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Comment by Kevin F Smith on February 20, 2019 at 12:02pm

Sounds like a plan Jimco!

Kev

Comment by Jimco_W001 on February 20, 2019 at 11:09am

That's a good deal Kevin. When you guys are at my house this summer I want to see how well they work.

Comment by Kevin F Smith on February 20, 2019 at 10:17am

Yay!  I picked up all four tilt mounts for solar panels, and it turns out the guy who sold them to me also has 4 brand new Kyocera 100 watt panels for sale, which he will sell to me for 300.00 for all four.  So that will happen next week.

Kev

Comment by Kevin F Smith on February 19, 2019 at 1:22pm

I'm going to go look at, and probably purchase, 4 aluminum and stainless solar panel tilt mounts today that I found on Craigslist. Wish me luck! They look like just what I need/want for mounting smaller (80-120 watt) solar panels on the roof of our Itasca!

Kev

Comment by Kevin F Smith on February 13, 2019 at 8:45pm

Because I was busy with catapults, I didn't have time to troubleshoot the leveling jacks...but I did replace all four switches in the fancy brass and glass side lights. There are two in the bedroom, and two in the living room...and all 4 had bad switches. Now they all work and all have LED bulbs.

Kev

Comment by Kevin F Smith on February 13, 2019 at 11:13am

So one thing that was bothering me was the lack of a light in the Norcold fridge. I did some research, and it turns out that the light kit for the Norcold 6100 series refrigerators back in 1995 was an optional accessory. The fridge comes pre-wired for the light, but mine doesn't have it. Optional? Geesh!

Anyhow, I looked up the part number, and it is unobtainium! It is an obsolete parts kit and no longer made.

But I found one on eBay! It should be here on Friday...lol!

Kev

Comment by Kevin F Smith on February 11, 2019 at 7:21pm

I scored a Hughes 2130 Autoformer 30 amp park power booster for 130 bucks off Craigslist today! It works great! The previous owner sold it because his new RV is 50 amps. This should help to protect the air conditioners from low voltage (which happens a LOT at Renaissance Faire campgrounds!). We've gone through a half dozen AC units since we became fulltimers, and all of them burnt out because of low voltage.

Tomorrow I'll be getting some pressure treated boards to make blocks out of when I go out and get the materials needed for building catapults. They are going to be 12x12 squares to put under the leveling jack feet. And then I'm going to attempt to deploy the leveling jacks! I'll let y'all know how that works out...lol!

Kev

Comment by Kevin F Smith on February 8, 2019 at 8:26pm

Yay! All the catapults and trebuchets are built and set up in the booth, and we are ready for opening day tomorrow! Great weather predicted!

The used propane control valve on the Atwood hot water heater seems to be working fine, with no soot! Before we leave I'll buy and install a new one, as well as new thermostat thingies...the used one was just to eliminate a component without spending 80 bucks on a new one if that wasn't the problem.

Kev

Comment by Kevin F Smith on February 5, 2019 at 6:08pm

In between building catapults, I did manage to do a couple of things to the RV. First, I made a leg for the computer desk. The desk isn't really made to be used full time, especially with my relatively heavy Panasonic Toughbook laptop that I use...so now it is stable and all the weight is supported. The leg screws off and can be stowed in the desk when it is folded up for travel.

The used Atwood hot water heater propane control valve also arrived today, so I had time to install it and clean off the soot (again) from the hot water heater. It works with no gas leaks...so we'll see if it soots up again or not. If it does soot up again, then my next task would be to replace the regulator on the propane tank itself (process of elimination). But so far, the water heater is working and the flame is a consistent blue.

I also scored a 35 gallon Thetford tote tank on Craigslist, new in the box, for 125.00 (I sold my remaining 7.62x54r ammo to a buddy of mine, since none of my guns are that caliber anymore, for 125.00). SWEET!!! The gray water is easy to get rid of, but the black tank is almost full (not bad for almost 2 weeks of use), so the tote tank will allow us to go 2 weeks between having the RV tanks pumped out (which is good, since those thieves are charging 65.00 a pop to pump out the tanks!).

I'll take some pictures soon and post them up!

Kev

Comment by Kevin F Smith on January 31, 2019 at 1:33pm

Time for a new chapter! We are all hooked up and set up in camp, and the workshop is all set up. We are getting ready for our season at the Arizona Renaissance Festival, and we have a lot of catapults to build!

I'll be doing little projects on the RV and some repairs as we go, and experimenting with things like the leveling jacks, etc. And I will include lots of pictures!

That is it for now...I've got to get to work cutting out parts!

Kev

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