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

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

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

PowerGlide mechanisms mount under the slide floor and stick out into the RV space about a foot even when the slide is all the way out. They are fast, reliable and reasonably light weight and can handle a heavier slide than Schwintek.

Slide seals should be inspected every month or so as well as lubricated with a good slide seal lube. Don’t lubricate your seals by spraying stuff all over. I fold up a paper towel to a 2x2 inch square. Then spray the lubricant on that and wipe the seal, inside and out of the seal.

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).

The following image shows the larger items in my big tool bag. Starting upper left: battery powered Dremel, (good for maybe 10 minutes – now I carry an AC version), cheap wireless inspection camera, small rechargeable drill (now I carry one with swappable batteries), good quality headlamp, small carpenter square, soldering iron, bag of tie-wraps, e

You really need a “getting ready to hit the road” list and a “setting up camp list”.

There is another list that is needed. How to dump, flush and fill tanks.