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RE: Running Dedicated Water Line For RV at Home?
I have pex, direct burial, from the meter to my house and it’s never been a problem. I went into my basement and drilled through the foundation about 20 inches below ground and ran electrical and pex out to my pole barn. The electrical and pex are both in larger PVC pipes for protection. I never planned on using water year-round so I put stop and drain valves in the basement and I winterize it. I put in an RV dump, to one of the side ports on my septic tank, but I have never used it… I always dump before I get home, at the park dumps. Craig.
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C Schomer
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10/31/23 01:58pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: How important is 90 degree turning?
I only buy LB P/Us but I still don’t ever come close to 90 degrees..You can also mount the hitch a little behind center.. That should work fine with a 6’11” bed..
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C Schomer
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10/23/23 12:45pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Pump issues
The inlet connector on my pump had a brass insert, and it developed a micro crack and my system acted a lot like yours. I had to open two faucets to get water flow but as soon as I turn the faucets off that air leak would let the pump lose its prime AND the pump ran constantly. Even the tiniest leak on the inlet side will mess up the system, and I had to pressurize the inlet side to find that crack. I ended up replacing that inlet connector with a genuine plastic one, and never had a problem again. Craig.
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C Schomer
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10/05/23 01:08pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Tow truck ideas / advice
I’m also a fix-it guy and I’ve been through all those problems but I’d be for dumping a 400k mile money pit. I haven’t had a gasser for so long, IDK which one has the least of all the later-vehicle evils. One of the 1/2t crew cabs. At least the 8 and 10 spd transmissions are a bunch better, now. Craig
FWIW, I’ve read about new boutique steering boxes that were still sloppy. Someone who knows how to adjust it might be able to fix the wandering problem. My 12 Dodge also had those steering problems and after I replaced everything that was loose, I adjusted the box and completely stopped the wandering. I also had the alignment shop max out the caster.
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C Schomer
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10/03/23 02:15pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Are most toilets pretty much interchangeable
^^^ my Dometic 320 was the same but my mounting bolts are 10 1/2 inches from the wall so the 320 was a perfect fit. Craig
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C Schomer
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10/03/23 01:36pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Dometic Gas/Elect Water Heater Sometimes Does Not Work
If you’re talking about 120vac electric, that’s totally separate from the gas. I occasionally wipe off the porcelain spark rod insulator with alcohol and clean the rod tip with a scotchbrite pad. I’ve had to replace the spark rod when it was carbon tracked. I added a ground from the spark rod base, to the module ground point and that cured some very infrequent lockouts. The ground path for flame rectification is as important as the spark rod and high tension lead wire. Craig
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C Schomer
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10/02/23 04:19pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Vent fans and covers
I prefer the Maxair with the fan outside where we barely hear it. No remote and all manual but I made an extension to reach the knob. Craig
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C Schomer
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10/02/23 03:56pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Are most toilets pretty much interchangeable
I put in a domestic 320 a few years ago and it’s been flawless.. Chair height, elongated china bowl and a good quality seat. Craig
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C Schomer
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10/02/23 03:48pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: What to look for - construction / materials / options
Don’t buy the lightest one you find. Mine has everything you mentioned plus the arctic package, tinted dual panes, a 16” boxed frame and it is 12k unloaded and 15k gvw. I’ve off-roaded a lot and it take it like a tank. I wouldn’t want anything less but IDK what is built like it anymore..
Oh yeah, it’s 31’ 8”, it has two slides and we have very comfortably half-timed in it several winters. Craig
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C Schomer
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10/02/23 03:33pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Rear sofa movement
One of my previous fivers was the hardest riding trailer I ever pulled. It launched a gallon jug of water out of the sink, and it wasn’t even a rear kitchen. It had 2600 pound springs and 5200 pound axles and the springs only had 2 inches of travel Before the axles hit the frame. Dexter told me to go to 3000 pound springs but the 3000 pound springs were longer so I had to move the hangers out but they also had 3 inches of travel. That made a huge improvement in the ride and then I added ez flex and that trailer went to the best riding trailer I ever had.
Do you have springs and rockers only? Ez flex replaces dexter rockers and equal flex replaces lippert rockers. That’s an easy upgrade, if you don’t already have some thing like that.
My current fiver has morride LRE, which replaces the rocker with a box that has rubber sheer springs, and it’s a nice improvement over just springs and rockers. It’s even a rear kitchen and things stay put on the counters.
I’ve also added shocks to my trailers that didn’t have them. Craig
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C Schomer
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07/29/23 10:37am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: towing advise please
~25 years ago, a friend with an 3/4t srw, pulling a huge TT, traded for a DRW and he said it was a night to day improvement, even with a TT. I've noticed the same thing with my 5ers. Craig
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C Schomer
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07/10/23 01:41pm |
Towing
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RE: Water pump randomly runs for short bursts
I’ve had six RVs and the only check valves were the pump discharge valves themselves. Those pumps are real easy to take apart and check the valve discs and seats to make sure they are clean and smooth. Craig
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C Schomer
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07/10/23 01:10pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Water heater replacement ?
We camp with an older lady that has a three year old class C with a tankless heater and it is plugging up already and causing problems. Craig
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C Schomer
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07/07/23 02:57pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Better/brighter interior bulbs?
Yeah, I was also looking for a 5k temp, 3 foot LED under counter fixture but they are very rare so I ended up with the double sided 5k/750 lm fixture. My range hood is nothing but a head basher and I have a max fan right above the stove that works 100 times better than the range fan ever thought about so I’m removing the hood and putting in a light instead. I wanted a long light bar to span the hood and the adjacent single light, but I will just put up with two switches. Craig.
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C Schomer
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05/28/23 12:59pm |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Better/brighter interior bulbs?
Superbrightled.com is also good. I recently read that 5050 leds are old tech and 2835s are brighter. FWIW, I gutted my 3 ceiling fluorescents and used hi density led tape with a hot-wire dimmer. The tape is, total, 5k lumens and 5k color. There's no shortage of light anymore and my old eyes need the bright white.
You might need a different fixture to get the lumens you want.
I also just bought a double sided under counter light, 4500k color and 750 lumen for $12.
I've had good luck with Amazon but led shopping is very brain damaging and it takes time to cipher different mfgrs. specs! Craig
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C Schomer
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05/20/23 04:15am |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Oiled my box fan and it broke...
It's way better to use solvent to clean the varnish out of the wicks first, blow them out and let dry and then oil. The no-run problem could be many things. Maybe a bad switch... have you checked volts and amps? Craig
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C Schomer
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05/20/23 03:56am |
Tech Issues
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RE: 30 amp camper/50 amp plug and cord
Id put the right cord on it and plug it into the right receptacle with the right over currant protection. Craig
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C Schomer
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05/16/23 08:32pm |
Tech Issues
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