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Daveh

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  1. Well that is a very low price. I would want to know how much they have been used (they are new?) and their exact chemistry. Did they actually do a capacity test or is that the original rating. Lifepo4 is the safest of the chemistries but more expensive. Once you know the actual chemistry you can determine the true voltage operating range and whether it is compatible with your equipment.
  2. Hmmmm I thought someone would know. Maybe try you tube or other info for regular home construction. I would think the technique is transferable.
  3. Eternabond has such an established reputation for effectiveness, this is an area where it makes no sense to look at alternatives.
  4. This discussion may help. I think John has you on the right course. If you can rule out wires touching (OR EVEN LOOSE---TIGHTEN DOWN EVERYTHING EVEN OUTLET WIRES--LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF BURNING OR FAULT) then probably voltage regulator. Remember the source of the floating neutral may not be evident and even a loose wire can cause this problem. So double check and tighten stuff even if it looks good. http://www.irv2.com/forums/f258/generac-q55g-146vac-output-387895.html
  5. This outlet you are connected to, is it something that is part of the generator or did you have it hardwired to the generator? Is there a way to substitute another outlet or remove it and check the wires directly.
  6. I am not terribly high in the knowledge area so others can be much more definitive but I will comment that this sounds like a problem I had with a floating neutral so part of your answer will be told in checking voltages working back from the progressive. Where did you check the voltages? At the generator?
  7. I guess they will do slides but they are reluctant to do so (at least at the Mesa shop). The guy said they don't recommend it and it would be disproportionately expensive. I didn't ask for details.
  8. I did the flexarmor but cannot give you much detail as I only have had for about 4months. Looks great. They remove everything, drip rails, vents, AC and cover all seams. Wehn they reinstall you get new vent covers and new seal for the ACs.Total additional weight when done is about 150 lbs as I recall. The coating virtually dries on contact after being sprayed and they apply a thick coat. It is much thicker than an epdm. As Glenn said they do not do it in a campground so we stayed in a nearby hotel a few nights. I did not realize that Rhino was now doing roofs. Both flexarmor and the Rhino bedliner materials are made from polyurea. The flexarmor is a modified formula of polyurea to allow for flex as cracking was a concern. It is softer to the feel than a bedliner. So did Rhino also modify their formula? Another question I would have is whether this is actually Rhino of Rhino lining fame or if someone is playing games with the tradename. RV ROOF also goes by Flexarmor and is trademarked and then you get the campground one going by the name of RV Armor causing all kinds of confusion. Anyway. I love the new roof. I had a branch rip our first one and I would be very surprised if a branch could get through this. Plus no more annual maintenance. We had ours done in Mesa Arizona but the first store is in Green Cove Springs Fl.
  9. Hi Just did some work on the toilet ball valve and I found a lot of calcium build up. Recommendations for water softener?
  10. Kirk raises many good questions. Let me add another question. Exactly what kind of battery did you buy? Can you tell us the brand and ratings. It may help if you took so,e pictures of your battery and the outlet where you are plugged in. Don't give up. These things are frustrating in the moment and we all go through them. It does take a willingness to learn however. Keep asking questions and read as suggested by Kirk.
  11. Couldn't I just ask a child to change my license plates and drive away?
  12. Well anyone traveling that way could stop in and carve their initials in the Andersen lobby wall.
  13. Really? You should see some of our health care cat fights.
  14. It looks to me like they are trying to cut a deal already and Andersen is doing his best to avoid jail by offering payment of the full penalty amount and significant community service. This is what bothers me about the guy. He presents this like it was his idea and it is clearly based on the penalty in the code and lawyer/PR firm maneuvers. He also says he did the vandalism without thinking in an apparent fit of love wanting to make a gesture to his wife. However, we now know he was interrupted and asked to stop and yet continued. This is why I intend to boycott without seeing much more in the way of contrition.
  15. Chirakawa-------Here what are you going to do with this situation after she pays her fine? Hire her as a babysitter? What if she owned a pet supply store or was a dog groomer? Would you be good with it?? http://people.com/uncategorized/woman-caught-dumping-dogs-on-camera-san-antonio-good-samaritan-video/#01a8e801-d012-4e0c-a68e-88900e5c9323
  16. Chirakawa. We will agree to disagree. In defense of Kirk, I think I am the first one that went down the road of the Boston Tea Party. Protest (boycott) is part of our culture and I do believe complying with the law is the minimal requirement. You can be a really rotten person without ever violating the law. We have all had a space next to those people. Ethics is a higher standard. Doing his with kids there, ignoring requests of others to stop and then doing his best to limit consequences puts this guy on my permanent S list absent further sincere and significant action.
