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SpaceNorman

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  1. I've got an Aquahot 400D in my coach - but am experiencing some weirdness. Everything seems to behave normally - i.e, the heat exchangers in each zone start to blow when the coach temperature falls below the temp set on the thermostat - and will begin to blow warm air and the temperature readings at the exchangers quickly rise to roughly 90 degrees (tested with a digital infrared thermometer). However, after a very brief time (and before the temperature in the zone rises to the "set" temperature for the zone) - the exchangers start blowing cold air. Once they start blowing "cold air" - they continue to blow cold air until they are shut off manually (i.e., turning the thermostat controller to off). This happens consistently - and in conditions that I would NOT consider extreme conditions (i.e., outdoor temperatures in the 50 - 55 degree range, thermostat set to maintain 69 degrees inside the coach) I tried to post this question on the RV Hydronic Heater Repair Website. Unfortunately, my account appears to be stuck in "no man's land". They appear to have my email address on file - so I can't create a new registration. However, when I follow the instructions to recover the username/password of what must be an "existing" account - I get a message telling me that my username/password reset info has been sent to my email address - yet nothing arrives in my inbox (or in my junk mail files). Any input on my issue would be greatly appreciated. Heck, I'd even be happy with an email address to try to reach the folks at RV Hydronic Heater Repairs to get my account access issue resolved so that I can try posting there!
  2. Our coach came with a central vacuum system that seems to work pretty well ... however, for "quick cleans", my wife doesn't like having to drag out the heavy hose. So .. for "cleaning day", we use the central vac and for "quick cleans" she uses a little Hoover Linx Cordless unit. Depending on the nature of the mess - I'll sometimes just grab a broom to sweep the tile floor and sweep the debris into the "electric dustpan" which sucks it down into the central vac bag system. Truth be told - all three approaches do a pretty good job. I'd be happy to simply use the central vac ... but my DW likes the lighter, somewhat easier to sling around Hoover cordless unit.
  3. We did a couple of nights at $100+ a night on the beach at Camp Gulf near Destin, FL. The site was gorgeous .. nothing between us and the waves except about 150 yards of white sand. My wife loved I. It was our first trip to Florida - and I wanted my wife's first extended trip in the coach to end on a high note. Then (as now) I was working on selling her on spending more time on the road than back home (I'm ready to fulltime yesterday - while she enjoys traveling a whole bunch, the idea of fulltiming, not so much). I doubt we'll spend that sort of cash for a campsite again ... but, it was the thing to do when we did it.
  4. Prior to owning our coach, I worked as a network analyst in the financial services industry. The company I work has embraced telecommuting for people working in positions where a physical presence in the office isn't a requirement. The nature of my work is a good fit for telecommuting. Roughly 5 years ago - I began "working from home" 3-4 days each week. It quickly became clear that I was as effective working from home as I was during my weekly trek into the office. Shortly after purchasing our coach (roughly 18 months ago) - we outfitted it with what I consider to be a solid mobile internet solution. Over the course of the first year of ownership - I worked with my management to demonstrate that I can effectively work from my coach while traveling. After this winter's two month trip to Florida - throughout which I worked a "normal" 40 hour work week (minus a few pre-arranged days that I took as PTO (personal time off) - I made a request to be officially granted permission to telecommute on a "full time" basis. I recently received notice that my request has been approved. I now work remotely virtually 100% of the time - and only go into the office when we happen to be in town. We've been summering in Michigan's northern lower peninsula. We'll be leaving in late August for 3 month trip to Arizona to spend some time with our son before returning "home" to the metro Detroit area for the holidays. We'll be leaving again in early January for a 4+ month long trip to Florida. Under my arrangement with my employer - I work a normal 40 hour "Monday - Friday" work week - and schedule any PTO (aka "vacation") time just like I would if I was working in the office. I'm required to maintain core business hours (which I've established to be from 8 am thru 2 pm daily). During my "core business hours" - I'm expected to be at online and working - responding to phone calls, messages via the company instant message system, available for conference calls / Webex meetings, etc. I'm free to "flex" the other two hours of my business day as I see fit (either working them between 6 am - 8 am ... or later in the evening instead of watching TV) - and use this time to perform the "heads down" data analysis work that is a large part of my job requirements. Several members of my team are essentially full time telecommuters who make 1x / 2x per month appearances in the office as well. My only "unique" obligation is that I'm expected to provide my manager with a calendar that shows my planned location and work status for each day. In practical terms - we're able to travel more or less at will. I tend to be an early riser - so I usually start my work day at 6 am and am done by 2 pm. Being done that early each afternoon - I've got a pretty good slice of time each day to do stuff with my DW. Combine this with weekends, bank holidays and 200+ hours of PTO per year - and I'm able to string together enough free time to be able to do the "touristy" stuff we want to do as part of our travels as well. The only real restriction I have to concern myself with is the need to be somewhere with a functional Verizon cell signal during working hours - and so far, that hasn't been much of a restriction at all! I avoid burning PTO time for "travel days" to the extent possible. We're finding that if we start a day's travel as soon my day ends at 2 pm as possible allows us to cover 200...ish miles and still arrive at our destination for the day at a reasonable hour. If the sun, the moon and the stars line up right - I'll continue to work like this for a little more than two years before I retire outright. Truth be told - I'm feeling pretty darn lucky to have been able to position myself for this arrangement.
  5. I think my wife and I became card carrying members of the Class of 2016 yesterday. We closed the deal on our new (to us) motorhome. We're now the proud and happy owners of a 2012 Holiday Rambler Endeavor 43' DFT. We've been dreaming about doing this in that far off "someday we're gonna....." sort of way for more than 18 years. We're a hair under 18 months out from retirement and are hoping to use the time to get ourselves acclimated to the coach ... and downsizing the rest of our lives. With a set of coach keys in our pockets .. and a retirement date pretty much selected ... it finally feels like it's getting real! It looks like our first hurdle will be to not go crazy as we wait for the incredibly cold and snowy weather here in Michigan to break so that we take it out for our first weekend trip!
  6. Hi all ... after 15+ years of dreaming and scheming - my wife and I took our first concrete towards becoming card carrying members of the Class of 2016 today. We closed the deal on the purchase of a gently used 2012 Holiday Rambler Endeavor 43 DFT - in anticipation of retirement in July of 2016. We decided to purchase the coach a little early - hoping that having a chance to use it some a bit prior to retirement will let us ease into the RV lifestyle - and make the transition into full-timing a little smoother. We plan on using the next year to outfit the coach with all the little stuff we'll need ... while kicking our effort to downsize (which has been underway for a couple of years - albeit very slowly) into a higher gear. With temps here in Michigan hovering around 0 degrees and a couple of feet of snow on the ground ... I suspect the next month or two is gonna be tough while we wait for the weather to break so we can take the "new" coach out for our maiden voyage.
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