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Do you have or can create an electrical diagram for the device you have designed?

Base plates are custom for your specific vehicle to be towed. I have never worked with Blue Ox equipment, but I have done 5 Roadmasters. The average was about 3 1/2 to 4 hours to install the baseplates. You will find that it takes much longer to wire the towed if you intend to use the towed's lights. One took me 2 1/2 days. The others were about 6 hours. Roadmaster has all the diodes and other parts needed to wire your own.

If return of mortal remains has not occurred, call FMCAssist, 1-877-202-4116. Give them your father's FMCA membership number and policy # CL-1001-EX. All FMCA members currently have this benefit. FMCAssist is provided by On Call, and they will return your father's remains, the motor home and vehicles towed by the motor home at no cost to you; but the evacuation of his remains has to be arranged for by On Call for any other benefits to be paid.

I don't think you can use your generator in an electric area. There are those that have registered for elecric service to be away from the noise and fumes of other motor home generators. But you can register for non-electric and run you generator during daylight hours. Also, there is a full generator (24 hours) area available. The key to living with 30 amp service is to watch the amps you are using. Try not to turn on too many appliances the first day because your battery charger will be using amps that are not usually measured as the first load. Be sure your water heater is on gas and not electric. Turn refrigerator to LPG. You should be able to run one air conditioner and maybe two (only) if they are small or are heat pumps.

I have an outlet tester like the one kellyfrank has mentioned. The tester is normally used to test household 115 volt outlets, but with adapters it will test other outlets. A 30 amp male to 15 amp female adapter will allow the tester to check a 30 amp outlet. A 50 amp male to 30 amp female with a 30 amp male to 15 amp female will allow the tester to check only one side of the 50 amp outlet. These are the three light codes: Nothing Yellow Yellow = Correct Red Yellow Nothing = Hot and Neutral Reversed Red Nothing Yellow = Hot and Ground Reversed Nothing Nothing Nothing = Open Hot Nothing Nothing Yellow = Open Neutral Nothing Yellow Nothing = Open Ground These testers do not check for high or low voltage, but work for a quick check to see if further analysis is needed. I do have Surge/High/Low and Incorrectly wired protector permantely wired in the coach, but I still use this tester with a 30 amp male to 15 amp female adapter to precheck a 30 amp outlet. So many of these were wired with alumium wire that eventually caused a ground neutral short.

I have done a Chev Malibu, a Chev Meto, 2 Pontiac Vibes, a Pontiac Grad Prix, and a Chev Equinox using Roadmaster products. All installs took less than 4 hours for the base plates with standard mechanics tools. On one, I did need to drill a 3/8 in hole. The wireing for the turn signals and brake lights took much longer because I like to use the existing lights of the towed auto. Roadmaster has excellent directions for installing their baseplates and wiring. Brett gave you Roadmaster's web site.

The benefit is not a discount. When you present the coupon, you will receive a $10.00 gift card; therefore, in reallity you received a $10.00 discount if you use the gift card to buy an item you want.

1. The Wineguard plate is a power supply for the amplifier that is the antenna. It sould be ON to receive over the air signal. The connection on the front is probably not used. There are usually 3 connections on the back, and they are Ant In from the roof top antenna, Cable in, and Signal out to the TV. When the switch is off the cable is connected to the TV, and when the switch is on the antenna is connected to the TV. Many motor homes also have switch box to route these signals to front, rear and outside TVs which can confuse issues. If you are not going to use some of those features, I would place your Digital to Analog converter between the Wineguard plate and the TV. If you also want the signal to go to the rear TV, use a splitter after the D to A Converter. The one of the two output cables goes to the front TV and the other to the rear TV. 2. There is an addon for the Wineguard antenna that improves reception, but causes the antenna to be more directional. We have found that digital broadcasts are easily received within a 40 mile radius. Beyond that the signal becomes weak. Usually a D to A converter will have a signal strength option to test the signal. Select that option and slowly turn the antenna until the strength is the highest. There are some web sites that will map the tv reception based on the location you put in. One of those is TVFOOL.COM. Hope this helps.

We had the problem that the mirror was mounted to the side walls and actually started to crack the side wall; therefore, the whole mirror and mounting vibrated. I had stainless steel plates cut (one for the outside and one for the inside) for each mirror. You could used aluminum DuraPlate which would be easier to cut and drill. The plates were about 10 inches high and 12 inches wide. Drilled the corners for mounting and cut a large hole for the remote wiring through the outside plate. Also, drilled 4 holes to mount the mirror and drilled all the way through from the outside plate through to the inside plate. I used carriage bolts through the mirror mount through the outside plate, side wall, and inside plate with nylock nuts on the inside. Before mounting the plates, I used a high quality caulk behind the plates around the edges and where any bolts passed through to seal. Stainless steel screws were used in the corners to mount the plates both inside and outside. The mirrors are now rock solid and have been for over 80,000 miles. The only caution I can recommend is to be sure that you can drill all the way through without hitting something that could be damaged.

