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RE: Dometic RM2351 Fridge Not Cooling on Gas
Is the refrigerator in a slide? If so is that slide in the same position at home as when you were camping?
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jkwilson
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10/15/21 09:37am |
Tech Issues
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RE: RV Propane Regulator Question
Link to image
Fixed your image link.
Those are just covers.
Regulators aren’t incredibly reliable, so a manometer test would be worth your time. Several YouTube videos show how to make one easily and use.
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jkwilson
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10/15/21 09:01am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Dometic RM2351 Fridge Not Cooling on Gas
What are the refrigerator and freezer temperatures when it’s having problems?
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jkwilson
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10/15/21 08:57am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Drive on BlueRidge Pkwy & Skyline Dr; current road updates?
Skyline Drive was a huge disappointment to us this year. Many, if not most, overlooks are grown up and all you can see is trees. Most of the views are from sections of road where you can’t stop so the driver doesn’t get to see anything. Had we had to pay the admission, I’d have been very unhappy. We drove about halfway and bailed out on the park and didn’t go back. The park is great if you are a hiker, but the drive is not even worth mentioning. The overlooks on I64 south of the park are much more impressive.
The BRP is closed at 114.7 with a lengthy detour, but if you plan to camp along the route you can easily work around it. The views along the BRP aren’t what they used to be, but still much better than Skyline Drive.
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jkwilson
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09/26/21 06:54pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Avoiding Nashville
Just know your route ahead of time and truck right on through. If you can avoid rush hour it won’t be terrible.
^This.
You are less than two hours from Nashville. Just get on the road mid-morning and you'll hit it at a reasonable time. I'm 3.5 hours from Nashville and used to haul a big cargo trailer through there regularly. We'd either stop for breakfast or leave late enough to time the trip for late morning.
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jkwilson
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09/23/21 06:42pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Certified RV Service Center in Indiana
You'll need to check with your "warranty" provider to see who can do it. Often one of the catches is you need to go to the dealer you bought the "warranty" from.
If you need a GD dealer, Evans and Son in Petersburg would be my first choice.
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jkwilson
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09/22/21 06:31pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Got mice try this
I made that years ago with just a 5 gallon Lowes bucket and a piece of 2x4. Works like a champ on chipmunks too. I have seen it called the 'bucket-o-death'.
Not a chance in the world you can seal an RV well enough to keep mice out and still keep it moveable.
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jkwilson
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09/15/21 03:52pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: 12v dehumidifier
It would be a pretty big power consumer to operate from battery power. They are essentially small air conditioners without outside venting.
If you could post more about what you need and why you want a 12V unit, somebody might have some ideas to help you.
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jkwilson
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09/11/21 10:10am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Visit to New England
Roads in New England tend to be insane on Friday and Sunday as weekend traffic heads out from and back to the cities. The closer you get to the ocean, the worse it gets.
If you don’t already have an EZPass, consider it. It’s hard to avoid the toll roads out there.
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jkwilson
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08/24/21 07:30am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Betteries disconnected, wall monitor showing full charge.
Thanks for the replies guys. I turned off the breaker that the converter is connected to, and of course it shows zero, as the wall monitor is a 12 volt device, so it didn't work at all.
Just because it is plugged into shore power doesn't mean it should show full charge should it? That makes it entirely useless for checking battery levels.
Surely it should be showing the actual level of the batteries, whether or not I'm plugged in, shouldn't it? It's labeled "Batt Cond" after all...
The batteries are disconnected in the first place because they were way below 12 volts. The converter is not charging them, and while the batteries were disconnected to charge on a trickle charger, I noticed the wall monitor still says full. That can't the intended behavior. Something must be miswired.
You don’t have to completely shut off shore power. Just shut off the converter breaker.
But it’s not really possible to have a simple readout to determine battery condition while the converter is on. The converter raises the voltage on the battery to charge it, so that’s what you’ll read. It really doesn’t matter though, because if you are on shore power for more than a few hours your battery is going to be as charged as it’s going to get, so checking the monitor is pointless.
