Recent content by Elly -Alberta

Sorry everybody, but Jack and I can't make it to QZ after all: we have to be off to Chiapas (Mexico) and Guatemala to set up a hurricane Stan relief project. Leaving Phoenix area around January 20 and coming back end of February. We had really looked forward to seeing many familiar faces again...

A final Thank you to all who helped us with this problem. We have compiled a list of actions and will take the motorhome to a repair place and discuss the various suggestions made by you. We will let you know what the problem turned out to be. Hope to see you in Quarzsite! Jac and Elly

John, This is all very helpful, especially that you and joel aret hinking along with us. You wrote that we needed to " run the engine for a while" to get the heater going but it would actually kick on within about 3 seconds of starting the engine. We always had this feeling that somehow the...

Our laptop's battery was empty (as shown on the laptops battery meter, probably 5% left), so we plugged the laptop into our portable convertor which in turn was plugged into the cigarette lighter. To be complete with the info, we have two cigarette lighters: one at the dashboard and one near...

Joel; We will follow your "gentle suggestion". In fact, if we would study a book like that, maybe we'd develop more "right hands" ! Now keeping in mind that we are able to change a light bulb but that's about it, how do we measure the DC current that arrives at the appliance? In a moment of...

Great suggestions John. Thanks so much. I do notice that you don't really mention the possibility of an electrical problem. Especially because we could start it for a while if we started the engine, that seemed to us pointing to the electrical  part. But then, as I said, we have three left hands...

We have a  Itasca Sunrise 1993 with a thermostat that says "Suburban". For some time we have had problems starting the furnace. When we raise the thermostat the blower starts fine but the heating does not start up. For a while (it was winter too!) we could start the heating part by starting th...

Our most favorite campground is Devil's Garden in Arches National Park (SE Utah). We even have a favorite lot there. Getting a spot requires being at the park entrance at 7:30AM (that was two years ago, maybe it has been changed). Fantastic scenery and hikes! Elly

Some of you may remember us: Jack and Elly Dalmaijer. We have been popping in and out of this forum for many years. We were at the rally in 2002, then left for Rwanda to do relief work there. We have just arrived home from working five months in Darfur (Sudan) and are itching to get in our...