RV Camping; Tips, tricks & repairs

[mzdspd]

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Thanks, we saw an adventurer 80RD on the weekend. Great rig. We've swung the needle pretty hard towards a 1T since saturday. Have a couple fingers out there for 4WC for the taco, but they're impossible to find, and would need a serious suspension rework


Re: repair

At the very least it's literally just replacing the drop down bed, so not much for a dealer to actually do other then disassemble and reassemble. Something im positive i could do on a weekend, but getting parts is a pain.

I’d fix the damage yourself. You’d be saving a bunch of money and with the prices that trailers sell for these days, i can’t imagine you losing too much on a sale. And paying for a dealer to do it does not mean it will be a “professional” repair lol.

[suntan]

Where are you in town? Mountain RV down south does really good work.

[nzwasp]

So I bought some batteries from costco last year (2 x 6v) kept them on a maintainer last winter, hooked them up to my maintainer this year and after 24 hours of charging the code came up F05 which apparently means they didnt go into maintenance mode after fully charging. Should I just return these to costco and would they accept them? The battery voltage is reporting as 13.6 after charging.

[Tik-Tok]

Are you charging them with a 12v charger in series together, or with a proper 6v charger?

[nzwasp]

12v charger in series together.

[ExtraSlow]

We're they deeply discharged when you started? A small maintainer usually doesn't have enough amperage to recharge them before erroring out.

Are you in the free replacement window?

[nzwasp]

no about 70% full when i started charging them. I think my charger goes to charging rate of between 2-15 Amp @ExtraSlow as a same or similar charger i think.

I wondered if it had them on the charger too long is the problem. I plugged them in about an hour ago and now it’s saying 14.6v and 90% full.

Damn I see it’s only a 12 month free replacement on the golf cart batteries

[ExtraSlow]

Yes the golf cart batteries have different warranty. Important to know your options.

I dunno. I'd top em up with distilled water, hit em with high amerpage charge, and then see where you are at.

[Brent.ff]

the Four Wheel Camper I'm getting comes with a rather random plug in from the camper to the truck (doesnt plug into the trailer wiring, which is fine as i will be towing a boat occasionally). They want $150USD for a full wiring harness from the states, which is pretty nuts as I think i can wire this absolutely no problem for under $50-75 cad. One thing I am not confident in, is the 'thermal fuse'. Any recommendations on where to source this, and the right one?

This is the wiring diagram, am focused on truck side:
https://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/...ttach_id=15868

The 'female' side is this:
https://www.amazon.ca/Atwood-7622-7-...72706463&psc=1

[prae]

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the Four Wheel Camper I'm getting comes with a rather random plug in from the camper to the truck (doesnt plug into the trailer wiring, which is fine as i will be towing a boat occasionally). They want $150USD for a full wiring harness from the states, which is pretty nuts as I think i can wire this absolutely no problem for under $50-75 cad. One thing I am not confident in, is the 'thermal fuse'. Any recommendations on where to source this, and the right one?

This is the wiring diagram, am focused on truck side:
https://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/...ttach_id=15868

The 'female' side is this:
https://www.amazon.ca/Atwood-7622-7-...72706463&psc=1

Thermal fuse doesnt imply anything particularly special in my mind. Standard automotive fuses work on that principle. If you draw too many amps, the fuse material melts and breaks the circuit.

I'd just source a resettable fuse from an auto parts store, or a marine fuse system if you want to get real fancy.

eg https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
plus
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00...e?ie=UTF8&th=1

that's way too baller for your requirements and if you're trying to save fifty bucks, probably quite counter productive. but it's nice.

https://www.amazon.ca/Littelfuse-0FH...6501481&sr=8-5 would be plenty fine (but its some third party nonsense. PA or Autovalue or napa would likely be easier)

or

https://www.amazon.ca/Carviya-Waterp...6501502&sr=8-7

[killramos]

$150 bucks seems like peanuts in this scheme compared to the cost of lifting your house

[Brent.ff]

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$150 bucks seems like peanuts in this scheme compared to the cost of lifting your house

Ha, not wrong. Prob buying a $500 folding utility trailer instead.

[Brent.ff]

Where the hell does one get butt connectors for 8 awg wire? It’s a frigging unicorn, or I gotta buy 50 at a time

[ExtraSlow]

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Where the hell does one get butt connectors for 8 awg wire? It’s a frigging unicorn, or I gotta buy 50 at a time

Not sure, but do you even have the right tools to crimp that? My hand crimper maxes out at 12-10 (yellow) size. In a pinch you can use a 12-10 butt connector if you thin out a few strands so that it fits in the barrel.

[sxtasy]

Have hot water heater issues, the electric heater never worked from day one (not too much of a concern as we pretty much only boondock), but now I'm having issues with the propane side of it, continuously shutting off. Should I just fix the factory unit or upgrade? On demand seems tempting.

[relyt92]

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Where the hell does one get butt connectors for 8 awg wire? It’s a frigging unicorn, or I gotta buy 50 at a time

Gregg Distributors should have smaller packs.

[prae]

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Where the hell does one get butt connectors for 8 awg wire? It’s a frigging unicorn, or I gotta buy 50 at a time

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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Not sure, but do you even have the right tools to crimp that? My hand crimper maxes out at 12-10 (yellow) size. In a pinch you can use a 12-10 butt connector if you thin out a few strands so that it fits in the barrel.

A hammer crimper makes short work of them. Not as fancy as the hydraulic ones but works fine and is cheap. Better to use the uninsulated butts and heat shrink over them.

[Brent.ff]

Has been a drive and a half

[D'z Nutz]

What route did you end up taking?