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    Make sure that there is no other wires hooked up on the wrong side of the battery switch.  The fridge is 120volt so no battery drain there.  If you batteries are wet and not AGM scrub the cases with baking soda water mix and rinse with water and thoroughly dry.  Moisture on the tops will draw current.

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    28 minutes ago, manholt said:

    That is the Number one reason I go to TCC in Pipe Creek, number 2 is that they are honest and charge $75-85 an hour labor!  Even break it down in 15 minute intervals! :)  We all make mistakes, they stay by them....no charge!

    Thats good you found someone you can trust.  Unfortunately that is very rare in this day and age.  Gaffney raised their rate last year from $75 to $100, still not too bad considering I think the national average is around $140 with some as high as $200.

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    1 hour ago, jleamont said:

    Careful, this is kind of like the food service industry, one has to have the certification, doesn't mean its the same guy working on your coach or the one prepping your food :(. You will often find there is one person in the shop carrying the weight of the place with certifications, might not be a technician, could be the service manager. On the back end they fudge the paper work so "Master Tech" works on all work requiring certifications and to carry the sign on the poll out front, often times this person hasn't picked up a tool in years. Very crooked industry. 

    I can remember one time I worked for a large dealer, went on vacation, returned, two weeks later I get a comeback repair, for the life of me I didn't remember this truck... (good vacation huh??) the history on the work order was dated the week I was on vacation. They tagged my ID to it to submit for warranty as I was the only one carrying the certification to make that repair on that engine. 

    Joe, its a dice roll, you locate a place that does well for you, stick with it, if you have an opportunity to meet the tech, get to know him or her. Build a name/face relationship, it goes along way! If like most....move onto the next one and roll the dice again. Forums like this and social media might help you eliminate some if not most headaches. I had many customers that would actually call me and avoid the service desk, didn't want the hassle, politics and to be treated like a number. 

    I agree 100%.  I was in the service industry for 52 years, working on boats and RVs, the last 40 years in my own shop, middle son now running it, basically doing boats only.  When I am home I go into the shop to piddle around just to see whats new.  Still somewhat involved.  I taught marine repair at the local community college for 7 years and It was tough to find students with the dedication needed to be sucessful in the business.  I was at the Freightliner rally in Tucson a month ago and was disappointed at the level of skill by the techs there.  The one that looked at my coach had no clue as to what my problem was.  Like I said in an earlier post I would drive across the country to Gaffney to have service work done that I couldn't do myself.

     

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    Thats a little scary.  Haier was the brand of refrigerator I installed in my last coach.  The compressor failed in 7 months and they said their products are not warranted in an RV.  When I told them to listen to the phone recording earlier in the year when I talked to the tech dept about putting a switch on the auto defrost because it was installed in a motorhome and could be running on batteries, they reversed their mind and gave me my money back.  I wonder if that is the same policy with the other brands they own.

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    2 hours ago, DickandLois said:

    Roland, The Oasis shops are setup better for Custom Chassis, BUT there is a wide range of skill's and the setup for working on them. The spot that does the best work is in Gaffney, SC.

    Rich.

    Having been to Gaffney last August I would not go anywhere else for chassis service.  Those guys know what they are doing.  Its worth the drive across the country to get it done right.

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    1 hour ago, rhodesia said:

    Hello I bought a 2007 Gulf Stream Sun Voyager 37 foot it came with a 65 watt solar panel on the roof the kind that you peel and stick to the roof well anyway I could not find the Solar Charge panel Controller in the motorhome so I had asked the RV tech and he told me anything under 65 watts does not need a solar panel controller because it is wired into the battery system if I wanted more solar panels which I'm looking at 300 watts to put on the roof then he said I would need a Solar panel controller or booster well is this a true statement because it seems strange since a solar panel was installed on the roof you would think there would be a solar panel controller inside the motorhome to view the voltage. instead of viewing the motorhomes panel for battery levels any ideal would be great, thank you for any input.

    That small of wattage does not require a controller and it is only good for maintenance charging.  If you want to rely on solar to replace used electricity you would need several hundred watts and 4 or 6 6 volt deep cycle batteries.  I have 800 watts with a MPPT 40 amp charge controller and 6 AGM batteries and a 3000 watt Xantrex inverter.  With bright sun light this system will charge 38-40 amps with low batteries and taper off as the batteries are coming up on the charge.

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