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RE: Help! No power from house battery!
I just love having the right answer once in a while.
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Bordercollie
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05/24/12 07:11pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Help! No power from house battery!
Look for a black plastic thing with a reset button near your house battery. There has got to be a break between your house battery and the 12 volt circuits that feed all of your 12 volt stuff.
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Bordercollie
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05/24/12 09:15am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Converter failing... I wonder
If you were parked in an RV Park, the "shore" power may have gone out and come back on a few times. Your 12 volt stuff should have continued to work if your house battery switch was on, and battery was charged. Make sure that the two heavy guage wires from converter to battery are securely connected, there is a connector block with allen head set screws that clamp down on wires to the battery.
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Bordercollie
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05/23/12 10:26am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Driving in Big Cities
Use a GPS and try to plan ahead for freeway lane changes as needed for transitions and off ramps. If not safe to change lanes, DON'T, even if you have to miss your off ramp and back-track. You have a bad blind spot with one or more idiots on bikes or in small cars on your right rear bumper . On city streets and side streets, watch for trucks, other RV's and vans with side mirrors sticking out. It's easy and expensive to tangle mirrors. Take turns down residential strees wide enough not to drive over curbs. On residential streets slow down or stop to let the lady in the SUV by, they often try to drive down the center of the street regardless. What a relief to get back on the open road! As mentioned above, watch for overhanging trees and get out and look around before backing up.
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Bordercollie
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05/23/12 10:19am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Helpful vendors or scam artists?
Many years ago we were driving cross country,a young gullible family in our brand new Pontiac Grand Prix. While I was in the john, at a gas station in St.George Utah, somebody with an ice pick did his thing on all four tires some how making "bubbles" on all four tires. They made us a "deal" on four Firestone tires. Saw this demonstrated on an NBC expose' TV program years later. Don't leave your vehicle unattended or let somebody fiddle with things under the hood unless you are watching.
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Bordercollie
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05/21/12 08:54am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Valve Stem Extenders Richmond VA rea
Don't use extenders on OEM rubber valve stems, they can unscrew/leak causing tire failure. Call more truck tire tire shops and truck dealers to find one that is familar with and can install Tireman or Borg ( or equivalent) solid brass or steel valve stems, custom formed to fit your wheels/beauty disks. It's worth it in safety and convenience.
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Bordercollie
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05/20/12 11:33am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Sure miss my Motor Home Wife sold it?????
To get away with that my wife would have to 30 years younger than me and better at something else than selling my property
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:S:B
Something about starting HDs?
Or a novel way of removing chrome plating from a trailer hitch?
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Bordercollie
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05/15/12 03:19pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Propane lines destroyed
That bumping you heard/felt was probably the tread separating from the tire, before the blow-out and steel belt started flailing the wiring, holding tanks and propane lines. It happened that way with our first well-used class C with nice looking old tires, we were young , "poor" and didn't know any better. When you have new tires installed, have your front brake flex lines checked. If old, the can rupture inside and grab hard throwing you into a hard left or right turn when you apply brakes. Have your brakes checked and have brake fluid flushed and replaced every couple of years to prevent brake fade on grades.
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Bordercollie
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05/15/12 02:50pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Water leak underneath rv
All low drain valves must be closed completely, they are often hard to reach and stiff to open and close. If any are open partly open your water pump will keep running or cycle on and off.
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Bordercollie
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05/14/12 10:37am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: RV industry (still) not catching up on quality issues
Agree about rushed slap dab factory workmanship on houseboxes and appliance installations and OEM's expecting dealer service departments to take up the slack. If dealers can keep up with fixing factory goofs quickly and in a satisfactory manner, new owner can be reasonably happy. Simply stapling flimsy thin ply walls to 1x1 wood frames with no glue or screws is not acceptable.That said, I am supposed to pay $30K+ for a mass produced "econobox" lookalike car that does not even compare to the complexity and contents of an entry level RV selling for only $60K. We are in a world-wide economic slump but car and RV prices keep going up, while quality stays the same or declines.
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Bordercollie
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05/11/12 12:25pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Sure miss my Motor Home Wife sold it?????
You have a lot of/too many vehicles to maintain and keep up registration and insurance. You may be a hoarder. My wife want's me to sell my '48 Indian Chief M/C and doesn't want me to buy something safer and smaller to ride. She, who must be obeyed, eventually, says I can keep the Honda Trail 90 though.
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Bordercollie
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05/11/12 10:46am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Tail lights and running lights not working
I was thinking of a light circuit ground bus or busses that may be attached to the chassis separate from to the house-battery to ground connection.
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Bordercollie
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05/10/12 12:03pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Tail lights and running lights not working
Sounds as if a chassis ground connection may be loose, bad or disconnected. Fleetwood may be able to furnish a wiring diagram and/or advice.
