Your RV is Broken: Things that go Bump on the Road, made a bit easier.

Things do go wrong so: LEARN and Get Roadside Assistance!! Things will go wrong. Just accept that they will and realize you can get through it. But don’t go it alone.

Slide components (Schwintek gear, rack and pinion etc) should be lubricated with a good silicone spray.

Schwintek mechanisms however are best used on small slides that neither weigh a lot nor go out a long distance.

Some newer heaters just have a drain. If you have an anode – it’s a good time to see how deteriorated it is. The anode’s purpose is sacrificial. It’s made of a more reactive material to keep the water from attacking the metal in the heater. Get a new one – made from Magnesium – not Aluminum. As the anode works, metal is dissolved into your water. A

I’ve used those expanding hoses for years (make sure they say for potable water).

There are a couple of equations that are useful to understand. The first is Current (amps) is equal to Voltage (volts) divided by Resistance (ohms). Or I=V/R. So, for this circuit, if the battery is 12V and the bulb resistance (hot) is 24 ohms, the current would be 0.5 amp. I said hot for the bulb because in an incandescent bulb the resistance incr

This is a small box; 12 inches long. Left to right – round and flat files, Air Conditioner thermometer, steel ruler, good utility knife, silicone grease, small pliers, mid-size channel locks, long nose pliers, small adjustable wrench, butane lighter, Philips & straight slot screwdrivers, stubby screwdrivers, extra screwdriver bits, electrical t

Tire Pressure Monitoring System is absolutely necessary.

A more accurate way to measure battery capacity and activity is to install a “real battery monitor”. These units use a shunt (very low resistance bar) to measure the actual current going into and out from the battery. You charge the batteries up full. Then tell the monitor what the amp-hour capacity of the battery is and the meter tracks in and out