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Posted By: RWDIII on 02/17/15 02:17pm

Cleaned up the camper after weekend out camping in this horrible
80 degree Ariz weather at Bouse.

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Posted By: ejfranz on 02/22/15 06:34pm

Replaced the locking door handle.
The old one, only the bolt was working and it was getting sticky.

06 Chevy Silverado 3500 Crewcab SRW 4WD - Allison 6 speed & Duramax LBZ.
Upgrades: BD diesel exhaust manifold, Edge Evolution, Timbrens & KYB Monomax.
Camper: 2005 Adventurer 90FWS - Electric jacks, LEDs, 6V batteries, roof rack, ladder & awning.

Posted By: ggadwa on 02/23/15 07:22am

The TROJAN T105'sare finally giving up the ghost after 5 years service. One seems to have a dead or dieing cell. The other seems fine right now. But I know you should not mix new and old batteries. Will be calling around today to try to find the best price for AGM's. Think I'll switch from a pair of 6 volt batteries in Series to a pair of 12 volt AGM batteries in Parallel. Anyone have any last minute pro's or con's for me on choices???

GARY
currently in YUMA AZ.

HAM RADIO Operator since 1964 'W7FSI'
EAGLE CAP 2011 950 CUSTOM BUILT by the great folks at LaGrande Oregon
2012 FORD 350 XLT 6.7L Diesel 4x4 Super Cab with lots of stuff

Posted By: Rbertalotto on 02/23/15 09:20am

Went outside and looked at it buried in the snow. Wanted to be sure the mice were happy and had enough to eat.......Next year I'm in AZ!

RoyB
Dartmouth, MA
2021 RAM 2500 4X4 6.4L
2011 Forest River Grey Wolf Cherokee 19RR
520 w solar-200ah Renogy Li-Epever MPPT

Posted By: slickrock steve on 02/23/15 01:54pm

Removed the old paint, and repainted the camper. Then pin stripped the outside in our "logo", of a howling coyote, and touched up the El Dorado name plate. Got the genset out, and cleaned up the outside, and ran for about an hour to make sure all was good for our trip to Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington in a month or so. ( Hope the snows make this possible!!). Then coated the lower part of the camper's wood with sealant, and some good enamel. I also took the Dodge Ram to the transmission shop, and had the torque converter changed out for a "Mojave Green" triple disk, and the Valve body "massaged" for better shift points, and quicker, more positive lock up.

Posted By: ~DJ~ on 02/23/15 02:42pm

ggadwa wrote:

I just got home from Yuma!! Before I went I put in 2 new 12 volt Trojan 31s but I went with wet cell. Cheaper plus 30% more amp hours than AGM.

'17 Class C 22' Conquest on Ford E 450 with V 10. 4000 Onan, Quad 6 volt AGMs, 515 watts solar.
'12 Northstar Liberty on a '16 Super Duty 6.2. Twin 6 volt AGMs with 300 watts solar.

Posted By: The Mad Norsky on 02/23/15 08:42pm

Rbertalotto wrote:

Went outside and looked at it buried in the snow. Wanted to be sure the mice were happy and had enough to eat.......Next year I'm in AZ!

I'm sorry, but this just has me giggling.

Yeah, you Massachusetts folks have just been dumped on for snow. Wow!

The Mad Norsky, Doll, Logan and Rocky
2014 Ram 3500 w/ Cummins/Aisin
2019 Northern Lite 10-2 EX CD LE Wet Bath
RV'ing since 1991

I took the road less traveled .....Now I'm Lost!

Posted By: ggadwa on 02/24/15 06:47am

Well after additional research I chose the AGM's in 220 Amp and 6 volt version. Determined that supposedly AGM's recharge faster and they allow
discharge to below 50% which is the max you should discharge wet cells. They certainly cost more than wet cells, however again I don't have to fight to get the batteries out of the tight Eagle Cap 950 battery compartment 4 times a year to service them.....Installing them today.

Gary
Currently in Yuma AZ.

Posted By: billyray50 on 02/24/15 02:02pm

Hey Gary, Where did you end up buying the AGMs?

Posted By: ggadwa on 02/24/15 03:38pm

BillyRay,
Bought the AGM's from Hodgson Distributors. Delivered free to Battery Systems warehouse.

GARY

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