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RE: Solar trickle charge
A quick test would be to disconnect the negative cable at the house battery on a sunny day and put a volt meter between the POS on the battery and the disconnected cable. If the solar is working you will see a voltage reading, hopefully over 13 volts.
Dave
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magicbus
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04/28/23 04:56pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Jeep exploded ...
A couple of hours ago I pulled out of my driveway and down the street to the stop sign. In the middle of the intersection was a Jeep on fire. I think it was a Liberty. Looked like the flames were coming from around the battery. One guy emptied an extinguisher but couldn’t stop it.
Dave
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magicbus
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04/25/23 12:37pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: “Separate” sink in a wet bath?
Here you go.
https://i.ibb.co/2Mvh725/IMG-1245.png
Dave
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magicbus
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04/12/23 03:21pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: “Separate” sink in a wet bath?
I have a separate wall-mounted single lever control for my shower, which I think is what you are asking.
Dave
Yes this is what I was thinking. So you've got a separate wall-mounted control for the shower, as well as a separate sink with its own faucet and controls?Exactly.
Dave
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magicbus
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04/11/23 01:00pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: “Separate” sink in a wet bath?
I have a separate wall-mounted single lever control for my shower, which I think is what you are asking. I wish they had skipped the sink and made the whole shower/toilet area larger since the sink is small and cramped and the kitchen sink is 30” away across the aisle.
Dave
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magicbus
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04/11/23 04:00am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Flying J/Pilot oil
Once pilot bought flying J they stopped catering to RV'ers. The place is nowhere near as clean, and there prices went up considerably. Its a private business so they can operate it as they see fit. Just as we can choose to go elsewhere.Now that you mention it that does seem to be when the prices jumped. I had never put the two together.
Dave
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magicbus
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04/07/23 11:29am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Flying J/Pilot oil
…By time you pay their ridiculously high fuel prices there is little price difference and peace and quiet.
Dave
Dave,
I often found Flying J fuel cheaper than the competition. I've never stayed overnight at one.
We just got back to New England from Florida and would often notice that Flying J and Pilot along with other truck stop chains were about 8% higher than smaller stations. It makes sense because they offer a lot of additional services to drivers required to spend downtime somewhere, and someone needs to pay for that. When I used to travel a lot in my DP I often fueled and spent the night in FJ/Pilot. As it became more expensive (and more of a hassle) I migrated over to campgrounds and the occasional rest area.
Dave
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magicbus
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04/06/23 03:44am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Flying J/Pilot oil
Don't stay there any more.
Stay at a regular RV park like the rest of us do
Agreed. By time you pay their ridiculously high fuel prices there is little price difference and peace and quiet.
Dave
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magicbus
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04/05/23 03:23am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Lubricant for tow bar arms
I used Tri-Flow for my tow bar arms and still use it any time something is going into my hitch receiver to make sure it releases easily. It is my go to spray lubricant.
Dave
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magicbus
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02/23/23 03:32pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Washer issue driving me nuts
Did you clean the door gasket so it’s drain holes operate as they are supposed to?
Dave
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magicbus
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02/09/23 11:05am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Washer issue driving me nuts
The reason you need to leave the washer door open/ mop water from door sill/ spray bleach is because you need to press in and peel back the wide door gasket dead center at the bottom of the door sill and clean the drain holes in it. Ours clogs with dog hair and we clean it regularly. The gasket is attached on one side just for this purpose.
Dave
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magicbus
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02/04/23 09:10am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: ARE THERE ANY SNOWBIRDS ANYMORE?
Started getting the Sprinter organized for our annual 6 weeks on the Florida gulf. Being from Massachusetts I don’t need to practice poor driving skills, they just come naturally.
Dave
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magicbus
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01/13/23 12:36pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Password
Interesting sidebar… a pair of twins we see every winter in Florida flew in from Canada last year landing an hour apart. When the second one went through customs she was pulled aside because the facial recognition system determined she was already in the US. It took a while but she figured out the issue, texted her sister to come meet her at customs, and they got it sorted out.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/12/22 04:17am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Removing Sap
Goo Gone ,I use for pine sap on my awning.Even works for removing wet epoxy.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/11/22 01:00pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Directv ??? what are they doing???
Dunno, maybe they're giving out freebies trying to keep from losing customers.Makes sense. At home they gave me the NFL Ticket for the season, a movie every couple of months, and a premium movie channel once a year for 3 months.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/09/22 04:07am |
Technology Corner
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RE: You tube Fulltimers getting squeezed
That’s just my point, RVIA isn’t tied to the VIN and that’s why you can register a school bus conversion and the states and insurance companies have no concern because the bus chassis is already certified. So LYAO all you want, but in reality nobody is going to stop a schoolie from getting registered or insured. Trying to find someone who wants to let you park it on their property is a different story.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/02/22 06:34pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: You tube Fulltimers getting squeezed
Who here ever had to provide RVIA information to register or insure their RV? Not me.
Dave
Me neither. They don’t ask when I register my car / truck / SUV’s either even though they’re legally required to be certified as being built to the FMVSS.
Why? Because they know that Ford / GM / Chrysler /XYZ Auto company build only units built to code and certified as such.
The same as they know every Winnebago (or your favourite flavour of commercial RV) is also built to standards and certified as such.Well you can believe that it you want to, that’s fine. But they wouldn’t ask for FMVSS or RVIA, or anything else because they would run the VIN, and guess what, it would come back as certified by whoever self-certifies school bus chassis. Same as mine comes back certified by whoever certifies Sprinter chassis… and it ain’t Winnebago.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/02/22 04:26pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: You tube Fulltimers getting squeezed
Who here ever had to provide RVIA information to register or insure their RV? Not me. Massachusetts did ask if I had a kitchen and when I said yes they required me to have a CAMPER license plate. My insurance company simply asked me if I had an RV. I'm not sure why they cared, I never really looked to see how much different the coverage was from my cars since it costs almost the same.
BTW, the Nebraska link provided specifically relates to "Any deal or manufacturer" and says nothing about private conversions.
That said, the biggest problem for schoolie conversions will be parks age-restricting vehicles. Heck, there are parks that won't even let in a Class B.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/02/22 01:47pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Goodnight Irene, the party's over.
1980’s… I was building a house. Construction loan @ 21%. Final loan @17%. The payment fit my income so it worked for me. It’s all relative (to something, not sure what :D ).
Dave
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magicbus
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11/24/22 03:20pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Goodnight Irene, the party's over.
From all of the complaints on this forum about crowded campsites and no places to park, I thought you’d all be popping the champagne cork. I would have expected the subject of this thread to be Wake up Irene, the party’s starting.
Dave
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magicbus
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11/23/22 04:14am |
General RVing Issues
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