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I believe that the $5 surcharge was dropped by TT in California as some member complained to the California Public Utilities Commission, and under their rules flat rates could not be charged for electrical service, just the results of electric usage meter readings. TT didn't want to do all those...

I stayed at Thousand Trails Lake of The Springs in Northern California years ago, and at that time they offered some upgraded "50 amp" sites for a surcharge of $5 a night. While in one of those sites, I took a close look at the shorepower pedestal electrical boxes and saw that the dual breakers...

Here is some info on the battery to battery charger and 12 volt load manual reset circuit breaker. 2 files. https://manuals.heartlandowners.org/manuals/Electrical/DC_Buss_Bar/Heartland/12V%20diagram%20and%20notes.pdf...

Maybe you could try to completely seal up the suspect water intrusion areas with Henrys 887 Tropicool elastometric roof seal. I originally had this applied for the solar cooling (infrared reflectance) properties of this product, but found out that it has been an excellent, long lasting water...

The normal routing of the DC from the converter (which is hidden away in the basement) IS converter wire to 12 volt DC fusebox, wire from fusebox to DC charging/internal loads circuit breaker (near the battery) , which cuts off BOTH converter charging and battery ONLY supplying smaller internal...

You could repeat your charging test again, but at the end immediately disconnect the positive battery cable to the charger/load. Observe if you see an electrical spark/arc at the battery terminal as you disconnect it. That should tell you if you have some sort of electrical load discharging the...

Do you know what brand and model of charger/converter do you have? I believe that the Progressive 9200 series has a lifetime warranty, although that may not be valid if you are the 2nd owner.

From previous 2020 post: (This can be found on the forum using the "search" function) I jacked up my kitchen (refrigerator) slide from the outside using a small bottle jack and wooden cribbing to the frame of the slide. I could only do 1 end at a time, but this worked OK for me. There is about...

First thought would be a thernostat problem. If it is overheating, and you lower the desired heating 20 degrees or more, what does the system do? Remember that the furnace normally keeps running for a couple of minutes after a hot enough temperature is sensed.

I don't know where Firth is in the U.S., but if you could make it to the annual Quartzsite, Arizona RV get together in mid January, you can probably find vendors to fix you up right on the spot. I saw 2 RV solar providers with ads in the official program, I bet there are a few more. Most...

My rig is an old (2008) build, but has the rubber jacket large power cord from the power inlet receptacle to the transfer switch, not Romex. Also this power cord is 4 large conductors inside for 2 phase 50 amp service, not the 3 conductors we are used to for household 120 volt, single phase stuff.

BTW, if you don't already have one, a TPMS radio link tire pressure and temperature monitoring system can help prevent tire blowouts with its audible alarms. It saved me a long time ago in Idaho on my way from Northern California to Yellowstone when the large nipple enclosure mounting the wheel...

Have you taken a look at the SIZE of the 50 amp power cable you plug into the park outlet? I would think it would take a beaver to chew on that enough to cause a conductor to break. If you have a cord reel that has been a very frequently reported cause of your type of problem over the years...

The other causative factors beside inflation pressure and load are AMBIENT HEAT, and VEHICLE SPEED. I was driving West on I-80 in Wyoming in 2013 on my way back to California from the Goshen National Rally that year. I always tow at the long time California maximum speed limit for towed...

Any chance these refrigerators are connected through an inverter for on the road power/cooling? There have been a LOT of posts here about inverters for the house-type refrigerators having problems. (The built in GFI outlet on the inverter tripping has been a major cause of problems.) If this is...

The most frequent cause of transfer relay failure is simple arcing damage of the high current relay contacts, 3 sets of 50 amp double pole contacts (6 contact surfaces). This can usually be repaired by filing the contact surfaces with a thin flat swiss file, and finishing the job with a high...

The small DC motors typically use commutator brushes to supply the right polarity of current to the armature coils as it rotates. This causes arcing with every current switching reversal, and electrical arcing causes wideband electromagnetic noise. Marconi used an electrical arcing source to...

Thanks for setting us straight. I used to live in the Sacramento area and read about the recent Tesla semi fire up on I-80 going in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in which 50,000 gallons of trucked in water was dumped on the fire, it finally burned out by itself, and I had even heard that there...

