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If a park contains rigs that can not move, are literally falling apart, blue tarps all over, that is a management decision to go with long term resident and don't want to bother maintaining the park. It is a business decision. If you don't like it, don't stay there. That maybe all those people can afford, or that is the only place that had openings and they are doing the best they can while they look for something else. Try finding places along the west coast, housing is out of sight (either purchase or rental), no town/city will approve new parks and a lot of places have decided that they will be better off with long term residents than having to deal with traveling public. Why the OP chooses to use the derogatory remark of "trailer park" towards other RVers (of whatever type they maybe) is beyond me.

Ray, Those are for unused cylinders. which means the valves are closed and the unit is not in use. That has to do with storage, not with cylinders CONNECTED to a rig.

Ferries in Washington State require propane turned off before they load you and they check each unit. Almost every local/county/state governmental units dealing with fire/safety, etc. have adopted NFPA regulations by reference, often then including extra regulations to address local concern. For example, you can not fill propane tanks (either DOT or ASME) in RV parks in Mesa. You can arrange for delivery of tanks and use ‘extend-a-stay’ adaptors for motorhome, or take DOT tanks to filling station throughout the area. As was pointed out, you can not stopped someone if they are hell bent to steal from you. If staying long term having a LARGE tank installed would reduce simple theft.

Since Escapees’s registration is in Polk county, not a problem

No an RV is not exempt from Federal Regs. Propane in transportation must be open to the atmosphere (not in closed bay where fumes could accumulate) and the values must be accessible to fire departments. All state fire Marshalls also adopted NFPA recommendations

That's what we pay Escapees to do - whether it is by hand or not, they are hired to do a job. There are a lot of things that I worry about - this just isn't worth it. And we only get 2 pieces of mail from SS each year, the printed 1099 form. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ONLINE. All Medicare stuff is online except for getting our new cards last year. If that breaks Escapees, then their business model isn't what it should be.

So Social Security (Medicare) uses NO (for number) instead of # and they put it on a separate line. Still gets to me, so I don't worry about it.

If you read the USPS rules it says you can use either PMB or # in front of your box number. Since being on the road, we have opened accounts at different institutions, have not had a problem with our address, including last January. Now we did stay away from those institutions that I read about hassling other individuals on these forums - which would seem the point of spring information with others.

One thing that will help would be an idea of what type of traveling do you think you will want to do? Move every few days, move every week or two, or stay a month or more and then move. We have a DP, but unlike many, ours is a mid-door because I want to be exit from the kitchen right onto the patio, under the awning, without going through the living area. As to losing room at the front, our front seats swivel and once moved back, we don't really lose anything. BTW - you end up spending most days outside, either enjoying the warmth of the day or off exploring. Agree with the w/d, that was a must on my list. You didn't say how much experience you've had with RVs, but would recommend renting at least once, if not more, to see what it is like. Class Cs are the most common type of rental, but there are some firms that also rent Class As (usually gassers). Better to spend the money on a rental to find out that it really isn't your thing, than buying one and regretting your purchase.

In 13 years we have never used PMB. Just use # in front of our mailbox number.

Aw, cord on a reel. Yes, lots of reports of problems with that. Trip to factory?

Well you sure have people scratching their heads - - I think we will all be interested in what it turns out to be. I have a feeling maybe you have encountered some flaky power in different parks plus something else going on in your coach. A great puzzle for us, probably very frustrating for you.

And that’s an example of park power problem. OP didn’t say he had an autoformer.

Just because people on each side WITHOUT surge protection don’t see anything wrong, shouldn’t be an assurance that nothing is wrong. And problems can be fleeting and then go away and not reappear. Still not sure how a burnt prong on your power cord means the EMS is malfunctioning?

So there was charring on the plug that was inserted into the pedestal and everyone thinks that's ok? I'm missing something here. And getting a fault code (and short cutout) doesn't seem all that unusual, considering that LOTS of different things that can affect power flow in a park and sometimes the units are REALLY sensitive. He doesn't say how many things he had going - but the fact that he tripped a pedestal with a 20 amp plug into it in addition to the coach would seem to indicate a problem with pedestal, not coach, wouldn't it?

