Introduction to RV Electricity 120 Volts Alternating Current (AC) – Part 4
Checking of Campground Pedestal (Basic) Test Non-Contact Voltage Tester (NCVT) in a working electrical socket, before using at pedestal, based on instructions in the manual for your specific NCVT. The one I have is a Southwire Model 40136N. Get out your NCVT and turn...
Introduction to RV Electricity 120 Volts Alternating Current (AC) – Part 3
Dog Bone Adapters You pull into the campground with a 30-amp RV and the campground only has 50-amp pedestal receptacles, now what? You need one of these, it is a 50-amp “dog-bone” adapter to go from the 50-amp receptacle to your 30-amp RV electrical plug: If you have...
Introduction to RV Electricity 120 Volts Alternating Current (AC) – Part 2
Converter You have a power converter in your RV, what exactly does it do? It takes 120V AC and converts it to 12V DC to charge your battery and power your 12V DC items in the RV, normally also in that area is your 120V circuit breakers and the distribution point for...
Introduction to RV Electricity 120 Volts Alternating Current (AC) – Part 1
Where does it come from? Generator: There are on-board and portable generators, most people if they do not have an on-board one look for a portable one. When it comes to portable ones, there are two types of generators, noisy and less noisy. You want to own...
Chapter 6 excerpt from the book RVing For Newbies – The Manual
Chapter 6 excerpt Breakaway Switch The function of a breakaway switch is to automatically engage the brakes of the trailer should the trailer become separated from the towing vehicle while en-route. The breakaway switch is of two parts, one mounted to the vehicle...
Book is ready to be published
Official Publication date will be Feb 15, 2022 Hello everyone, the book is up on Amazon(they are doing their review now), plain paperback edge. Now if you want a spiral edged binding so it can lay flat, Amazon does not do that but I found a place that will, so am...
Video: Episode Zero – RVing For Newbies.
Had a re-edit the Episode Zero video for what was the old youtube channel but now all are on vimeo.com instead. Happy watching. https://vimeo.com/425657915
Propane Furnace not working
Propane Furnace 101 - Debugging, not working tips There are the steps a furnace takes to work, which of these are failing(in chronological order): Steps of what happens for propane furnace to ignite, there are steps to be taken for each of these, if a step fails, some...
Tip for today on Safety and potentially dealing with fires
Tip for today on Safety and potentially dealing with fires. So every RV SHOULD have a fire extinguisher(if yours doesn't, ask me I will let you know what kind it should have), that being said, I added a few fire extinguishing things to my RV(note these are amazon...
Tip of the day – 12/25/2021
Q: Can I sleep in a rest area? A: Check this out: https://www.boondockersbible.com/knowledgebase/which-states-allow-overnight-parking-in-rest-areas