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While I 100% agree it could be bad china made parts the fact the Boondocker was fine for 4 years and THEN the WFCO popped the same way suggests an electrical problem. Of course it happens when I'm on the road and next stop pretty far from a big city with lots of repair options. I thought my DEKA AGM batteries were on their last legs and getting ready to replace but they are doing all I ask of them using solar to charge. I also have a high quality battery charger. Forget brand as it's packed but I could leave that on the batteries for night time and go about business as usual. Any problem with approach? I can't seem to find a mobile RV tech that specializes in RV electrical in Tucson. Most seemed to only have ~5 years experience. Anyone know of one in Tucson or Yuma where I'll be next? I know a good rv tech where I summer in New Mexico so may have to wait till June to see him. Thanks!

2019 50 amp Airstream Flying Cloud. After having a Boondocker 65 amp convertor installed for 4 years the other blew the capacitor. I had a spare converter , WFCO, and swapped them out and the other blew immediately! They exploded popping the tops open and were smoking! I had an RV electrician over and he and I checked everything we could think of aside from a small section of buried wires on the DC side. The AC input was in perfect working order! I have a high quality Progressive Industries surge protector EMS device and it registered no surges or power spikes of any kind. It was blowing the breaker but I was able to reset as I didn't know what it was. After second reset I opened the compartment and and the converter was smoking...only damage anywhere is the cap! At $250 a pop I'm hesitant to install another converter until I can pinpoint exactly what does this and confirm what ever happened before has been fixed by us tightening all the connections. Frustrating as all systems are 100% fine but obviously not.... Is there some sort of common cause for such a thing? Baffling! Thanks!

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Yes and if you've been around a lake shore in summer you'll find all the nasties growing in the warmer shallows not the deeper water. Not a perfect analogy but there's less surface exposed to air/full tank water than near empty tank. We just need a big ol' UV light in the FW tanks! That would solve it! But how do you change the bulb?

Since we're still rolling here... How about the opposite issue of an "empty" tank? No way to get it 100% dry and IME grunge likes damp more than wet; more exposure to air. As bad as a full tank can get I like my odds of sanitizing 100% better than a dried out gradoaster encrusted tank This is why i always tend on having a full tank instead of empty or even half empty for too long. Am I right?

Thanks everyone! Crazy how this isn't topic #1 when RV'ing. Nothing is really more important!

Hi, I sanitized and filled 38 gallon tank with fresh filtered water 3 months ago. I'm at an RV park near Yuma with salty water that is not good for drinking so have not dumped or used the water yet. I'm heading to a place with better water in a few weeks and will empty tank before I go and refill with good water. That said a water main broke here and the water is off for a while and got me to thinking about how long it can be safe. I wont drink or cook but maybe brush teeth, dishes, shower etc. So far doesn't look or smell bad in any way. Also I figure it's better to have a full tank than an empty one for extended periods since you can never get 100% dry and easier to flush out any thing with full tank. Obviously if the water here was better I'd have emptied and filled up but.... Thanks!

Oh my gosh! Looks like the Highland fire is RIGHT AT Jojoba Hills SKP judging my the map I attached below. Such a great park and wonderful people! I hope all are safe! https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023/10/30/highland-fire

Your assuming a lot and I suggested NONE of what you claim.....That was another person who was referring to your post.... You may want to go back and lecture them....

Thanks Kirk.... But if you review your posts you did NOT provide a phone number until now.... See what I mean? This forum is more about "being right" than actually helping. About piling on a member with a concern and a question!

This is about the most useless forum.... Up front I asked if anyone had a contact besides the "guy on the phone"...someone to express my concerns to. Never got an answer to that but flooded with apologetics.... I'll have to remember next time someone has a problem with anything here to chime in and say I have no problems; everything is fine with me. Of course passive aggressively blame them along the way. Would help to deflect blame to a 3rd party based on anecdotal tales....But under no circumstances read the first post and try to help them! Took me a while but I see how it works here now! Thanks for setting me straight!

Hi, I sell online for a living and ship ~500 packages a year via USPS 1st Class. I have been for ~8 years now and have lost exactly ZERO! I can't recall any even getting too late. Fed Ex on the other hand consistently fouls up orders like EVERY TIME with me! Always a day late at least! I think every delivery via Fed EX recently has been on the truck delivery by 9pm sort of message and then driver goes home before all deliveries. So Fed Ex is not an option for me.....

Ya know when there's an issue with my truck on one of the forums I participate in I go and check to make sure it doesn't effect me! I don't start defending Toyota or if mine doesn't have the issue discount their complaints or suggest it was something they did wrong..... The fact I had mail confirmed delivered to Escappes and not included in my forward mail should be cause for concern. I've been using Escappes for ~ a year and this the first times I had issues aside from the magazines.

