Kirk W

Let us know when you get the part. It's not difficult to replace. For the future, if the sail switch doesn't close there will be no sparking attempt for the furnace to light and the propane valve never opens. Hope you aren't suffering with the cold! 😊

If you log into the member website and look under the Member Directories menu there is a map of sorts showing all discount parks and the Rainbow parks, but it isn't nearly what you are looking for. Such as it is, the directory is also on the phone-app under the "more" menu. Just a suggestion.... If enough members were to ask for POI list, it might then happen.

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D/FW has been hanging at 15° now for 5 or 6 hours.

Quite an experience! And here in the D/FW area we are complaining about a temperature of 15°!

Are you saying that banks don't want the business of those who live in an RV, or just his? His is a very common problem for people in the RV community with no real property address.

I have several friends and relatives who farm that have addresses of a route number and box number.

The catch is in the size of market that a modification like that would be willing to pay extra for. A good example of the size issue for the towing world is the fact that Remco has discontinued the manufacture of all of their towing modification equipment due to low returns on investment. For that reason, I don't expect to see it happen unless it is for some other reason than the RV dingy towing market.

When you get to the Escapade, once you have been parked in your site you will need to go inside and register. Near the place that you register will be the hospitality desk and there you will find a list of activities that need volunteers to help out. Each person who volunteers for 3 hours or more will then receive a special souvenir pin that can only be gotten by volunteering. There are many areas that seek volunteers to help. Usually the first thing to fill is that of driving the stretched golf carts that roam the campgrounds and activities areas to provide transportation to and from events. There are always several other areas and exactly what is there varies from year to year. Security always needs volunteer help and that is how I got involved with that and eventually became security team leader. Of the 3 Escapades where we volunteered, I found security to have been the most rewarding and that was the reason that I accepted a position on the staff. Volunteers do things like checking for attendee badges to enter the activity areas and evening entertainment. At the entertainment there are seats reserved for the security team and the volunteers are released to those reserved seats just before the show starts. In some cases the volunteers help with traffic control at the entry gates and such, but you are never expected to be a policeman or to do anything of that sort. After 10 years with the security team I have retired from the staff but it is some of my fondest memories.

If you were in Livingston, TX you would find that pretty much all financial organizations understand the law & related banking regulations, and they work with fulltime RV folks on a frequent basis. Unfortunately, the reach of the Escapees seems to be pretty limited in distance because we are too small a part of the the financial market. Polk Co. TX is a rural area with a small population so the Escapees are a very significant market there.

If you could somehow cause the brake of the Bolt to apply with your motorhome braking, like an auxiliary brake system, that would make use of some of that wasted energy. Dragging the regenerative braking all of the time would burn extra fuel.

Is it sheltered from the wind, as that should help?

Why not put the propane bottle for the lower furnace into the space that is protected? When we were in Maine at an NWR they had the heating oil tank and the 250 gallon propane tank both inside of a heated space with temperature set to 50°.

I went back and added the windchill chart from the link to my post, for those not familiar with the effect. Having lived in Cheyenne, WY for 18 years, I'm quite familiar with it but others may not be. The chart does agree with your original post. I was pointing out that your expected high temperature for the day is -14° and the expected low is -29°! Add a 10 mph wind to the low and you get a -58°. Your weather makes us glad to be in TX but it still feels cold to us after living here so long.

Today AM Clouds/PM Sun -14°/-29° Wind: N 14 mph Fri 12 | Day Fri 12 | Day -14° Fri 12 | Night -29° Cloudy skies early, followed by partial clearing. High -14F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. 10 Day Weather-Kalispell, MT

7:00 am, Mesquite TX temperature is 33° F

That is a very common symptom and nearly always indicates that the ignition probe has failed. The same probe that supplies the spark to light the furnace also detects the heat of the burning propane. If it does not send a signal back to the circuit board that it detects the heat from the burning propane, it will try 2 more times and then go into safety lockout. If you turn the furnace off and after a brief pause turn it back on it will repeat that same sequence. Over the many years that I have had an RV and also helped others repair their RV furnaces, I have probably seen that issue about 20 times and nearly all of them were the ignition probe. If you do not have one, you can download a copy of the Suburban Service Manual from this link. On page 7 of that manual the troubleshooting guide addresses your symptoms.

If you are thinking of 2024 models, none of the towing guides that I'm familiar with are out for 2024 yet. I'm wondering where you read that? I found the following from Edmonds. But if you're looking at the current fourth-generation model, only the hybrid and plug-in hybrid models are towable. Finally, the vast majority of states require most vehicles being flat-towed to be equipped with auxiliary brake systems that work in tandem with the motorhome's brakes. ~ Nov 30, 2023

This is an Australian unit and the "mains" to the lower right side are 240V0-ac. Notice the power plug, It connects to 230V but I am pretty sure that the circuit board converts that supply to 12V since all other voltages are labeled as 12V it does show both a 12V heating element and also a ac heating element so that probably is 230V

As I look at those pictures again, you may well be right. It would be interesting to know if he is aware of this. After doing a little digging I was able to find this one. The claim: Elon Musk developed a heater that reduces electric bills to $0 It seems that I was too quick to buy into the Musk connection.

Dometic RM7401L Wiring Diagram

Elon Musk Reveals the Secret to Heating Your Home This Fall And Winter... All While Cutting Your Heating Bill to Basically $0. Elon's latest scam?

The red is positive and the brown is negative. If you look at the full schematic from my link you can see that they supply the 12V heater, with the red positive side passing through the circuit board.

While it is only a guess, at this point I would suspect that something was wrong with the way you changed the wiring and that something on the circuit board has failed, but that is only a guess. Additional information on that refrigerator seems to be nonexistent, other than I did find the installation and operation manual online. If I could examine the circuit board I might be able to figure out at least some of the operation to know what to check. The red wire from the terminal block should have 12V as it then goes to the circuit board, in on x103 and out on x104 to the heater and the is return side back to the terminal block. There is something on the circuit board that turns that power on and off as called for. The fact that nothing on the circuit board is lighting up tends to support my suspicion that the problem is on that circuit board. In all probability, a qualified Dometic service tech could probably repair the refrigerator for less cost than to replace it, but that too is only a guess. I'm afraid that this is the best that I can do.