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After several trips of constantly turning on the generator so that the kids could watch TV or my wife could charge her laptop while driving, I finally decided to install an inverter to power the coach with the house batteries. After some research this is what I came up with: * Disclaimer - I am not a mechanical engineer. These are the rantings of an ex Master Mechanic who has spent hours doing his research. Please if you consider doing this, do your own do diligence. Pure Sign Wave Inverter There are many articles out there that detail the differences between pure sign wave and modified sign wave inverters. Simply put, pure sign wave is safer for sensitive electronics like cell phones or laptops. I chose a Samlex America SSW-2000-12A 2000W Pure Sine Wave Inverter for both its price and 2 year warranty and the Rep at Samlex was very helpful in answering all my questions. The Install According to everything I read it was very important to keep the inverter close to the batteries, but not exposed to the elements. My house batteries are just behind my right front tire but are not protected from the elements. So I went with the closest storage box and ran 2/0 Gauge AWG battery cables with a 300 amp inline fuse. Then I ran a 30 amp power cord to the rear storage box and connected it to a 30-Amp outlet. The final step was to install the Samlex inverter remote. That was easy enough and now the whole system works perfectly! Next up - Let's add some solar!! What do you guys think? - Ryan

Could use some sage, experienced HR advice on the following pending repair issues: 1. What does it entail and how do you repair a leaking toilet valve seal (doesn't hold run- in water)? 2 Added too much winterizing RV antifreeze fluid to water system last fall (in Wisconsin). Now still get the ordor of it every time we turn a faucet on and run water. Is there some other way to mitigate this ordor than by continuing to run the water (and emptying the grey water tank) until it disappears? .

My 2011 Itasca Sunova 33C was prewired for Satellite. The connections to the receiver consist of Component Cables and Stereo Audio cables as well as a 12 volt power transformer that must be plugged in to send the signal from the receiver to the two TV's. Recently, the picture and audio fails at random times and I get a "No Signal" on my TV. My provider replaced the receiver but the problem still exists. I found that if I Unplug the power transformer mentioned above and plug it back in, the picture and audio come back for a short while before failing again. I have also found that the longer it is unplugged, the longer I have picture when plugged back in. It seems like a heat problem. Anyone out there have any idea if it might be the transformer or is there a switch box somewhere I need to find?

Hi We just purchased a 2003 Monaco and it came with a portable satellite system, I think it is called the Cube. In our other RV we had the Kingdome, semi-automatic (manually input elevation, then told it to search to find azmuth) and it was great, we never had any issues. But that coach we bought brand new in 1993 and installed the Kingdome in 94. We are sure there have been lots of technological changes since then! :-) So we are looking for some assistance so that we make the best choice. We did go to Camping World to ask about them, and the man who helped us said buy the Winegard Trav'ler, there were no other options. We don't know if that is accurate or not. We use DIRECT tv, we have never taken our DVR with us, only the standard receiver but that is because the Kingdome was only set up for the standard receiver. So we would probably take the DVR with us if we had that capability in the coach. We do have a TV in the bedroom, but we never take a second receiver with us. We don't watch TV much in the bedroom. It needs to be automatic, at least as good as our Kingdome. Can anyone make suggestions as to what system would meet our requirements? We really appreciate the help.

Has anyone used SilverLeaf Electronics Computer Interface to monitor real-time engine data? My factory analog gauges do not appear to be reliable. Any suggestions to utilize SilverLeaf for a Cat Diesel Engine?