What Did You Do To Your RV TODAY?

[SeventyGTX]

Originally Posted by Crabman

Is this pretty much plug and play with an existing wall switch? I have one switch that controls several of the LED lights on the living room/hallway/kitchen. They are the lights that each have a switch on the lens to individually turn them off if desired. But that dimmer feature would be nice.

I knew someone was going to ask that! Actually it is a three wire switch and the old switch was two wire. I started checking videos of wiring up three wire switches and got totally confused. So called up an electrician friend of mine. He tied the white and black wires together and hooked them to the negative side of the light, and the red went to the positive side.

Both original wires going into the switch were black. Took him 15 minutes to do the whole thing including cutting the hole larger. Saved me a lot of aggravation trying to find a good ground and another positive like videos were saying.

[Crabman]

Originally Posted by SeventyGTX

I knew someone was going to ask that! Actually it is a three wire switch and the old switch was two wire. I started checking videos of wiring up three wire switches and got totally confused. So called up an electrician friend of mine. He tied the white and black wires together and hooked them to the negative side of the light, and the red went to the positive side.

Both original wires going into the switch were black. Took him 15 minutes to do the whole thing including cutting the hole larger. Saved me a lot of aggravation trying to find a good ground and another positive like videos were saying.

There's always that extra wire or that special tool involved lol.

[S.H.M.I.L.Y]

Originally Posted by pward

Visited storage unit and have my Redhawk a hug.

This made me laugh. We feel the same about Kovu. This will be over soon and you will be making new memories again and having adventures.

[S.H.M.I.L.Y]

Originally Posted by MichaelO

The electric fence is to keep the bears away from the trailer. The last few years they’ve become a bit troublesome. This is what they did to my last trailer a couple years back. It was easy to fix, but I would prefer they not cause any more damage. My current trailer would be a little harder to fix. Attachment 57858

Oh my. That's terrifying. Im adding electric fence to my list for sure now. What were they after?

[S.H.M.I.L.Y]

In March we gutted our whole RV. 1993 Jayco Eagle. Bedroom and bathroom are done except for floors. Today we are going to sand down the Bondi on the walls. Gripper paint the cupboards and walls and I need to figure out what to do with this kitchen area lol.( old bedroom. New bedroom. Bathroom. Then torn up kitchen lol.)

[MichaelO]

Originally Posted by S.H.M.I.L.Y

Oh my. That's terrifying. Im adding electric fence to my list for sure now. What were they after?

They were looking for food that wasn’t there. I’ve got 10 acres that I camp on, so it sits in that same spot all summer.

[AndyO]

SOLD IT (sob) so our new Jayco Eagle 336FBOK has a place to park when it gets here Friday!

[Colorado]

Installed new steps on the camper. The PO did an axle flip and the 2 step stairs left a 17” difference between the ground and bottom step. I’m not sure why this site always flips the pictures...

[havnfun]

Watched the crew level and form up the new RV pad on the side of our new house. Will pour a 12' by 36' concrete pad tomorrow, so our baby can be close by. Next would be to add a 30 or 50 amp plug outside next to pad. Already have a sewer cleanout close by so we will be good to go. I'll have a place to live when the in-laws come to visit. LOL

Happy RVing,
Jeff

[S.H.M.I.L.Y]

Originally Posted by Colorado

Installed new steps on the camper. The PO did an axle flip and the 2 step stairs left a 17” difference between the ground and bottom step. I’m not sure why this site always flips the pictures...

I gotta replace mine too. Before we made a checklist lol we kept forgetting to put the steps away lol. Your steps turned out great. Good job.

[LuckyDuck]

Pulled the cover off with my son’s help. A little dusty but will give it a good washing and check the roof and other caulking this weekend. I’m an optimist, so I’m hoping we will be able to travel soon.

[curver900]

Originally Posted by WeRJuliian

Ordered replacement bearing/seal sets from Lippert.

I wasn't going to service the bearings until the end of this year, but, now that I have all this spare time at home, in which I'm not able to go camping....

I won't be sure until I take it all apart, but I'm pretty sure we haven't done enough miles to actually NEED to replace them, but I decided that, once I have everything in pieces anyway, why not just fit new ones?
At less than $20 a wheel, it's cheap peace of mind for the next couple of years, so I foresee a couple of greasy weekends ahead :-)

keep one set when done, grease them put them in a double vacuumed pack bag with a grease seal and put it in your trailer it is cheap insurance on the unlikely event of a failure...

[S.H.M.I.L.Y]

More painting. Last room. Then in goes the bed and couch. Then batteries and were done. Ready for Yosemite. Just waiting for COVID-19 to go away. Lol stay safe today

[ttavasc]

Finally got around to adding some restraints in the pass-through to hold the 200 watt solar suitcase in place. I used a 4" barrel bolt so that I can just slide the bolt down over the edge to hold the top firmly in place. There is a piece of 3/8" flexible foam packing material affixed to the barrel bolt to provide a little extra cushion between the bolt and the aluminum frame. Along the bottom I put a couple small pieces of angle plastic to keep the bottom from sliding forward. The DW made a nice fleece slipcover for it as well which adds to the protection when stored.

[SenoiaDave]

Originally Posted by SeventyGTX

That one is a different seller. The price was the same as the white ones on ebay by American Technologies, the actual manufacturer. But the $34.99 ebay seller is the cheapest I could find them anywhere.

I visited Amazon today for the dimmer switch for 34.99 and they will have the switch in stock on April 30 2020 and free delivery to me on May 3rd

[kblast523]

Knocked the mud dobber nests out of back side of fridge...then screened the inside of the cover to prevent reoccurred infestation.

[Jagiven]

Picked it up out of winter storage. Then ran over to get the tires rotated.

In a way wish it could have stayed in the fairgrounds. Doesn't look like we can get out for a while.

[Magnolia Tom]

Opened it up and turned on the AC...but it wouldn’t come on! I’m now trying to figure out why I can get the compressor to run if the t-stat is on “run” but not when it’s on “auto”. I’m leaning to a bad t-stat because once the set temperature is reached, and the compressor shuts off, it won’t come on again if I lower the temperature.

These crappy Coleman Mach thermostats are pricey if you need a black one with furnace and heat pump!

[SB_James]

Dewinterized her and gave her a bath. Found some small cracks in the sealant on the roof so I’ll take care of that next.

[LuckyDuck]

Caulked all of the seams in the front overlapping aluminum siding with clear Proflex RV. Then went down both sides of the two front edge strips, fridge vent, pass-through storage doors and running light housings. They actually all looked pretty good, but I figured this will fill any little cracks and provide a little peace of mind!