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Posted By: turtletalk on 11/06/11 03:59pm

Just finished packing clothes and food in TC for week trip to son's house to do kitchen remodeling work. We sleep in our TC in their driveway which means no family routines are upset for work and school. TCs are so very convenient!

Posted By: Parts Jimmy on 11/06/11 06:32pm

Winterized it today. Did it a little early since I am having surgery in a couple of weeks.

2000 Ford F350 Power Stroke Diesel
2005 Northstar 8.5 Adventurer
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Posted By: msiminoff on 11/06/11 06:33pm

Today I finally found a few minutes to remove and repair and reinstall my inverter.
I have been battling this issue with my Prosine 2.0 for some time... one of its circuit boards uses edge connectors with a very short engagement and due to the poor design they can easily become dis-connected. When this happens the inverter will continue to operate but it will no longer communicate with the external control panel. (there's a "run without remote panel" setting)
After several rounds of re-seating the board only to have the connector come apart a few months later, I decided to remedy the issue once and for all. So I machined up 3 C-shaped clips from a piece of ABS. These clips tightly grip each connector and keep them firmly seated. The clips cannot fall off since they are retained by the inverter's sheet metal enclosure.
Now that the inverter is happy again, next weekend's project will be installing 3 new Odyssey AGM batteries (100AH ea) in the basement.
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'04 Alpenlite Saratoga 935, 328W of solar, 300Ah Odyssey batt's, Trimetric, Prosine 2.0
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Posted By: mountainkowboy on 11/06/11 07:29pm

Watched it snow, then rain, then snow again on it! Sposed to be nice for the next couple of days, so maybe I can get the rest of the trim back on and the roof sealed.

Chuck & Ruth with 4-legged Molly
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Posted By: Medic91 on 11/06/11 08:09pm

Drained and winterized all water lines and drains..cleaned up the inside and outside, added some insulation hoping to get some "cooler" weather camping in before real winter sets in

2007 Lance 815 w/AC & heat strip, 1997 Ford F-250 HD gas, SRW 4x4

Posted By: garryk6 on 11/08/11 07:32am

Insulation, Plumbing more insulation, mounted sink, more insulation, more plumbing, mounted new charger/converter, more insulation, More plumbing. You get the picture. But at 24 outside, a little ceramic heater set less than half keeps the TC above 65 and closer to 70 pretty easily, even with lots of in and out the main door!

Garry and the Saga off the Avion TC in Alaska

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2002 F350 CCSB 5.4 6spd 4x4 in AK
1966 Avion C-10 Truck Camper

Posted By: Silver_Knight on 11/08/11 10:23am

Ran the heater to break it in preparing for trip to Big Bend over Thanksgiving. Attempt number two at our maiden voyage!

Lee & Ren
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Posted By: SALTYDOG5435S-TEX on 11/08/11 03:51pm

Finished cleaning it up from a weekend in Kingsville Texas. We went to a long distance casting tournament. Next weekend we will be in San Antonio at the Majestic to listen to our daughter sing. Then we will be getting it ready for our Black Friday camping trip to PINS. It sure is great being able to take your home with you.

2002 F350 4X4 Crew Cab Longbed SRW
2003 Lance 845
USMC 70-74
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Posted By: RockyRoadCamper on 11/08/11 04:00pm

Warshed the truck camper today in prep for a run over to Mammoth Cave National Park.

Posted By: sabconsulting on 11/10/11 12:05am

Sally finished painting the interior so last night I was able to screw all the curtain rails and brassware back to the walls, as well as refitting the edging strips around the roof hatches.

Steve.

'07 Ford Ranger XLT Supercab diesel + '91 Shadow Cruiser - Sky Cruiser 1
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