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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!

Hey look at this! Maybe rig to drop in the filler tube.... https://playitkoi.com/products/copy-of-periha-uv-b-series-drop-in-submersible-uv-clarifiers?variant=40659366969414&dfw_tracker=122155-shopify_US_7145562832966_40659366969414&cmp_id=17331961830&adg_id=&kwd=&device=c&tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=17331961830&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhc-sBhCEARIsAOVwHuQJeG__nS4qj3T5tvf9h3GcFe3sqzGgFq-ZCtjyarjgP34x9X1g1GMaAqISEALw_wcB

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.......