You can download your ID cards in the Membership section on FMCA.com: https://www.fmca.com/component/fmcauser/?task=edit

Why not stop at the FMCA campground on the east side of Cincinnati? It is located at 3590 Roundbottom Road, Cincinnati, OH 45244. Call 1-800-543-3622 or 1-513-474-3622 and ask for Campground Information to check to be sure that the grounds have not been reserved by a chapter. There are 15 full hook up sites with 50/30 amp, water and sewer. There are another 9 sites that are 50/30 amp electric only, but there is a dump station and water fill available. Central dumpster is on site for trash. This campground is free to FMCA members for two nights each month and $20 for additional nights. The Roundbottom facility is the location of FMCA's Mail Forwarding service. The other offices are located on Clough Pike. In your registration packet at the campground is a map to visit the Clough office, but do not take your motorhome because parking at Clough is limited.

I have traveled I-70 all the way to I-15 several times with no problems. West of Denver there is a steep grade. Just take your time and downshift as needed. The only dificulty is that Kansas is 468 miles across and the only trees are silos or at least a lot of them.

Are there any sights where I can download applications similar to those available for the iPhone that will run on a Microsoft Windows 7 pc? Many of the apps I have for the iPhone are so easy to use. IE: weather, weather radar, restaurant and other business searches, etc.

Why not look at Coach Net? They are a partner with FMCA and give excelent service.

We stayed at Barren River Lake State Resort Park a few years back. It is 11 miles south of Glasgow on hwy 31E. The lodge had good meals, too. If you are going to the Creation Meusem, why not stay at the FMCA campground. From I-275 on the southeast side of Cincinnati take exit 63, Hwy 32 northwest toward Newtown. Turn right on Roundbottom Road and the campground is on the right. 15 Full hookups and 50 amps. 9 sites 50 amp only, but there is a dump station and water available. Free to members for 2 nights a month. $20/night for additional nights. Cal lahead to see if a chapter is holding a rally, 1-800-543-3622 ask for campground information. Twice a year the campground is full for committee meetings. The next time is early November.

Our 2011 does not register mileage when we tow it. There is a fuse to pull to keep the battery from discharging, but when not pulled the mileage still does not register. I would call the Chevrolet customer hot line and ask them.

Hyw 31 will work and once you are through Kokomo, it is very good. If you travel that route I suggest the you stop in Elkhart to visit the RV Museum.

Yes, you can subscribe to Family Motor Coaching.

Yes, because the electronics are still 'ON." When we travel, I unplug the TV, Sat Receiver, and Recever amplifier to reduce the heat. When stopped we even open the cabinet door to keep the area a little cooler.

Magnets on the inside or outside depends on if you have a sliding glass or not. On mine the windshield and half of the drivers window magnets are on the inside. The other half of the drivers window the magnets are on the outside and have a thick spacer to make the shade level across the window.

Hello Ron: The answer is 'It depends'. Do you have 6 volt batteries where two batteries are connected in series and there could be two of those series connected sets connected in parallel? Or you could have two (or more) 12 volt batteries connected in parallel? Normally the converter (120 volt AC to 12 DC) will charge your batteries. A converter may be inside your inverter. Different manufacturers have differennt systems to charge batteries. Some will charge the chassis battery(s) first and then switch to the coach battery(s) and charge them. Others only charge the coach batteries. Asssuming that you have cleaned all the battery connections and have checked the water level (The level should just cover the plates. After charging recheck the level to be to the fill mark, sometimes this is a split ring inside the battery.) If you do not have a converter and want to charge your battery(s) with a stand alone battery charger, connect the positive clamp to the first coach battery's positive post. There should be a very heavy cable (wire) connected to this battery post going into the coach. There may be other cables connected to other batteries or monitor systems, also. Connect the negative clamp to the negative post of the last battery in the series. There should be another very heavy cable going into the coach, also. The battery charger should be set to 12 volts because I do not know of any coaches that use 6 volt batteries where they are not connected in series which results in 12 volts. If you post your coach make, model and year; a member can reply to your specific coach configuration.

We are members of Sam's Club and bought four of their best 6 volt batteries for our coach three years ago. I think they were about $79 each. We had no problems and ample power for a overnight stay in Walmart or Sam's Club lots. Just looged into www.samsclub.com and found that their best 6 volt golf car battery is $88.74 ea in Indianapolis, IN.

Regarding the manufacturer's tire charts at least for Goodyear having had all four corners weighed, the tire pressure needed to be 85 lbs in the rear duals and 85 in the front. At the bottom of the chart there was a footnote to add another 5 lbs for safety. Therefore, mine were 90 lbs rear and 90 lbs in the front. I was getting some cupping of the right front right tire at 45,000 miles. A Goodyear factory representative at Perry, GA convention stated that I should add another 5 lbs in all tires. Which resulted in 95 lbs rear and 95 lbs front. While you feel the road a little more from the front tires, the cupping problem was reduced. I have PressurePro and cannot say that I am satisfied. The seals are not very good. If you travel south in the winter as I do, I end up adjusting tire pressure 4 times a year. The seals just will not hold up to being unscrewed and screwed back on. I have 7 of my 10 off right now to send back for rebuild. But from conversations with other salesmen of other systems, this problem is typical of all systems and they say I am tightening the sensors to tight. Wouldn't you tighten your sensors when in about 300 miles you loose 25 lbs or down to 75 lbs just sitting overnight?

Welcome to the Forum and to FMCA. I would encourage you to attend the Great Lakes Area Spring Spree in Berrean Springs over Memorial weekend. Also, there should be a large number of Roadtreks at the FMCA convention in Indianapolis the week before Labor Day. There is a Roadtrek chapter that you can join that has like interests. Look at the FMCA.com web site Chapters tab. The Roadtrek chapter is in the International Area. Safe travels!