Hi, What would be helpful? A phone number I can call that is a person who deals with such problems..... I'll explain again and perhaps I can make more sense... Important mail sent to Escapees. Tracking says "delivered" I wait several days and call to have mail forwarded. Agent is less than enthusiastic about helping when I explain I have important mail and would like to confirm it'll be included. They say yes it will but wont check. Forwarded mail arrives and important mail not included....Contact sender they cancel and they expedite it next day which arrives as "package" but UPS next day letter. Can't be scanned but I get delivered notification. Call Escapees they can't confirm it'll be included but probably will, again wont check for me. Get mail forwarded. This morning's tracking says it's headed out of the country.... Magazines missing. Publisher resends twice. Address is 100% correct. All say delivered. None forwarded. Call Escappees and told magazines can be hit or miss and if the address doesn't match (it does per publishers info) it gets quickly tossed as they can't track every magazine that comes in. So we have at least one piece of mail I can prove was delivered to my correct address at Escapees that was not included in my forwarding..... Magazines can be an issue as per what last person explained to me.... At this point I'm just about out of luck, I needed it today. A person who would have actually checked my mail since I explained the urgent need would have solved all this perhaps. Sorry guys....Escapees mail serviced really stepped in it this time. IF you guys are telling me they have actually checked you mail before shipping and they refused to do so for me... Of course you are free to blame me or USPS...BTW I ship ~500 packages a year via USPS, have been for 8 years. So 4000+/-. ZERO lost! Not one! A couple took a few more days but that's pretty danged reliable!

Well I'm glad no one else is having a problem but frankly this information is useless for me! I'm trying to get past the "guy who answers the phone" and get my concerns addressed. This last lost or delayed will probably cost me over $1000.......

Ken, How do you come up with this? There is nothing in my post to suggest any of this. Where did I "start bad-mouthing them right off the bat". BTW Said important mail was resent and received by Escapees and forwarded to me..... Now lost in transit....5 days since a tracking update.... So I have lost two VERY important pieces of mail and a half dozen magazines. And who knows what else.... It was explained to me magazines can be a problem and even if addressed properly may be tossed out by Escapees. It was explained to me as "hit and miss" since we don't have the actual shipping label to determine what's going on. Not looking good in my book and I'll be researching other mail box options for important mail.

Thanks Kirk, No I'm referring to a different magazine, Guitar Player. I have received zero issues and their dashboard shows delivered 2 or 3 times for certain issues! So 7 between the span of the subscription have not arrived or been lost or destroyed... I did receive an Escapees magazine a few weeks back in a forwarding so I imagine not any setting on my part.. Thanks!

Hi, I'm having trouble with my mail service. I subscribe to a magazine and have triple checked the address is correct. They have resent the magazines twice and the online dashbord for the magazine says delivered...yet...I am receiving no magazines..... I asked if magazines are being thrown out but they said no and I have received several otherss in the past... Also...A VERY important piece of mail went missing after again showing delivered but not included with my forwarded mail. They wouldn't look in my file to confirm that maybe it was left behind but refused to do so... That piece has been duplicated and expedited by shipper and arrived at SKPs as I got notice but hasn't scanned yet which seems odd to me. It says "package" on the tracking but it should be an envelope so not sure how actually sent. SO I'm waiting for something so they can actually send it to me... Also the last couple times I called I got an ear full of attitude... I didn't understand and it was NOT explained to me I have to accept scanned mail. Operator had zero patience in trying to explain this to me and how I can get my mail delivered. So far this service has been severely lacking.... Is there someone I can speak to that has a less attitude and can explain why there's a problem? Thanks

Drained the WH as above and water came out crystal clear! Drain had a slight leak and pressure relief had some mineral build up but nothing alarming. Cleaned and teflon taped it. It's funny as I check it every month or two for critters and never noticed any build ups... could be from this spot and just a 3 week build up! I'm in Tacna and have stayed in Yuma numerous times. Yuma water is no where near as hard as here. My sediment, charcoal and Berkey make it just fine in Yuma but here the water is simply beyond! You should see the ground with mineral deposits all over! Thanks!

Cool! Thanks! I read elsewhere that guys will use a vinegar flush of the system. I haven't read the details yet.

RO can't keep up with demands other than drinking water can it? RO usually relies upon a reservoir and fills in the back ground. I'm considering a small sink mount RO unit just for drinking. Thanks!

MY mom had soft water in her house forever so I know the taste it has....I don't mind it but this is different so far. I chatted with another resident there and they said the park's water is very salty. So perhaps an oddity in that the Mg/Ca is stripped off but obviously not the NaCl and just adding more sodium doesn't help things! Thanks!

Thanks Kirk! I've neglected the water heater! How does a flushing tool work? Is it an actual tool or way to hook up/back flush? Time to drag out the manual!

Thanks, But that's the regeneration process. The brand new ones do not require salt and the resin is already charged. In fact they have NO SALT in the factory and add none to the new ones. I spoke with them this morning and the issues could be a couple of things. One is from 1.5 years in the southwest my plumbing is coated with mineral deposits that will take some time to clear out. Another is the over all quality of the "city water" here. Even filtered and Mg/Ca stripped out can still leave actual salt. Since it's desert well water that's not surprising. I'm only here for a couple more weeks so will work around it and see what a better water source does. Plus some time. BTW RV'ers next to me are from SW too and their water heater is already breaking down due to hard water. I don't think it's 2 years old and they already went through one sacrificial rod in it! Yikes! I've read of other RV's plumbing going south quickly too with this extreme hard water.

I think so.... I have a sediment and charcoal filter going into the unit and of course it's only able to be hooked up one way. Test strip on cold water side shows almost zero hard water in the 0-40 ppm range max. Non softened in the 500-1000 range....test strip turns red! Taste isn't so bad aside from the salinity. I understand the harder the water the more sodium will be in the soft water due to the ion exchange. But I've tasted soft water before and it's not as salty as this....