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LED Price $22 + $5 shipping, be sure to select the warm white, 3600K LEDs. LEDs slowly fade over time - figure 3 to 5 years. These LEDs draw about 190mA. There is a 36 LED module that draws 120mA, but it is 7000K, which means a much more blue light. We got one of those and will replace one...

LEDs have finally become a true alternative to 12v incandescent lights. We just got and have been using the new LEDs from https://www.superbrightleds.com/other_bulbs.htm and they are fantastic. The light is 3600K, which means more natural light than the standard incandescent bulbs. They are...

Evaporative coolers I did look at evaporative coolers. Evaporative coolers achieve their effect by adding moisture to the air, which extracts heat in the process. However, it is counter productive to recirculate that air (because the moisture has already been added), so evaporative coolers...

It's the old VW That's how we found out about FWC. Someone had one and gladly showed it to us. We've done the same - while camped, at gas stations, parking lots, etc. This is how VW started out - they had no advertising agency for the first few years in the US. Their owner's were the the...

The standard battery separator in our Eagle not only protects the car battery from being discharged , it also PREVENTS the camper battery from being charged if the it is TOO low! We installed a bypass switch that allows us to bypass the battery disconnect switch so the car alternator will charge...

The Norcold 3-way fridge does work - if you watch it carefully. We got an external fridge thermometer (from Campingworld, I think), so we can easily check the internal temperature without opening the door. What we found is that the fridge, which has no thermostat, really reduces the outside...

Finally saw the little label on the right side of the manual water pump. If you leave it in the back position (handle away from you), it keeps the pump primed.

It certainly seems feasible -in fact, I think some folks have done it - to mount a room air conditioner in the side window, removing it during travel. But it's still 110V and the most of the places where 110V is available are not places we particularly want to be. We are eventually planing to...

I've seen front mounted racks, but such are illegal in CA. Otherwise, would have probably gone that route and mounted a Yakima or Thule rack on the front. Instead, we got the Thule swing-away bike rack that mounts on a standard 2" square hitch. It works very well, and is only a minor hassle -...

Dimensions It's a 10" saucepan and vertical height is about 5". The cloth jacket makes it about 15" in diameter and 8" or 9" tall.

Besides poking along back roads and camping where few others do, we like to eat. We like to eat well. We found this backpackers oven to work very well for pizza, brownies, corn bread: whatever food needs an oven. It is very efficient and easy to use. The bottom of the oven doubles as a 10"...

Yamaha Noise & IQ Charger Controller The Yamaha is as quiet as the Honda, but they are very noticeable when operating. You know it's running from inside the camper, but it's not annoying. We too prefer quite places, so it's very much a trade off between keeping the battery charged for heat and...

We swapped one of the two bayonet bulbs in each light fixture with LED replacements . This has worked out very well. The LEDS alone are bright enough for cooking, short reading, and especially working on laptops, but we turn on the incandescents for serious reading. We seldom camp with "shore"...

I recall an earlier discussion of steps to get into and out of the FWC, so this may have already been posted, but we found this solution to be simple, cheap ($30) and works very well. They can be had at http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-steps/folding-step-stools.htm

After spilling one too many glasses of wine, the stock table went to Goodwill. I made a plywood prototype first and when that worked well, I bought a piece of the FWC particle board and a length of "I" bar and fabricated what you see. It is very. very stable, big enough to hold two full size...

Foam pad supplement For less than $25, we got 3 ensolite foam pads from K-Mart (they are narrower and longer than the mattresses). We cut them to the size of the mattresses and used duck tape to create the right size. Our mattresses are encased in a custom fit allergy case, so it was easy to...