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RV antifreeze is actually propylene glycol. Polyethylene glycol is used as a laxative (it's the active ingredient in Miralax). The closest it comes to food use is as a dispersant in toothpaste. It also has a host of medicinal and industrial uses, none of them as an antifreeze. Propylene glycol...

Check the battery connection at the starter solenoid. My recollection is that Ford likes to pull most of the 12V unswitched off that terminal. Bad connection there and lots of stuff won't work. Ray

Have you checked all circuit breakers? Manually check the handles, don't just rely on visual.  Also, is there a GFI on the outside that's tripped? High pressure from the wash could have sneaked in. Although it's not a usual configuration the other outlets could be connected downstream from a...

One of my dad's cousins was a career Ford Mahwah plant employee.  Off the job he was Mopar through and through. Never learned exactly why. Ray

I thought you might be interested in a short article in Examiner.com today. http://www.examiner.com/article/boomer-is-it-finally-time-to-buy-that-rv-and-hit-the-road?CID=examiner_alerts_article BTW, the author is my very talented DW. Ray

I would look at the neutral and ground feeding the GFCI and coming from the inverter.  it sounds like the GFCI is seeing a ground on the in put as a neutral but the inverter is wired correctly with neutral to neutral and ground to ground. when the inverter is operating the GFCI has no return...

It looks like a standard open-frame double throw contactor relay.  The red and yellow wires are the coil voltage; when they're live the relay should pull in. Can't tell from the pic whether the coil is 120VAC or 12VDC, but it's most likely one of the two. The black thing hanging from the plate...

Sulfur smell in the water heater is usually from too low temperature, warm enough to promote growth, not hot enough to sanitize.  120 deg or higher clears it up. Ray

Voltage drop is a function of the total resistance in the circuit. This includes wire gauge (smaller number, larger wire, less resistance) and resistance through daisy chained outlets. Stab or press type connections are inherently high resistance because of the extremely small surface area of...

How recent is "newly replaced"? If it was a professional installation there should be some kind of warranty. If that's not an option, a little more info could be helpful.  Is it cold water, hot water, on-board tank, outside inlet? How much of the system was replaced? Did the problem start right...

"Dumb" question -- do you have over 1/4 tank of gas? Genny can't draw from the bottom 1/4 to leave enough to drive to the pump. Ray

The same is true in NJ, but belts must still be available in other seating positions even though use is not required. Ray

A few years ago a couple of cashiers at one of our local indy stations were stealing CC numbers. I'm not sure exactly how they did it but it was definitely low tech, like copying the numbers or reading the store copy of an older style receipt that had the entire number instead of just the last...

Seat belts have to be attached to the primary structure of the vehicle. If they are not attached securely enough they will tear loose in a crash. The top of the bench is NOT a secure structural element. The only truly safe anchor is part of the steel framework. That said, your rig should have...

The sulfur smell in water systems is usually caused by bacteria (remarkably known as sulfur bacteria). They often appear in low usage private wells and the treatment is disinfection. The usual advice is using bleach poured down the well, followed by drawing a lot of water to clear it out...