Recent content by John From Detroit

I went out through the emergency exit in my Damon Intruder several times. It is easier than you think.. I used the front and basically lay on top of the furnature that's just inside thje window and roll out in such a way feet hit the ground first and hands remain on the window sil (not...

Is your house disconnect an actual SWTCH like a big blue or is it a remote.. a small 3 position rocker spring return may be marked USE/STORE in a panel or a small toggle? The Big Blue is an actrual switch (May go by different names) the rest are remotes and a solenoid somewhere is the actual...

Looking at the photos I can not be sure but it looks like the brass check valve (Backflow preventer) screws into a coupler on the host as well as whatever it screws into.

Matters not. If you are driving "bobtail" (without towed) unplugging it and stowing it is a good idea from a security/safety point of view but so long as it is secure and weather protected . technically it's oK.. I would unplug and stow myself.

I use 2x12 planks (2 inches by with of tires which on my rig was 12"

I know several ways to tell with fairly good precision how much is in those tanks. Some of them have gages (Float type) You can also have some retrofitted with them You can scale them (The Tare weight is stamped on them) You stick a strip of LCD crystals on the side and pour hot water over...

Thanks that' was what I was looking for. So rounding 16,000 watts per thousand sq ft. or 16 watts per sq foot. (heavily rounded)

One of those now abandoned lines ran just a few miles from where I grew up. if the weather was right we could hear the trains ... Later I got a job working a couple hundred feed from the tracks.. You could FEEL the trains. Alas last time I drove through town.. No more tracks. Then I moved...

Let's do the math. .32 amps times 96 hours rounds to 30 amp hours. T8 battery (per Interstate) is 90 amp hours Starting batteries need to be 80% or better so yes.

I have used percolators, automatic drip, "pod/disc" (like Keuring or Tasimo) Melita pour over and French Press (and at least one other) Default is auto-drip now days There's no life B 4 Coffee (Every time I key up a Dstar radio. that is what I send in the "TX-Message" field)

Be aware there are different testers and some will show 'Bad' on a battery that is still got years left in RV-HOUSE or good on one that's bad.

Thankkfully save for the fridge ,furnace, Air Conditioners and water heater most RV stuff same as house stuff. appliance wise .My dometic Microwave for example was really an LG (Lousy Goods) household Microwave with a new label. the Product ID label had the LG model number on it .

I think my load tester says .. Well let me look it says: (And I copy from manual) Turn the Load Knob (C) clockwise until theDC ammeter reads 1/2 the Cold Crank Amp(CCA) rating or three times the amp-hour this is a 15 second test. when it beeps read the voltage dial and disconnect WEAR GLOVES.

Battery myths. A lot of folks tell you that multiple battery systems all batteries must be identical as possible. Ideally sequential serial number identical and this is true.. IN SOME CASES. They say thigns like "Do not mix a high capacity with a low capacity" or Do not mix old and new" Oh...

That is why I specifically said MY jeep is not towable how about a good old classic VW bug (Alas they don't make 'em any more but I'd sure have liked to tow one)