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Seems like there is a Sound system option that those wires could possibly be for? Seems like it mounted near the Thermostat. You have the water pump for the water system? I will run out and take a peek at my hawk. Need to close it up anyways. Steve

Nice! Thanks for the link to the PDF file! Good stuff! Steve

Well, you got me curious. I went out to my camper and connected my ResMed S9 CPAP to the 12 volt through the 12/24 volt adapter. It was a little over .1 amp on the 12 volt line while just plugged in with the CPAP lights still on (they take a few to go off). Running, it was maybe .6 amps (varies...

Running 100 watts through an inverter through the night would be a large drain on the battery. You can probably figure about 70 amp-hours of drain after about 8 hours. The batteries may no longer be able to supply 12 volts at the outlet by morning. At 9 amps of current, you will also loose...

It looks like my outlets have a 15 amp fuse. To avoid blowing the fuse, I probably would not go over maybe 10 amps current. Power = amps times voltage. So, 12 volts times 10 amps is 120 watts. But the inverter is not 100 percent efficient. It uses power to invert. You could plug a 200 watt...

Now that is one sweet looking combination! Well, either alone is pretty sweet! Congratulations! Steve

Also, I think FWC uses two different pressures of shocks. Not positive you have the inside shocks now but if so, I am guessing you probably have the stronger shocks but it would not hurt to look. Someone here might be able to chime in and tell you what to look for. A friend got his Hawk with no...

Here is the link to the post I found. http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/index.php?/topic/2040/ Steve

Yeah, up north here, you can get a real surprise! To level my truck and camper in the driveway, I back in and the front wheels go up on blocks. Once, while raining, I wanted to drive forward and put the blocks in the camper. I did this with the drivers door open. BIG MISTAKE! When the front...

I fold the material up and sort of tuck it in between the rod and the ceiling at night and leave it open. I have not slept with it closed. I have considered making a couple more to make a poor-mans arctic pack but I really have not yet camped in real cold conditions. The coldest night was...

Sometimes, my 30+ year old daughter joins me on our camping trips. She uses a tent and I am in the camper. Although it has never happened, I figure there was always the possibility that, for whatever reason, we would both be sleeping in the camper sometime. So I made a partition between the bed...

It probably won't hurt to mention batteries. Keep the battery charged. I think I have heard that a discharged battery can freeze? I also think, even though it is a deep cycle battery, a complete discharge will cause some extra wear on the battery. My hawk has a CO2/propane detector. They...

I did take the rails off my camper to install the bigger solar panel. I plan to put the rails back on but there will be a missing section where the solar panel is. That is, I will have 4 shorter rails rather than two long rails. Since I took the rails off, I got to see what FWC does to make...

Hey Sheepwagon, Thinking about if you really need the rack is a smart thing. When I decided if I wanted the rails or not, I was at the FWC office looking at the options list and figured, "what the heck". If I had it to do again, I would not get the rack. Two reasons for me. First is what you...

While my water tank is filling, I turn on the hot water at the sink and let the Hot water heater fill up. Since it is 6 gallons (about 4 more than I need), it takes a while for all the air to come out. Just a last minute thought. Steve

I am not sure if your camper is the same as my November 2011 Hawk, which has a drain control valve for the hot water heater. I have had my pump not turn off a few times. I found that if I opened and then closed the valve (upper left for me since I have two) while the pump was running, the pump...

OK, I realize I should let this thread close but figured I would throw in one more thing. I did order a LED light for my porch light, which worked well and, I am sure, uses much less power. The stock light gets very hot while the LED light stays very cool. But, when I ordered another for a...

Now that you mention your back light not working great, I think mine was acting up. In my case, I switched it on and off a bunch of times which probably got rid of some dust in the switch. It seemed better after that. I might see what it would take to seal the switch a little better. The back...

I ended up buying the whole assembly just for the lens. I found a cheaper place on the web but did not have to pay shipping here so I went with it. http://www.amazon.com/Bargman-34-78-517-Series-Utility-Switch/dp/B004A2WXWW/ref=pd_sim_auto_1 There are assemblies with and without the switch...

I climbed up on my bed after I got delivery of my Hawk camper in November of 2011 and it felt like I was lying on a floor with carpet. In other words, too hard. I removed it the stock mattress and have never slept on it. I am currently using a Costco pad. It came folded up in thirds. The length...

I spent 4 weeks camping in Texas in April and the first weeks of May. My observation was that it is pretty hot and Humid. Having an air conditioner and a AC hookup seems like it would have been a nice thing to have in Texas. Anyways, I figured I would mention this to see if I could give this...

OK, On my November 2011 Hawk, from the outside, there are two plastic clip/keepers on the top of the Screen, I removed them from the outside and the screen came out. In the photo below, the clip is upside down. I did not pay attention to how it came out so it took me a little longer to get it...

I have a Hawk and I did order it with the Yakama rack and 85 watt solar panel. I "think", because I ordered it with the rack, FWC uses larger pistons on the assist. I have a friend that only ordered the Yakama rails and got the lower pressure pistons. This may or may not be standard procedure...

Does seem strange that the switch pops back out. As a side note, I am pretty sure my 2011 Hawk's master switch does not disconnect the 12 volt power supply from the shore power. So if I am plugged into AC, I have 12 volts with the switch in either position. That is, the switch disconnects the...

My hawk does the same thing. I just guessed it was a surge going to the IOTA 12 power converter charger in the camper. It does make me jump a little sometimes. Steve