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jkwilson
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08/13/21 07:18am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Cumberland Parkway in Feb
It’s pretty well out of the mountainous part of Kentucky. Weather in February is normally mild with upper 40s or low 50s typical, but it’s not out of the realm of possibility for snow. My wife’s grandmother lived there so we were there regularly.
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jkwilson
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08/04/21 08:13am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Evansville to Indianapolis airport (I-69) question
Hey folks, OP here...
Y'all helped greatly a year ago on the question. I will be doing the same thing in two weeks.
Last year I took I-69 to 37 to 465 to the airport. The road was good albeit, I wish the interstate construction was more complete. That was on a Sunday morning (and during covid.) Very little traffic at 6AM.
This year I plan on leaving around the same time or so but on a Monday and plan on doing the same route.
Has any more construction been completed in a year? Not too much update I could fins.
How is traffic on a Monday. Need to make a flight, wheels up at 11AM.
Should I get going earlier?
Construction is more significant now. 37 is closed at Martinsville so all traffic is forced onto 39 and over to 67. They added some extra lanes to help as you follow the detour. I’ve driven the route a half dozen times since the closure. Most of the time it’s just heavy traffic, but on a tight schedule at a busy time, you might want to consider 69 to 231 to I70 at Cloverdale. It’s longer, but more predictable.
If you go through Martinsville, get in the far left turn lane as you turn onto 39 going up, then stay in the right lane heading south to avoid having to change lanes in traffic. Don’t stop anywhere in Martinsville as it can be tough to get out into traffic to leave. Going up, don’t follow the detour signs back to 37. Just stay on 67 and turn left on Ameriplex Parkway.it’s the next major road after Camby Rd.
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jkwilson
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07/17/21 08:22am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Roadside Assistance
I wouldn’t think levelers would be covered by anybody. Most services don’t cover more than a short distance from a public road, so campgrounds are often going to be no service areas regardless of the problem.
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jkwilson
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06/30/21 08:34am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Convection oven exhaust?
Some are made that way. Best to avoid or minimize using heat generating appliances indoors when it’s hot out. When you need to use them, at least crack a vent to allow the heat to rise out.
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jkwilson
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06/29/21 07:50am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: EVER HOT TERMINAL?
Some vehicles won’t charge until you close the door and start driving. Testing while parked may not work.
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jkwilson
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06/27/21 08:57am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Back before cellphones
I remember owning pagers and a Motorola MicroTAC cellphone.
I had a StarTAC that I hated. Job required I carry it and have it on at all times, but absolutely prohibited from using it for anything personal. I setup my desk phone at work to forward to my wife’s phone and I’d call her from the West Coast early so the minutes didn’t count and no one was the wiser. My boss wanted me to call in to a 3 hour meeting once. I told him I was in a roaming area and he wanted me to call in anyway I can’t remember whether that call itself cost $1600 or that was the total bill, but he had some splainin’ to do.
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jkwilson
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06/17/21 02:46pm |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Antenna Upgrade
Neither the Sensar nor the King Jack are Omni-directional antennas. Both are directional and require aiming. Both are good antennas.
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jkwilson
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06/11/21 09:30pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Batteries not holding charge ???
If you let them go two months at a time without charging, it's close to miraculous they last two years. Conventional flooded cell lead-acid batteries can lose about 15% of their charge in a month at 80F. leaving battery in a discharged state cause sulfation to become irreversible.
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jkwilson
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06/08/21 09:37am |
Fifth-Wheels
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Back before cellphones
Remember the rows of pay phones campgrounds had near the office? Phone calls when you changed campgrounds and periodically so people back home could get in touch if they had to. It was nothing to be out of touch for days if you were out west.
This came up last night as some neighbors complained about the lack of cell coverage in the campground and how “dangerous” it was to be unreachable.
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jkwilson
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05/16/21 06:32pm |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Refrigerator temp
Check the ventilating fan behind the refrigerator. Add more fans as needed.
Check the insulation at the top and sides of the refrigerator. Add insulation as needed and tape to keep outdoor air away from the refrigerator cabinet.
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jkwilson
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05/12/21 09:05am |
Tech Issues
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