't but would be a good idea!
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garyemunson
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06/22/20 05:11am |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: AC Vent Blowing Out Bits of Foam
Send me a PM and I'll email you the manuals for the 2 most common RV dash A/C units. Might help you figure what's happening.
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garyemunson
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06/20/20 08:15pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Recommend rail-mounted propane grill?
Is there a danger of damaging the side of the RV from the grill's heat?
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garyemunson
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06/20/20 08:06pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Ac question
As new as it is, I would bet you could run one A/C. The new ones use a lot less power and come with "soft starts" from the factory. This is a good item to have in your toolbox to track electric draw on lots of stuff, not just RV related. Check while everything is running and add up the values and compare with your power supply's capacity (pick the weakest link, in your case the 15 Amp adapter). You do need to have them clamped around a single conductor, though, not the whole cord. Building a real short extension cord with individual wires makes that easy.
https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Multimeter-MSR-C600-Auto-Ranging-Multimeters/dp/B00NWGZ4XC/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=amp+probe&qid=1592704516&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExUlU1TEVaVjBWQVYxJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODk5MzI4MzRKNTNDUDc0RDQwNiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTI5NDUzV0lYMERDT0NEVUJKJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
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garyemunson
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06/20/20 08:00pm |
Travel Trailers
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