Notice that you don’t mention what your meter was reading each time when you unplugged and check the power at the pedestal? You did that' right? Why do you assume the power at the pedestal is always ok. Sounds like your system is doing what it should.

Both furnace and A/C run because you are in temperatures outside of the 'golden' area. We try to follow the 75° mark so we have found that we use electric heaters (on low, in front and back) and only will the furnace come on. In the summer, make sure you have a couple of small fans, most days (we spend the summer in the PNW) we can just run the fans to get things circulating and don't need the A/C until we hit southern CA at the end of September returning to Arizona. I'll second the recommendation that you rent and try out living for at least a week in a rig. Get the feel for how things will be done, including the less glamorous things like dumping tanks.

Usually weekenders, especially on holiday 3-day weekends. You contact campground manager or call 911. Often worst in state parks. We’ve seen rangers call police into evict drunks. We don’t move.

Rich, Sorry that the topic spiraled out. Experience is a great teacher and I suspect the reason you have no problems is that you routinely change out the water (using it, refilling and dumping as necessary) and you are using water from municipal sources. Keep on doing what you're doing.

If noise bothers you, RVing isn't for you. I sometimes think that all RV parks are situated between a major interstate and a railroad switching year all underneath the flight path into LAX. Yes, you can get away and find quite places, but you will also have places that have a lot of noise - and come the weekend, state and national parks can be swarming with noisy kids and over imbibing adults who are often worse than the kids. Ear plugs to lessen (not completely block out) noise can help and truthfully, you 'learn' to block out noise. Lots of people boondock, but that takes planning ahead of time and if you are all by yourself might be too much quiet, not to mention what will you do if you have an accident, etc. Most RVers find a happy mix of places to stay while they travel and see areas of interest.

No, the flash point it still the same. Gasoline flashpoint is -45 F, while diesel is +126F. So if the surface is hot enough, diesel will have enough vapors and will flash when a spark is applied. Oxygen acts as an accelerator. Since all hydrocarbons give off vapor, the increased concentration of O2 and an ignition source (doesn't take much) will cause vigorous burning. Did you miss the fire triangle in middle school science? Drug store bottles of 4% H2O2 are perfect for a cleaning agent for cuts, and a great way to show that catalase is released when tissue is cut and the bubbles in the cut are O2 coming out of solution. For general cleaning, you'd need either of lot of money to get sufficient amount to do it, or have to buy stronger peroxide, which most people are not able to do. Plus it would be much more expense than just using bleach. And if you are worried about porous surface in a large area (i.e. after Hurricane Katrina) the best way is to tent the whole house and use chlorine dioxide (ClO2) as the gas penetrates far deeper than a liquid can. All of which has nothing to do with a cleaning agent. Soap and water are the best cleaning agents. Maybe one should remember that this discussion is about the fresh water tank? Not cleaning or disinfecting surfaces within the RV or house.

H2O2 generates O2 when it reacts, and O2 PROMOTE fire (part of the fire triangle) which is why peroxides are often used in some explosive mixtures. Pour 50% H2O2 on asphalt on a hot day and you will often have flames appear. 😱

Your chemistry/ChemEng degrees are from? Bleach, like H2O2, is an oxidizer and will kill mold, etc.

Not if you are in the Arizona desert.

Rich, you mean you have a turbidity meter? One that measures dissolved solids? A pH meter, to assess the acidity/alkalinity? Obviously not an ICP to check for heavy metals as you have to send that one out. And what about possible bacterial/fungal/viral contamination - for that you need to check the residual chlorine content of the water. And for hydrocarbons, you need Mass Spec. Water analysis is complex and what you really need to a water supply that undergoes routine testing and makes those results available to those who use the water. And before someone asks, yes I often go online when in small towns where we have never been before and review their latest report on the municipal water supply.