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Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 03/04/12 02:53pm

well when my wife gets home and sees it she will say "Who are you and what did you do with my husband"

I did some spring cleaning, changed out the sheets cleared out the counters , cabinets and shower, resealed some seams on the exterior storage comparments...etc

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Posted By: TwoMaineiacs on 03/04/12 03:31pm

Got out the tubs of "stuff" that gets put in the camper and started going through it all to see what doesn't really need to go. Refreshed the first aid kit, washed the linens. Supposed to be 50F here this coming week so we'll take the cover off and think about putting the batteries back in. Joe will do the load test on the batteries to see how they wintered with the trickle chargers. Last two snow storsm, the town plow left us a big mound in front of where we store the camper. That's got to be chopped through before we can load it.

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Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 03/05/12 11:08pm

Funny that it took me two years to check this but. I never could understand why we slept so hot in our TC even when it was in the mid 20's outside like it was in Yosemite during New Years and so many people here mentioned how the cold just came up through the mattress.. so I finally checked underneath. Yep Carl the guy I bought it from had put Reflectex down....
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I also glued two coat hooks to the wall
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Posted By: Mello Mike on 03/06/12 06:16am

Buzzcut1 wrote:

I'm going to have to put some of that down underneath our mattress. Do they come in rolls 60 inches wide? I've purchased reflectex in 24 inch wide rolls but never anything that wide.

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Posted By: Brad820 on 03/07/12 08:40pm

Replaced the burst water heater. Checked plumbing for leaks after WH installation.

Tested refrigerator on LPG.

Re-installed trim around the cabover after re-building a portion of the front that experienced water damage from leaking clearance lights and a leaking window.

Waiting on trim piece from Lance.

Posted By: TwoMaineiacs on 03/08/12 07:13am

Chopped up the ice/snow left by the plow in the last storm from woods entry to where the camper is stored. A little bit more sun on the cover and it will come off and fingers crossed, we'll check to see if there is any winter damage. We've peeked a few times but not made a full entry.

Posted By: TwoMaineiacs on 03/12/12 09:58am

Batteries are in and showed 5 of 6 bars on the solar panel meter. Yes! Moved the camper to be more in the sun and will start the packing of the permanent stuff Thursday after two days of expected rain. No signs of any winter damage anywhere in the camper. That big back storage lift door is slightly bowed out but is dry and closes fine. 52F in Maine today which is like mid summer. Makes me want to hop in the camper and go.

Posted By: mkirsch on 03/12/12 10:54am

I removed the 12V power wire for the fridge from the umbilical plug on my TC and threaded it back into the sink cabinet area where I can access it from inside.

It is now the feeder wire for a 12V lighter socket installed above the kitchen counter. I will be installing a pair of 12V gel cell batteries and a fuse panel in the near future so my TC will have onboard power.

No more screeching propane alarm every time I take a shower due to low voltage!!!

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 03/12/12 12:11pm

Got a couple of old McLean Electronics Inc. 30watt (twin 15 watt tube) Fluorescent fixtures for it and some 1000 lumen each F15T8 tubes.

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Posted By: Chief 2 on 03/13/12 04:46am

Installed a Cyclone Vent for the black tank.

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