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Never heard of AGM batteries catching fire but lithium yes. We are on are second set of AGM Optima Blue tops, the first set lasted 13 years and this set is on their 7th year. Denny

We had a Dometic that leaked after 12 years so I replaced the cooling unit with a Amish unit at it craped out after 4.5 years. Replaced the whole refrigerator with a residential Magic Chef from Home Depot and haven't looked back. It runs going down the road off our inverter along with our chest freezer, the truck keeps the batteries up. When dry camped for the night if needed we plug the converter into our old 650 watt Honda. The batteries will run the refrig all night without any generator power, the refrigerator only pulls 56 Watts when running and it doesn't run all that much. When set up in Yuma for the winter our electric bill is $20 to $30 cheaper than the Dometic running on electric. Denny

Another part of the brochure.

This is from the material that comes with it. Denny

When you order Crazy Seal this is what you receive and it has to be ordered from the manufacturer, I've never seen it on and box store shelf. If you did just a little research you will find it is not silicone based. Denny

Not sure what your experience with Crazy Seal and repairs but we had a encounter with a tree branch the first year it was applied that made 3 triangle tears in the roof radius. I sealed them with lap sealant and when we got home a couple of coats of Crazy Seal and all was good. Because the branch rubbed all the way down the trailer I cleaned and and recoated it all the way down. Just cleaned and inspected it after getting back from the winter in AZ and it looks just like I applied it. Denny

You just have to make sure it's clean and mold free and all the caulking is solid. If you have to replace any of the sealant let it cure for a couple of weeks before coating the roof. Denny

I used Crazy Seal/Liquid Roof a couple of years ago and I'm happy with it. No adding activator before use just mix it and apply. Denny

What we are doing now with Dish is drop locals all together after a built a simple Dipole antenna for our home base where we had a hard time getting locals even with a fancy antenna. If we can't get the programs off over the air channel on the road we just stream them the next day. Shortly we are changing our Dish package to the lowest one and eventually will eliminate it all together and just stream over our two Verizon phones. Denny

I've had two Banks cat back systems, first was on a 91 Ford 460 and it was amazing. The second was on a 2000 V10 and it made very little difference. Denny

Looks like Dish is up and running, just signed into our Dish App as and it appears to be working normally. Denny

There is no communication with Dish because of a ransomware hack, apparently Dish will not pay the ransom. To the OP I would look at streaming, we are using a Android Smart TV and it works amazingly well. We are thinking of dropping Dish altogether in the near future. Denny

We can't log on to our account but we are on auto pay so everything is still working for us. I'm guessing changing our programing is out of the question. Denny

First thing to do different is buy replacement material that has all the ribs already installed. Second just take a utility knife and cut the old material in half length way so it comes off easier. Clean the grove's and spray dry silicone in the channels. I take the right arm off and unwind the spring, it only takes 3 3/16 short rivets. With one other helping I can do it in about a hour start to finish. I like the Shade Pro material, I ordered it online. Denny

We are close to Fortuna and I-8, sometimes we have problems streaming but not all that often. Denny

Down here in Yuma 5G there is night and day difference between 5and4G. Denny

Sounds like you have the wrong rear gears in your truck for the load. Denny

Before you start spending a lot of $ on this do a couple of simple checks. First check the air filter, next get a spray can of carburator cleaner and clean all the linkage on top of the carb and make sure everything moved freely. The linkage from the governor should move freely, not the choke linkage that's in front of the carb but the second one past it, it controls the throttle butterfly, I'm thinking the throttle isn't returning all the way. Denny

Sounds like the governor is hanging up and not allowing it to go back to unloaded throttle position. You can verify that by checking the frequency, should be around 60HZ. Denny

It's on the internet so it had to be true 🤣. Modern vehicles are tuned to the max to meet gov standards so their is no way you will get 35%better mileage even if they defeat the pollution controls. Denny

Look like a regular water heater would be cheaper than a tankless plus you can use it on electric when hooked up. Denny

I don't know if anyone has really looked but the 120 volt wiring in a RV is solid 12-2 or 14-2 solid Romex and it's been that way for years. Denny

#6 Romex is stranded wire not solid, strands are bigger than in Romex but it's still stranded and it's what is used on almost all RVs from the rec to the panel.

We've been RVing for 44 years and have been through a lot of peak and down times but this is the first time we have seen so many people living in RV parks with families. The worst part is most are living in low end trailers like the one in the article and we know that after a few years what they will look like. And so many with kids with all their stuff and it's scattered everywhere along with vehicles that no longer run but that's the parks fault. Anymore we stay long term in 55+ parks (4 to 5) months or COE CG and dry camp as much as possible when going across country because of park overnight costs and lack of space. We have a residential frig and with a little bit of planning it works out without solar. I do see a lot of used RVs for sale in the future with a lot of people realizing they made a very bad financial decision, we already know one young couple with kids that were in that situation and had to go the bankruptcy route to get out from under their trailer and truck. Time will tell where it ends up. Denny

When I was laying out and wiring RV parks the NEC said pedestals will be located midway or to the rear of sites but not in the back or front. I would locate them 1/3 of the way forward from the back. We always travel with a 50 amp extension cord, we are using it now because we are in a manufactured home park the the power is in near the front along with the water, sewer is way in the back so we are using all our hoses and cords 🤣. Denny