  17. Yes my thoughts were similar to what Dartmouth said. I don't dismiss your point Chirakawa. It is a very valid concern. But for your analogy to be fair let us say a doctor ran a special type of clinic and in his private life intentionally showed extreme disregard for those things his clinic stood for (i.e. a sobriety clinic and he was caught with drugs and evidence strongly suggesting a history of ongoing usage). And, for the analogy to be complete he can't just be any doctor but he needs to own and run the entire medical business and his name needs to be associated with it. So yes, in those type of circumstances I could imagine referrals stopping and patients with addiction problems looking elsewhere until they received a very satisfying response. And, no, I do not think a response that I have been charged and will pay my penalty is sufficient. That is sufficient for the minimum standard set by society. This guy would have a much higher bar to cross. What should be done? Well, he could step down or he could jeopardize the entire clinic and those he employs. If we follow your logic a corporation would never pay a large penalty because the employees might suffer. Look at it this way, if any other officer in Andersen had done this, they would be gone the next day. But he is the owner and he is not budging. If the business suffers it is because he won't accept the consequences of his behavior (he himself remains an addict in the analogy above). Andersen is lawyered up and doing nothing. He promises to do what the law would otherwise require and tells us everything is okay. It is not okay. He can step down from operations. He can sell the company. He can make specific and significant commitments by the company to future public conservation causes. But he cannot piss on my leg and tell me it is raining. He cannot engage in conduct that threatens his business and employees and then say it is my responsibility for responding to his own conduct.
  18. I agree about Andersen products. The company is extremely innovative and I actually was getting ready to buy some other accessories when this story broke. Good Customer service too. I really really regret this situation. For me, I just can't though.
  19. So you are saying your post was just off topic? Okay then. Since boycotts have been an active tool of protest in the US since at the very latest the Townsend Act and the Boston Tea Party, I suspect we will manage.Their current surge in popularity may reflect the dysfunction of our more traditional mechanisms for making a policy change. But now I am getting really off topic.
  20. Reductio ad absurdum------Second time today this logical fallacy was used to say a boycott is wrong.. First, someone argues the abuse of our protected land is so rampant that it is pointless to boycott something as insignificant as vandalizing the Corona Arch. Next up, someone argues if you boycott Andersen, you will need to boycott every retailer, bank, and distributor that supports them. NOPE. Boycotting Andersen does not mean you do not care about broader issues. We all start somewhere. Also, I can just boycott Andersen with no obligation to boycott everyone else. As I said earlier. I own a number of Andersen products. I am not going to dump them! I just have an issue with a company owner in the outdoor recreation industry that has a value system that would cause him to act this way. I am concerned not only with his actions in this particular instance but generally whether such a value system would allow him to cut corners elsewhere (I do have an awful lot of weight on an aluminum hitch after all. Makes one stop and think as they cross the Rockies in high winds--which was us two days ago ). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
  21. I think somewhere in the vast wilderness we have misplaced the original point of this thread.
  22. Respectfully JimK because I do agree with most of what you say but I do not believe your argument logically follows. I think most of us that travel full time are painfully aware of the destruction of our public lands and fight to preserve it. We also stayed in Blanding over a week last year and spent a lot of time in Hovenweep National Monument and Bears Ears. Bears Ears has magnificent beauty and also thousands of artifact sites some of which have previously been plundered, hence the protection, and now are open to plundering again. This is a travesty. I am aware of it as I am sure many other Escapees. I have signed petitions about Bear's Ears and continue to monitor the story closely. I consider it an unfolding tragedy and have written about it several times with posted pictures on my personal facebook account. This is a long hard fight and where I disagree with you is that we cannot throw up our hands in disgust when activity occurs on a smaller scale because the problem is so great. That is defeatism. The argument also ignores why we are focused on this particular incident. Yes, it was bad real anger derives from who did it. The head of an outdoor recreation company should not only be aware of the threat to our lands and heritage sites but should be an advocate for the protection of those lands. Companies like REI and Patagonia are at the forefront of protection efforts. Which brings us to this guy. He did this after being warned. He is in a position where he can have a direct influence on the issue of public land protection and he chooses, for nothing more than his amusement, to carve on an Arch. Are worse things happening? Yes. So, should we ignore this? NO. We buy products for the outdoor recreation industry and we have a duty to demand that those companies share our values and respect our lands and heritage.
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