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Jpbeck1

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Posted: 03/14/17 02:32pm

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Hello, there was a discrepancy between the voltage my solar controller was displaying and what my hand held voltage meter read at my battery bank. I installed a voltage meter as I couldn't figure out why. I used 8 gauge wire and only have about a 12 foot lead from the controller to the the batteries. And having spoken to a few solar experts they all had the same opinion-- "sometimes that happens".

Anyways, it was a simple install. I ran 4 wires down along side my solar cables going to to the batteries. Installed the shunt on the negative terminal, moved the existing negative leads to the shunt. The whole job took me about a couple hours.

I cut the hole with box cutters. Then I color coded the voltage meter for the corresponding wire. Then fished the wire down under the trailer.

Then I mounted the shunt on a sheet of plywood, and labeled it.

Next, I moved all the negative leads from the battery to the shunt, and connected the green wire from the monitor to the shunt, then connected the yellow and blue wires (from the monitor) to the "unshunted" side.

Next, I installed the red wire from the new voltmeter to the positive side of the battery bank.

Finally, I popped the new voltage meter in the hole (it has small tabs to ensure it stays in place.

As you can see there is a slight difference. This meter has a LED light and a low voltage alarm. Wiring it in this configuration also monitors amps and voltage used.

It's a simple project. It only took a couple hours, the hardest thing was cutting out the hole. I got the voltage meter from Amazon for about $20, and the sprinkler wire from the remnant rack at home depot for $5.

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Posted: 03/15/17 09:26am

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Our 2017 Bullet was definitely designed for someone taller (at 5'2" that doesn't take much though). One inconvenient feature was the bathroom fan switch. I couldn't operate it without stepping into the shower or onto a stool outside the shower door. DH installed a 12 volt remote switch which solves the problem beautifully. It won't open the vent, but since the fan is directly over the shower, we can open the vent manually when we are camping and not have to worry about rain. Well, that's the theory.

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Posted: 03/29/17 11:19pm

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Adding Bluetooth audio to oem radio...

At "Camp Driveway" with our NTU camper, our daughter wanted to have a Netflix night using her tablet. The sound, even with our bluetooth speaker was pretty weak.

So I ordered one of these bluetooth audio adapter

Supposed to be 8hrs usage time with 1.5hrs charge. It comes with both a rigid, 3.5mm M-M adapter and a 3.5mm M-M cable.

It was really easy to pair and really worked well for playing Pandora over the house stereo system from my tablet.

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Posted: 03/30/17 05:54pm

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I had a similar one for my truck. People getting in and out were always breaking it with their knees when they sat in the middle seat. You won't have that problem!

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Hi all,I wanted to take a moment to share a project that I have used in my RV that I made from a post here way back 100 pages ago. I love it, it was a bumper towel drying clothesline. I did not have metal fabricating equipment to make mine, so improvised. The version that I settled on is made out conduit, wood, copper and steel, see below:

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I have also created a YouTube tutorial on how it works and how you could easily make it. I have learned so much from the RVers on here and other sites that I felt compelled to pay it forward.

I hope you enjoy!

YouTube Video: RV Bumper Clothesline

Cicch95

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Posted: 04/11/17 03:00pm

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Just an easy mod to store the bbq tools in the pass through storage!

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Posted: 04/26/17 08:35am

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I started my mods about 3 hours after getting the camper. The first thing I didn't like was that the fan ran constantly on the AC since its not ducted. I purchased the control box for the coleman mach 3 and ran all the wires to it, and fished them through the ceiling and over to the thermostat so now its thermostat controlled. Only problem I had was it took me about an hour to realize the ac unit was not grounded to the TT, so once I ran the ground it works great! and the fan doesn't run constantly anymore. Then after camping for a few weekends, I decided we needed a shoe cupboard, so I cut a hole under the bunks and ordered a matching door and hardware from coachmen and built the enclosure. My oldest kept falling out of the half bunk, so I extended the top bunk to go the full way across, and I was able to keep the cupboard by taking the door apart and cutting it down to accommodate the full mattress. I also ordered matching paneling and seam tape to make everything look factory below the bunk. I replaced the standard foam queen mattress on our bed with an actual queen mattress, so I cut the foam mattress down to fit the bottom bunk, and cut the bottom bunk mattress down to fit the top bunk and go around the cupboard. And lastly I added a set of backup LEDs to the rear bumper and connected them in to the reverse lights on my tow vehicle. They really light up a dark camp site when backing in!
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Posted: 04/26/17 08:51am

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cysnake ~ It sounds like you are as crafty as my DH. Nice work!

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Thanks! I cant ever seem to leave anything alone, Ive always got to be into something, lol! I'm already trying to dream up what I need to do to it next.

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Posted: 05/19/17 04:33pm

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Did you make those light mounts or buy them? Been trying to figure out how to mount some rear LED floods like that.

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