A couple of times in a 2 year period, our Dimplex B8000 electric fireplace insert has had the fireplace blower element “die” on us. I’ll define “die”: fireplace works great… for 10 minutes, then shuts off and never turns on again. The rv fireplace blower works but never puts out heat nothing turns on or […]
Replacing an RV Power Converter in my fifth wheel
Replacing an RV power converter is easier than you think. This article shows you how easy it is to replace in text, in video, and in pictures. I really worked hard at this tutorial! When you have read this and watched the video you will feel confident that you know how to replace an rv […]
RV Control Panel
(excerpted from the book – Your 5th Wheel RV – The Interior) Almost every RV has an RV Control Panel. You might hear it called rv command center, rv control center or any one of 20 other names, but it is in ADDITION to the fusebox or RV electrical panel. The RV Control Panel is […]
RV Thermostat
RV Thermostat NOTE: ALL THERMOSTAT INFORMATION FROM THIS PAGE AND MORE HAS BEEN MOVED TO MY MASTER THERMOSTAT INFORMATION PAGE ON MY HOW-TO SECTION!!! An RV Thermostat is not perfectly the same as a residential thermostat targeted for sticks and bricks houses. The biggest differences are 1) the RV thermostat runs off of 12Volt DC […]
RV Microwave
RV Microwave Overview We use our RV Microwave more than we use our RV Range. When you are boondocking, you might not want to use your microwave as they will take lots of power. A good way to think is like this: Portable=Propane and ShoreDocked=Electric. At least that is the way I think about it. […]