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RE: OKanagan interior panel needed
What is your project on hand?
I can't really help you, but maybe you could describe a bit better what you need? The same wallpaper design, the same wood, luan, cupboard doors?
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joerg68
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02/19/23 05:52am |
Truck Campers
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RE: A happy ending?
Clicky:
https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/overloaded-ram-3500-dually-results-in-truck-camper-disaster/
https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/insurance-covers-repair-to-pavels-overloaded-and-broken-ram-3500-frame/
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joerg68
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02/08/23 06:36am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Help - jacks are draining my batteries
jack motor amperage specs
I was interested in the answer to that myself, but could not locate the info on the web. What I did find: the individual channels on the circuit board have 25A fuses
https://images.etrailer.com/static/images/pics/l/c/lc733513_2_1000.jpg
The actual current used will be a lot lower than that. Most of the time the jack motors are not under a lot of load (extending to the ground, retracting).
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joerg68
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01/21/23 02:42am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Help - jacks are draining my batteries
The jacks are not your problem.
Is this a new issue, and since when has it been happening?
How much capacity do the batteries have? I assume around 100Ah (Ampère-hours) each, so that would be around 200Ah total. Which, in theory, means that they can deliver 200 Amps of current for one hour when fully charged.
The four jack motors have 25A fuses at the Happijac circuit board.
So the maximum current they could ever draw before blowing the fuses is 4x25A = 100A. Realistically, it will be a lot less. But even at the max. 100 Amps current, your fully charged batteries would run all four jacks for *two* hours (that is a theoretical number, I am aware that you can not use all 100% of capacity). But the actual run time of the jacks is just a few minutes, and for much of that time the jack motors are under a light load, if any. So they are drawing much, much less than the max. current. Raising and lowering the camper should not make a big difference in the charge state, unless there is a problem elsewhere.
IMO:
One or both of your batteries are bad and not taking/holding a charge properly,
or some high-current user such as an absorber fridge set on 12V is continuously depleting the batteries,
or the batteries do not receive a decent charge (e.g. defective converter, or battery terminal connections or other wire connections not good. Do not forget to check the mass (negative) side, too).
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joerg68
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01/20/23 06:34am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Broken Frame on a RAM 3500
If only a device existed with which you could find out your actual vehicle and axle weights... oh, wait...
When you are running a TC on your truck it is always a good idea to have the rig weighed. Most of the stated weights are optimistic and disregard certain details. And you can make optimistic weight assumptions and calculations about your rig all you want. None of that will alter physics.
Surely the numbers on the door sticker are no hard limits. But they are there for a reason.
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joerg68
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01/03/23 01:14pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Broken Frame on a RAM 3500
How far is that motorbike behind the rear axle and how much does it weigh...?
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joerg68
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12/30/22 04:42am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Levelling blocks for camper on driveway with 2 degree grade
You say you don't have a truck.
That means the camper will be resting on the jacks, right?
Why do you need blocks? Use the jacks to level it.
However, it would make sense to put supports under the camper floor to eliminate sway as well as the side loads introduced to the jacks by being parked on a non-level surface. This will take a lot of stress out of the jack mounts.
Edited to add: of course the jacks need to rest on solid, firm ground. You can put pieces of wood underneath to distribute the load.
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joerg68
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12/23/22 01:59pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Trailer life portal down?
I have been unable to access TL for about a week now. I get this error:
https://i.imgur.com/JQ7E4Zbl.jpg
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joerg68
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09/29/22 01:28am |
Forum Posting Help and Support
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