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My RV has no AC Power but there is power to the pedestal?

Last updated on June 5th, 2019 at 08:39 pm

May 5, 2019 by Marlan at Rv52 1 Comment

Hello RVers. Relaying a story about AC power or shore power that you might find helpful. A friend’s RV had no power. He knew this because he had no power on any outlets, no microwave lights, no air conditioner and the lights were getting dim. For the rest of this article, you’ll really need a […]

Filed Under: About RVs, mail Tagged With: Electrical, mail, power converter, Shore Connection

Power Converter Size Calculator

Last updated on March 1st, 2019 at 12:57 pm

January 4, 2018 by Marlan at Rv52 Leave a Comment

rv power converter size calculator

RV52.com has created an RV Power Converter Size Calculator. I just didn’t see many of these around the interwebs so I thought, “what the heck?”… I’ll just make one. I had to make quite a few approximations, but after some fun programming, I have something that can let you get a pretty good idea about […]

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Fluorescent Light Replacements for RVs

Last updated on February 23rd, 2019 at 08:21 pm

December 26, 2017 by Marlan at Rv52 Leave a Comment

replace your RV fluorescent lights with led light strips

(Note: A reader sent me how he converted his fluorescent lights. I took his excellent writeup and added some edits. Readers words are in italics. Thanks Jerry!) My 2007 Revolution came with (10) 18″ 2 bulb florescent light fixtures throughout the coach.  Since I have owned it about 6 years, I’ve had to keep a […]

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Watts is the WRONG measure of brightness for RV LED Lights

November 11, 2013 by Marlan at Rv52 Leave a Comment

Hello, Friends of Fitty. Marlan here over at RV52. Yeah. Still drinking my coffee from my Keurig. If you want to find our more, go look at RV52.com/Keurig. K-E-U-R-I-G. Anyway, today, I’m going to talk about how your life has just been completely turned upside down. Not by me, I’m very sorry about the whole thing. But, you know […]

Filed Under: About RVs Tagged With: Electrical, Lighting

Why does my RV Air Conditioner quit when I turn on the lights?

November 4, 2013 by Marlan at Rv52 18 Comments

RV Thermostat

A reader watched my (really good, if I do say so myself) video about changing out the RV Power Converter and wondered if the power converter could somehow be the culprit behind some VERY strange behavior. Before you read on, you can also check out my page chocked FULL of RV Power Converter how to […]

Filed Under: About RVs, RV Lifestyle Tagged With: Air Conditioner, Electrical, Heating, Interior

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