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In at least some states, when you are involved in an accident, your insurance company must send a statement confirming you were insured...

Has to be disconnected for hours or have a load applied to remove surface charge. Most all conventional lead-acid batteries available to...

For the cog railway, try to book as early as you are confident of reasonably clear weather. It’s a busy place. Many towns in Vermont...

We were there at the same time. The snow was pretty cool above the colors. We went to Mt. Washington and saw rime ice at the summit.

Keep in mind that campgrounds and many attractions in New England close the Saturday after Columbus Day. This is sometimes while the...

Keep in mind that a solar generator is nothing more than a battery and a charge controller (sometimes accompanied by a solar panel). The...

I’d suggest switching to a French press with water heated in a kettle on the stove and forget the coffee maker on battery. A TV is easy...

I think something like a duckbill check valve might work. Very low opening pressure. I’ve seen as low as 0.5psi

Too many variables to answer. What do you want to run? What kind of battery bank do you have? How often will you be able to recharge?

The voltage you read when the furnace is off will be higher than when the blower fan is on. They don’t publish an operating range, so...

It has nothing to do with using the tank. If you hook to city water and forget to open the valve, the tank can fill without your...

The point is, filling isn’t when the problem happens. It’s when the check valve in the pump fails while the trailer is connected to city...

It’s a concern if you connect to city water regardless of whether you use the tank or not.

Not enough. If you are hooked to city water and the check valve fails, the tank will fill. It will pressurize if valves are closed.

But also some not-so-great stuff on YouTube. :) You need to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff.