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18 days straight of temps over 100 degrees and it finally broke a little bit today — the official temp was 97 degrees. Texas Heat Wave Not a record by any means but by God, it has been plenty hot for me. Luckily, I sorta got ahead of the curve at the first of the Summer and installed an everyday window air conditioning unit in the Old Girl to augment the cooling capacity. You see, Continue reading Air Conditioners Running Hard….
First it was the LaCie External hard drive and the Zune 120 gig mp3 player and then I started to get concerned about my Fantastic Vent Fan. The Fantastic Fan has been running 24/7 since the first day I took the Old Girl home; going on 4 years now. Day in and day out, hour after hour, the fan has been exhausting the cigarette smoke out of the Fish Bus. A month or more ago, Continue reading Things Happen in Threes — The Fantastic Vent Fan Bites the Dust Now that I am out of the big deep freeze for awhile, it was time to do some piddlin’ around the Old Girl. I used a precious gallon of propane to run up the Generac 6.6kw generator for an hour. I checked all the lower compartments closely for any signs of mice. Cold weather like we recently had really drives them inside. I went up on the roof and swept all the pine needles away. Continue reading It’s the Little Things….. Fulltimers don’t winterize so I am going to tell you how I cope with moderate winter weather here in Texas. Heating your recreational vehicle economically and efficiently can be a challenge. The RV furnace is a noisy propane hog and most full time RV residents do not rely on it as a primary source of heat. The onboard RV furnace can also be a bit temperamental at times. It utilizes a sail switch which makes sure the fan is running full speed before it allows propane to flow to the furnace. A low battery, a defective switch, dirt dauber nests and a variety of other things can contribute to problems with the RV furnace. If you are boondocking during winter months, the battery drain of your recreational vehicle furnace can deplete a battery bank quickly. Some full timers rely on electric heaters and some use auxiliary propane heaters like a Buddy Heater. Some lucky ones with high end coaches have hot water heating systems like an Aqua Continue reading Winter Heating for Your Recreational Vehicle The Gen-Turi generator exhaust extension has got to be in the Top 5 of RV internet forum subjects– right up there with running your refrigerator on propane while you are driving, how much can I tow and parking overnight at Wal-mart. Now you know I am a big fan of the Gen-Turi, I praised it in a previous blog entry here. So here is how the debate got started on one of the popular internet forums I frequent: Gen-Turi exhaust extension on the Old Girl “We have a 2007 Class C with an Onan Microlite generator. We often overnight in parking lots while on the road. Usually we travel in cooler weather when A/C is not required overnight. We are leaving soon on a trip where A/C will be necessary while sleeping and I am nervous about running the generator while asleep. We have working CO detectors. Continue reading Is the Camco Gen-Turi Generator Exhaust Venting System Necessary? I had a subscription to XM satellite radio for years in the Suburban. I was hooked on XM12 which was their Americana country station. I listened to little else. Pioneer Inno Along the way, I acquired a pint sized portable XM receiver called a Pioneer Inno that was the best thing since sliced bread. I loved being able to listen to XM12 in the dozer and then save the songs I liked right to the hard disk on the Inno. What a cool innovation! It was a match made in heaven and I cheerfully sent XM my hard earned dollars for two Continue reading Adios XM Satellite Radio |
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