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Bordercollie
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05/09/12 09:49pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: First class C should I increase our budget?
You can find a 2-6 year old with the length, floor plan and features you want/need for realatively cheap but you must learn what, you want, what to look for, and what to avoid. New looking tires that are 6 years old or more are unsafe and should be replaced ($1400). Generators cost $300 to remove and trouble shoot, $800+ for overhaul. Roof A/C cooling unit replacements are $1000, fridge repairs/ replacments $800-$1400, furnace repairs $300, and so on. Get estimates for any "fixes" needed on a used rig, get any dealer promises on fixes in writing on the contact, parts and labor. Ford V-10 engines and drive trains are mostly the same. Have engine cooling and brake system checked and fluids replaced. Your goal should be to have a rig that is safe to drive, and fun to live in, fully ready for cross-country travel. Set some money aside in a bank account for repairs and upgrades when and if needed. Practice camping locally before that first big trip to identify any fixes needed. Spend time reading similar newbie advice requested threads on this forum.
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Bordercollie
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05/08/12 10:47am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: DRIVING ME NUTS!
Here's a website for locating R-Vision/Trail Lite Dealers. Contact a Class C dealer and ask your questions. Odd that owners have no direct access to Trail Lite for support, etc.
http://www.traillitervsearch.com/index.cfm/
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Bordercollie
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05/07/12 08:56am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: so what rv has the better construction
If you are willing and able to pay $10-20K more to get the best housebox, Lazy Daze and a few others may be your best choice. Buying the best can be a benefit when you decide to sell an LD, etc. We bought a Fleetwood Tioga 26Q new for $52K cash, in 2004. Had some hassles getting post-delivery fixes done quickly and properly by the volume dealer, but after that, have had no serious problems from factory materials or workmanship. Poke around looking in drawers and cabinets, closets, bathrooms, to get an impression of build quality and proper use of glues and fasteners. Most RV's are built quickly to a price with minumum QC and dependence on dealers to fix manufacturing mistakes.
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Bordercollie
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05/06/12 09:13am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Need replacement parts -- new rv owner
There may be a mobile RV repair guy in your area who can order a new frige and fix the rangetop/stove for you. It is possible to have the cooling unit part of the fridge replaced to save a little money. The roof A/C unit can be replaced or just the roof cooling unit part replaced when and if you need it. Most RV's have seat belts for four adult passengers in the dinette and maybe another in a swivel chair, plus the driver and passenger seat occupant. Leave two with granny (?). Our kids grew up touring in our van campers with no seat belts before DOT regulations and seat belt laws.
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Bordercollie
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05/05/12 06:48pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Smoked The Converter
Don't try to run the generator to test anything. After you have the converter repaired by the OEM or qualified repair person, and you are sure it its putting out "clean" 13.6 volts DC charging power to the house battery, and 12+ volts to the interior lights and 12 volt devices, and that normal 110volt AC power is going into the 110 volt AC motorhome circuits, with no smoke or circuit breakers going off, then you can connect the converter to your house battery and test the various 12 volt DC and 110 volt operated appliances etc. Expect that some fuses will be burned and circuit breakers need to be reset or replaced. After applying 240 volts, I would want an electrician to reactivate and test the circuits and devices to avoid messing anything else up unnecessarily.
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Bordercollie
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05/05/12 06:25pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Vinyl wheel covers really prevent/reduce sidewall cracking?
There ought to be a separate forum for exceptionally lucky folks who never have valve extensions that leak, never use tire covers and never have cracks in sidewalls, use same tires without mishaps for 10 years, get at least 11+ miles per gallon, have good results with extended warranties, and do all their own repairs and maintenance, etc, etc. Every kind of forum has 'em!!
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Bordercollie
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05/05/12 05:45pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: pros & cons buying a New Cheapie Class C
Short RV's have very limited sleeping and storage. You can quickly tire of bags and boxes of "stuff" in the shower, on the floor, and in the overhead bunk. Climbing up and down a ladder to the overhead bed hurts your feet. Sleeping two in the overhead has problems, one climbing over the other in the dark. You need about a 27 foot rig to have a rear bedroom with an RV queen size bed and decent rear storage/cabinet space. Newbies often buy a too short rig out of fear of driving a "huge" RV. Driving a 27 foot RV is not a lot different than a 22-24 footer. Spend some time in various floor plans/lengths to assure yourself that you are making the right choice. Don't buy on impulse, get all salesman promises in writing on the sales contract/purchase order, don't buy an extended warranty package, save money in a bank account. See what you can get in a used 3 year old rig, make sure everything's working, no fixes needed.
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Bordercollie
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05/04/12 08:16pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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