Recent content by Lou Schneider

That sounds a lot safer than inverting the tank and submerging the 85% fill vent and the overpressure release valve into liquid propane. Venting liquid propane is much more violent than venting vapor, the liquid is 290 times denser by volume and expands that much as soon as it exits the tank.

I just watch the changeover flag on my dual 30 lb tanks and take the empty one to be filled when I notice the flag has turned red. If I'm curious about how much propane is in a tank I'll run my fingers down the side, if I can't feel a difference in temperature where there's liquid propane vs...

That's a lot more stuff than grabbing the car keys to head back to the store for a loaf of bread.

Several people in the Escapees co-op park where I have a space (including myself) have done the same. Started out with a large RV or trailer, then got a smaller RV to travel in while leaving their larger rig in the park. Seems like the longer a large RV sits in one place, the harder it is to...

I've had a Visible phone with hotspot for several years now. Voice and text are the same high quality as full service Verizon, the only times I've had data slowdowns have been in places where large numbers of people gather. You're the first to be slowed if a tower becomes congested, when the...

Probably not if the agreement you signed states the Home Internet is only to be used at a specified address (in this case the one in Virginia), regardless of the salesman's oral statements. Home Internet is month to month (no annual contracts) so your only loss if T-Mobile chooses to cancel is...

Except the Bambi has full standup (6'7") interior height. The Type 2 uses a canvas walled pop-up to get standup height.

There's stored energy in any battery, if it's physically damaged or defective that energy can be released as thermal heat. So yes, a damaged lithium battery could catch on fire just sitting around if the fault becomes critical at that instant. But so can a lead acid battery if conditions are...

New customers won't need the little router - Visible now allows more than one device to directly share the phone's hotspot. Existing customers may have to perform an update to get this feature.

Wouldn't you normally LOOK RIGHT to see the closest oncoming traffic in the UK? LOOK LEFT would be the exception, only applicable to a one way street running in that direction.

When you connect the second battery, put the (+) lead going to the trailer on one battery and move the (-) lead going to the trailer to the second battery. This equalizes the overall wire lengths and balances the load better than having both leads on the same battery.

When I'm underway I can see one of the trailer's side marker lights in the driver's side mirror. If I turn on the parking lights I can see the bulb inside it come on, a quick verification that the trailer's electrical connection is still working.

I've given up on Google maps since they redesigned their map display and now use Bing maps (maps.bing.com) or something like the RV Life trip planner on my PC.. Google Maps's web interface now shows all roads as single blue lines with single color route numbers, no differentiation between...

The Anderson plug will give a more robust connection.

I like the Rocky Mtns part of Colorado. Depending on your timeline, taking Hwy 50 to I-70 is both the most scenic and direct route.