The first one lasted over two years sitting outside and transporting all of the melted chocolate ice cream to its forever home. But no more. The garbage disposal macerator I introduced here met its match after some rain. At a campground with a very soggy site, it got a little too much water into its…
Category: Product Reviews
This series will discuss various products available on the market to enhance your RV experience.
Line Splitter to go with Clamp-On Meter
Last time, I forgot to mention one thing you’ll want to have to go with the clamp-on meter–a line splitter for plugging in to standard 15-amp outlets. What does this do? It breaks out the line wire to where you can clamp around it by itself. Without getting too far into the details, the clamp-on…
My New Favorite Multimeter, and Measuring Inverter and Charging Efficiency
A little while back, I posted a short writeup on a plug-in ammeter I’ve used to measure current on circuits with standard ATO blade-style fuses. When running through trying to find out which circuits have loads on them, it’s still as easy as it gets, especially when you don’t have good access to the wiring….
Measuring Current on DC Circuits
On most RVs, there isn’t a nice wiring diagram with fusing, grounding and splice locations, wire colors, and printed circuit identifiers like we expect on a car. When something isn’t working, it’s often not obvious what circuit it’s on; when a fuse blows, we often don’t know what’s on the circuit that might have caused…
Going to the dentist? Where’s the compressor?
I stumbled across the idea of using a dental air compressor while looking at pictures of a garage build, and finally pulled the trigger on one this past week (after going to the dentist, and confirming that there really was an air compressor in one of the cabinets in the office). It turns out they…
Cooking with Gas!
Ok, so I could cook with gas before. But now it’s a much more pleasant experience. The original RV oven went to a new home, along with the oven’s pilot light, too-small broiler compartment, and manual ignition stove top. I wanted to replace it with a fairly inexpensive, but good looking gas range. I wanted…
Back to the Kitchen Remodel for a bit…
Well, not necessarily more remodeling, but I thought I’d update with a few short reviews on the appliances used and my thoughts on the layout having lived with it for almost a year now. Since it was the first to go in, I’ll cover the refrigerator in this post.
Easy way to a freshwater hose reel
Do you ever get frustrated rolling up a damp hose that’s collected all kinds of dirt and grass clippings? I know I did—especially in the humid south, when leaving in the morning, everything would be damp. Sometimes I’d think ahead, and remember to grab a paper towel to clean the hose when unhooking, but that…