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Here's something I wasn't aware of regarding the Flame King refillables--- you can replace the o-ring.

Yes, I too thought the price info seemed way off. He says he paid about $8 per cylinder four or five years ago and they've "gone up a little bit". I'm currently seeing two-packs of the Flame King cylinders on Amazon going for $35 (US) right now and the kit (refill adapter, stand, and one...

It appears Mr Heater is beginning to market a new DOT-approved refillable propane cylinder called the Fuel Keg. This YouTube video compares the new cylinder and its refill adapter kit to the Flame King version you may be familiar with. Mr Heater Fuel Keg web site

I've not had mouse problems with my current camping rigs. But I was once outwitted by a mouse when I had my '72 Chevy camper van. I knew I had been seeing evidence of mice in the camper but hadn't yet done anything about it. One day I took the rig up to my local gas station/garage to fill up...

Chris, that sounds like the AC outlet's GFI may be bad. However, you might try resetting the GFI button again while listening (and feeling) for the clicks the button makes (as we see in the video). I've occasionally had to push a GFI reset button harder than expected to get the reset to work...

I believe there should be LEDs on the AC distribution panel (also known as a 'load center'). There should be one for the master ('Main') and one for each branch circuit. If so, are any of them on when you're plugged in to shore power? If any of them are on, you have AC power at least to the...

Thanks for the info, Kevin. In this case, I’m pretty sure it was the chunk of dauber nest. We’ve been using the fan several times a day for the past two months with no issues. And I saw the fan reacting to the chunk of mud between one of the fan blades and the screen. It would push a little...

This evening my wife turned on our MaxxAir fan and it did something I’ve not seen before. A green LED began flashing and there was an audible alarm…an urgent beeping sound. I tried pressing fan buttons to stop it but no luck. Then I noticed the blade was hitting something and couldn’t turn...

Our sightings in the last week or so in BC and Alberta… -A picture-perfect black Hawk on a black Ram 2500 on a side street in Revelstoke, BC. BC plates. Super clean and rugged looking. - A Hawk on a white F150 at the visitor center in Lake Louise, Alberta. Virginia plates. Saw it again on...

Since my last post we've seen about a dozen FWC rigs in BC (as we get closer to more populated areas), including - one along the Skeena River (at Exchamsiks River bridge), apparently parked to fish for salmon - two Fleets on Tacomas in Prince George (BC plates) - one in Bella Coola near the...

Two more yesterday…. - A Fleet on a red Tacoma parked at the Lava Lake picnic ground off the Nisga’a Highway north of Terrace, British Columbia. Maine plates. - A 2017 Hawk on a gray GMC pickup in the campground loop at Nisga,a Memorial Lava Beds Provincial Park near Gitlaxt’aamiks...

Passed a mid-2000s Hawk on an older black Chevy truck about an hour ago. That was on the Yellowhead Highway (16) east of Smithers, British Columbia. Didn’t catch the plates. We’ve been seeing lots of Lances, Bigfoots, Okanagons and a few Slumber Queens but few pop-up truck campers. Also saw...

Link to 64chepu's 2002 Tundra Fourwheel camper Fleet Album (Readers can also just click on 64chepu's name, then on 'Gallery' to see the Album and individual images)

Hiking Guy posted this update for the Motorola Defy Satellite Link today.

Here's interesting competitor to the Inreach and Zoleo satellite messengers. It's less expensive but there are significant functionality differences to consider. On the plus side, it apparently sends messages quicker than an Inreach (even though it uses the geostationary satellite...

I believe the eye nut is the Chicago Hardware Drop Forged Eye Nut C-187A--- that's what mine were on my 2001 Hawk. According to their chart, the tap size is 3/8-16. The bolt is an 'elevator bolt'. I took a look at one I took off my Hawk and its overall length is 1-1/2" and it has a plain cap...

Thanks, mopwater. That's very helpful. Nice rig! Link to the photos

I'd love to see a photo of your rig (but if you'd prefer not to, that's OK... just ignore that). I'd also be very interested to know how the rig is working out for you, especially whether you'd consider the Max Tow option a must-have or nice-to-have option (for your purposes).

Here's a link to a 2017 thread about when solar pre-wire became available and (in post 2) a link to a bit of history about FWC's early use of solar panels... what year did they start prewiring the roof for solar panels

OK, I believe you guys are right about the health of Battery 1. I have been a bit suspicious of it because of its age and finding over time that its normal resting voltage seems to sit lower. However, it was passing (and still passes) a load test and I've not seen any indication of a problem...

Hi, Vic.... The Mode button on the charger allows selection of "Li-ion", "Recondition", "High (14.7v)", and "Normal (14.4v)" I used High for Battery 1 (the Optima spiral) and Normal for the others (the flooded ones). For the High mode, Bulk and Absorption are 14.7v, Float 13.8v, Storage 13.2v...

Hoo, boy, I'm not sure what to make of this. I just bought a Victron BlueSmart 15-amp AC-to-DC charger. I tried it for the first time yesterday. I'm confused by the results. I charged four batteries, three of them starter batteries in my vehicles and the other the house battery in my...

Wow. Here in South-Central PA we had an AQI (Air Quality Index) reading of around 200 yesterday and I thought that was bad. Today is worse, both visually and by the numbers. It seems odd that the reported AQI numbers vary quite a bit. For example the AQI at the local airport is reported by...

Also note the non-traditional use of what we would normally call the propane locker. It has a one-pound propane cylinder for the stove and a 2-1/2 gallon tank for the diesel heater.

This came up on the Facebook ATC group a few days ago. The video says the "Jamper" is a collaboration of Lake Tahoe Custom Campers and ATC. Very interesting build... Arctic Tern window, rear seating, Planar diesel heat, DC-DC charging, etc. (Tour of the camper portion of the rig begins at 3:29)...