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Yes, that was certainly a factor in our purchase decision as well. I did note as well that upgrading to a larger panel with additional breaker slots would be a relatively easy task, but the need hasn't come up. I could also simply replace an existing single breaker with another tandem breaker of course.

Our 50 amp Landau Class A uses a standard Square D QC Load Center for the breaker box. Complete with a double pole, single handle, 50 amp main breaker. Every other breaker is on the same leg. This is the same panel that's often used as the primary panel in small buildings or as a sub-panel in larger buildings.

Over the years, I've developed a list of local businesses that accept waste oil they use to heat their buildings in the winter. They don't pay anything, but they do take it off your hands with few limits on quantity.

We have separate E-ZPasses for our car and motorhome. The motorhome transponder uses a specific vehicle code that tells states what the vehicle is, and on the NY State Thruway gets a special rate for motorhomes that charges us the same per axle rate as passenger cars.

I agree Kirk, it certainly does appear that the insulation was removed at some point. Mice seem to like that sort of thing for nest material, and a PO may have cleaned up the mess and not replaced it.

Ahh! Ok, the old Atwood heater is in the lower picture with the bypass valve making more sense now. The upper picture might be an after market unjacketed 120 volt heater as Kirk suggests.

I agree with you Kirk, it does look like two different tanks to me too. The second tank looks like a small water storage tank like some of the pressurized ones I've seen in vintage smaller TT's. The heater may be from that era as well. The bypass valve appears to be used as a tank fill/house selector. I once rebuilt a 1968 13' TT with an odd upper bunk rear overhang (don't recall the brand) that had a 6 gallon AC only residential water heater installed under a dinette seat. It had some insulation, but it appeared to aftermarket installed. That one also had the old pressurized water tank.

The upper picture appears to be a 5-or 6 gallon 120 electric only heater with a black hot lead, white neutral lead, and a green safety ground. Brand unknown. The blue box on the side of the tank in the lower picture is a Swan Industries RV all-season bypass valve.

I can imagine!

Our average over 10 years with our 34' 2001 V-10 powered motorhome towing a Toyota RAV4 is 8.3 MPG.

One woman traveling alone put a sign on her door when leaving the RV to shop similar to this: "Fred, don't open the door until I get back, the snake got loose." She never had a problem with break ins...:)

You ask what happens if Japan and Chine were to "call that debt"? Actually pretty much nothing good for their countries. Countries hold US debt for one reason, it's the safest most stable investment in the world, and they use the US Treasury warrants they hold in part to stabilize their own currencies by keeping the US dollar strong. Keeping the value of their currencies below the US dollar helps them promote exports that boost their economies. The bottom line though, is any time one country sells off some of it's US Treasury holdings, other countries snap it up to keep the US dollar stable in the market place.

Ok, now I've got it. You were confused over the sounds in the video...

Do you carry your cell phone in your shirt pocket with the camera facing forward?

Here's another look from the passenger side, this one from Reddit:

Here's screen capture from a YouTube video explaining what happened.

I don't know about the iPhone, but my aids came with a small rechargeable microphone device that can be placed on a speakers podium, etc, up to 65 feet away. I've also used it for listening to a TV at a friends house when we were invited to watch a movie with them.

My VA issued Signia (Siemens) BTE hearing aids retail for about $3500 each, so a lower cost alternative should be attractive to many people. My rechargeable aids do have features that the Airpods don't have of course, such as the Bluetooth connection feature for phone, TV, etc, that many higher end aids have. The phone app also gives me an aimable sound feature that's great in crowds, restaurants, etc. And my aids are tuned for my specific hearing loss and tinnitus. I think the lower cost OTC aids coming on the market would likely be a better choice than Airpods, aren't nearly as ugly...

Their published base rate is for Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express cards. I haven't seen the fine print though, so there may be more to it of course. I do know of several businesses that have switched to SquareUp from their previous processors in the past few years. Square up is also quite popular with Amish business people I understand.

If he's paying 3.95%, he's getting ripped off. SquareUp, the company that supplies those little square card readers that plug into a cell phone among other terminals, charges 2.6% + 10¢ per swipe for Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express. If your business doe more than $250K annually, you may qualify for an even better deal.

Even variations in the tire air pressure affect speedometer readings slightly, so yes, I question some of those 1 over stories too. I trust the accuracy of the speed shown on my GPS display more than the speedometer.

Some years ago I was stopped for speeding by a NY state trooper for 15 over on a state highway. I knew he was right and didn't argue with him. As he stood next to my door writing some notes, he complained that his pen had quit. Without thinking, I took the pen out of my shirt pocket and handed it to him. He thanked me and went back to his unit with my license, etc. A few minutes later he came back and handed me my pen and a "Speed Kills" pamphlet, saying he just couldn't bring himself to write me a ticket with my own pen and I should just slow down. I thanked him and told him he could keep the pen...

Anyone that has an Atwood or Suburban RV furnace that doesn't shut the fan off if the flame doesn't light can fairly easily upgrade using a Dinosaur "Fan 50 Plus" replacement ignitor board. "The basic purpose of a Fan Control Ignitor Board is to shut the fan motor off if the board fails to sense a flame after the third ignition try. Thus, battery drain is reduced and the needless blowing of cold air is eliminated." https://www.dinosaurelectronics.com/Fan_50_PIN.html

It's interesting that Federal law 49 CFR §393.82 requires bus, truck, and truck-tractor speedometers to be accurate within 5 MPH at 50 MPH, but I have not been able to verify the 5% tolerance for passenger cars that I've seen mentioned several times.

I'm currently reading the "Sunset on America" series from Ryan Schow. It's a post apocalyptic EMP thriller series that's a real page turner. I'm also almost patiently waiting for Amazon to release volume 22 of former fulltime RV'er Nick Russell's "Big Lake" series, "Big Lake Drunk". The Big Lake series are lighter mysteries with a touch of humor thrown in. The book is finished, but Amazon is still doing whatever it is they do before making books available to us. Nick's other mystery series, the "John Lee Quarrels" series is a bit darker, and his third series, "Tinder Street", is well researched historical fiction. I've found all of them to be very good reading and well worth my time.