Have you tried checking Dinosaur electronics online for your board? https://www.dinosaurelectronics.com/Company_Info.htm For technical questions concerning our products, call : (541) 994-4344 M-F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

All the lithium battery fires that are nearly impossible to put out until they burn themselves out of fuel scares me for RV use. Lithium fires are different in that they produce their own oxygen. One of the best ways to stop their damage is to bury the battery (or entire vehicle) in sand until...

This document from our library for Suburban (brand) furnaces has both sequence of operations lists and troubleshooting trees: https://manuals.heartlandowners.org/manuals/Heating-Cooling/Furnace/Suburban/Suburban%20FURNACE_Service-and-Training-Manual-11-05-2015.pdf

Also, when working on diesel pickups (like mine) keep in mind that many have 2 batteries and disconnecting just 1 does not leave you safe from a catastrophic short circuit from the 2nd battery - You have to disconnect them both CAREFULLY

This looks from a websearch that I did, that Ford decided to add all sorts of qualifications to the computer programming that evidently controls the relay that sends good power to the charging pin, as you related. I don't think you can conquer this conventionally. I haven't heard of any other...

Have you thought about using one of these "jiggler" pumps from Harbor Freight Tools?? Check out the video below. This seems like a standby tool everybody with an RV or any other vehicle might want to have.

Maybe you might want to try that Flex Seal spray as seen on TV, but note that although Flex Seal shows all sorts of amazing repairs (like the screen door boat bottom) somebody in the company (legal or warranty?) made them print this statement "FOR TEMPORARY REPAIRS ONLY" on all of their products.

Most likely the top two big cables are the original (factory) battery system hookup cables. The lower 2 cables most likely go into the front compartment where more batteries could be connected to the main battery in paralell for additional current for big 12 volt jobs like front landing gear...

As I have understood the terminology over the years a "marine" battery is an engineering compromise, and neither completely a deep cycle battery (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-cycle_battery), or a "starting" battery ( See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_battery ). It is...

The click noise or feel on the reset button is VERY SLIGHT. You might be able to hear it with a mechanics stethoscope. Being a (retired) electronics technician, my way to visibly see if the breaker is open, and resets by pushing the reset button, is to flip OFF the AC breaker for the...

I wonder if somebody has come up with a retrofit kit for all the older RV refrigerators to do this same thing. With all the older (pre -2020?) RV refrigerators out there this could be a big niche market opportunity. I submitted a comment to RV Cooling Unit Warehouse (who sells a variety of...

Your newer Dometic refrigerator probably has this newer style condensate drain that goes to an open top plastic container in the lower outside refrigerator access louver cover. According to the video the container is mounted to some cooling unit piping that gets hot in normal operation, and the...

you might need a fiberoptic video inspection. Home Depot has these with their rental tools.

Specifications are found in this document found by putting "https://heartlandrvs.com/rv-model/eddiebauer-34bhs/ specifications" into Google websearch https://heartlandrvs.com/rv-model/eddiebauer-34bhs/

I clicked on the link in your reply, and it worked.

Either your batteries were not getting a charge while plugged into shorepower, and the 12 volt DC lights, etc worked OK because the charger was powering everything, but the batteries were disconnected (main 12 volt charging battery/ battery supplying current MANUAL RESET circuit breaker was open...

These tank cleaning services also have fiberoptic scopes to inspect the inside of the plumbing and tanks, have lots of experience in these RV sanitation systems, and can diagnose problems and maybe tell you if your RV plumbing was assembled incorrectly.

I would also try some grey water tank treatment chemical (do a websearch for a listing of the many brands). Ultimate fix is to have an RV wastewater tank cleaning service come out to your site. Do a websearch on RV tank cleaning services to find mobile companies in your area.

Again, new adapters are readily available, and relatively cheap. Buy another, and have a spare if the old one is OK.

Any chance you already have one of these add-on valves on the outlet pipe as listed in previous thread posts? You have to open this valve too, to get wastewater flow.

Adapters are relatively cheap when talking battery issues. I like the adapters without a cable eliminating the possibility of bad connections within the 2 connectors versus all connections within 1 connector. The drawback for these is that the weight of the heavy 50 amp trailer cable pulls the...

This probably wont help you unless you are near the San Diego area, but in my online research on RV air conditioners I found a servicer in the Miramar area that listed AC unit recharging on their website: Here is their page on air conditioner services...