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2021 Trip To South Dakota

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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by BigAl52 » Mon Aug 30, 2021 4:35 pm

Wish you luck Jim and hope its a simple fix. Those RV Fridges aint cheap. Im sure you already no that.
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by JEBar » Mon Aug 30, 2021 4:51 pm

you are right, a lesson well learned the hard way
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Sep 01, 2021 3:16 am

JEBar wrote:
Mon Aug 30, 2021 4:28 pm
Odds & Ends :

1. Tues -- Drive 6 hr 40 min .... 369.6 miles

2. Wed -- Drive 4 hr 45 min .... 274 miles

3. Trip Total 4,931 miles

4. Frig problem traced to wiring somewhere between 12V fuse box and Frig .... going to take a heap of pondering as to how to go from here
Good luck on the fridge. Your daily miles and time are close to mine.
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by JEBar » Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:19 am

we try to set our schedule for about 300 mile days over mostly to almost all interstate highways .... of course, the locations of the campgrounds is a big factor
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Sep 01, 2021 8:56 pm

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Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:19 am
we try to set our schedule for about 300 mile days over mostly to almost all interstate highways .... of course, the locations of the campgrounds is a big factor
Going down to TX I’ll average about 310 a day. Coming back it will be about 135. Seven days down, four there and seventeen coming back. Trip is about 2245 miles each way.
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by JEBar » Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:05 pm

yep, our total trip miles are very close
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by JEBar » Tue Oct 05, 2021 12:13 pm

BigAl52 wrote:
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Wish you luck Jim and hope its a simple fix. Those RV Fridges aint cheap. Im sure you already no that.

I'm absolutely delighted to be able to say the short in our camper's electrical system is fixed .... the problem turned out to be caused by a poorly repaired wire used in a repair years ago .... the wires were twisted together and taped .... over the years the tape dried out and the wires eventually worked loose .... for us that is a major reduction in stress
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by BigAl52 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:08 pm

JEBar wrote:
Tue Oct 05, 2021 12:13 pm
BigAl52 wrote:
Mon Aug 30, 2021 4:35 pm
Wish you luck Jim and hope its a simple fix. Those RV Fridges aint cheap. Im sure you already no that.

I'm absolutely delighted to be able to say the short in our camper's electrical system is fixed .... the problem turned out to be caused by a poorly repaired wire used in a repair years ago .... the wires were twisted together and taped .... over the years the tape dried out and the wires eventually worked loose .... for us that is a major reduction in stress
Thats great news Jim. They guy who repaired it should have known better not to use tape. It all my wire repairs I use connector and then a heat shrink tube over the connector. This prevents situations like that.
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by JEBar » Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:29 pm

BigAl52 wrote:
Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:08 pm
Thats great news Jim. They guy who repaired it should have known better not to use tape.
for us, great news indeed .... my wife just came in and said that its cooling nicely ..... agree on it not being a good way to make electrical connections .... it was inside the camper's sealed underbelly so it hasn't been exposed to the elements .... in thinking back, that repair had to have been made something over 10 years ago .... that said, it was made by the dealership I worked for and I honestly find it difficult to believe the guys in the shop would make such a repair
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Re: 2021 Trip To South Dakota

Post by Sir Henry » Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:59 pm

Good to hear it was an easy fix. Sometimes it can take ten hours to find a two minute fix.
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