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Posted By: overdrive75 on 03/02/09 06:05pm

^^ 7 Inches, I wish we had snow, it's just bone chilling cold here.

Posted By: goreds2 on 03/02/09 08:22pm

overdrive75 wrote:

Well, who worked on there old Dodge's this weekend. I "sistered in 4 new rafter sections in the rear of my coach from the inside. It worked out good. Now I can move on to the panneling and molding of the ceiling job.

I am going to wait about a month before taking the cover off my MH.

I am keeping my fingers crossed concerning a possible issue. When I bought my MH in Sept, I used a "regular" outdoor extension cord to plug onto my house and work the air conditioner in the MH. In late November before covering it up, I ran the AC via the generator and no cold air came out. Upon reading posts on this site, I have saw where you should use the thicker cord for the AC and not the regular orange outdoor cord. I hope I did not destroy the air conditoner. [emoticon]

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Posted By: Kendas on 03/02/09 08:27pm

I wish would cool off here... 90 yesterday, 91 today, and supposed to be 88 tomorrow.

I may even have to run the truck A/C on the way to see if I'm closer to getting past emissions. [emoticon]

1978 21ft Tioga Dodge 440 Motor,
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Posted By: Kendas on 03/02/09 08:40pm

goreds2 wrote:

I am keeping my fingers crossed concerning a possible issue. When I bought my MH in Sept, I used a "regular" outdoor extension cord to plug onto my house and work the air conditioner in the MH. In late November before covering it up, I ran the AC via the generator and no cold air came out. Upon reading posts on this site, I have saw where you should use the thicker cord for the AC and not the regular orange outdoor cord. I hope I did not destroy the air conditoner. [emoticon]

Maybe/Maybe not... I ran mine for over a year on an "orange" cord without any problems.

Was the temp control is at it's lowest (coldest) setting and was the air temp inside the RV was somewhere above 60 degrees? If so, try tapping the temp control knob with the handle of a screwdriver.

My Coleman non-ducted sometimes has a "sticky" thermostat and tapping it resets the the mechanical portion of the 'stat.

(ON EDIT): Running a 12ga (yellow) 100ft cord I can run the A/C and the 900 watt micro for about 10 minutes with an outdoor temp above 90F before the dedicated 20a circuit pops

Ken

* This post was edited 03/02/09 08:47pm by Kendas *

Posted By: goreds2 on 03/02/09 09:39pm

Kendas, thank you very much for replying. I printed out this page with your comments and will use as reference when I uncover the MH to test the air conditoner. Happy camping.

EDIT: I did recently buy an RV extension cord to use from now on.

* This post was edited 03/02/09 09:49pm by goreds2 *

Posted By: eyeteeth on 03/03/09 05:59am

I just had a 30amp RV service installed on the side of my house by the drive way. [emoticon]

I think I have about 50' of 30amp extension cord. I'd also like to extend a pipe and make my own "dump" so I don't have to constantly hunt for them. (Lots of boon docking)

Posted By: overdrive75 on 03/03/09 06:45am

I am in process of the 30 am outlet next to the barn garage door I park near. I have all the stuff and the breaker for in the pannel in the barn, I just need to do it. I am waiting for my brothers help on this one.

Posted By: ALnCORY on 03/03/09 12:28pm

Didn't do any work on mine yet. Almost did yesterday as the weather was great early in the day so I planned on leaving work early and check some stuff out but by afternoon the rain had started. So far though, I haven't had any new leaks since sealing all I could find last year. Fingers crossed.

I don't think anyones dying statement ever contained the words "I wish I had spent more time in the office", so lets go somewhere!

Posted By: Kendas on 03/03/09 07:53pm

Kendas wrote:

I wish would cool off here... 90 yesterday, 91 today, and supposed to be 88 tomorrow.

I may even have to run the truck A/C on the way to see if I'm closer to getting past emissions. [emoticon]

Good new/Bad news...

Good: IT PASSED EMISSIONS ON STRAIGHT IDLE TEST. Did not have to do a "condition run" on the rollers at the emissions station. Thanks for all the suggestions (which I took other than R&R of the carb).

Bad: Leaked out all the R12 so the chassis A/C didn't work... Now I have to get some more (3 @$25 a 12oz "pound") before summer.

Ken

Posted By: Leeann on 03/03/09 08:01pm

Not to mention see if you can find the leak so it doesn't happen again...

But GREAT on passing!

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