Chinook RV

Related to the CPAP, I don't use one but I have friends that do (on boats and in RV's). They do a couple of things to reduce the power usage when not "on the grid": 1) Turn off the heating element. (Making heat with electricity is always a huge power draw.) 2) Turn off the humidifier (but ...

I'm just mounting panels now (got kinda lazy about it when ground panels worked so well) :) I'm not sure what you mean by "rail adapter," but my panels just have the typical box-section construction where the panels themselves are basically made of aluminum C- or L-channel (depending on ho...

If you do hook up three batteries in parallel, I would suggest running the take-offs from opposite ends of the bank. In other words, take the positive lead to your house system from Battery #1, then take the negative lead to your house system from battery #3 (vs. taking them both from #1). This &quo...

I removed those original blinds because they didn't really work for me, but.... a couple considerations before lubricating the strings: 1) If you drive with the blinds down, the lower frames bang on the windows (could perhaps be mitigated). 2) If you silicone lubricate the strings, the blinds may no...

Hi Airkooled, Would you mind putting your year and model somewhere (unless I missed finding it)? Signature line is a good option and allows us to see it when you make a post. This applies to a 90's-2000's 21-footer, btw: You may not want to go this way, but just FYI, the company that originally buil...

Thanks for the follow-up, deppstein. It's possible that I could have gotten mine out into the room past the L-shaped counter (I had the same model as you, stock). It looked really, really close - and since I still then had to get it out of the Chinook, I went the saw route instead of trying. I wasn'...

Good deal! It's so nice to find places that do careful, tidy work. I'm like you, and will (have) travel(ed) great distances to go to those sorts of places. *********** I'm curious about how you said they were able to just pull the fridge out and put it on the dinette. I'm pretty sure there would hav...

I wish there is a button on the dash that allows you to telescoping the mirror in when you park or passing cyclist. Some of the newer cars have that feature when they turn off the ignition, for example. That would be handy! A friend's F-150 has stock telescoping mirrors. Since the vehicle is not al...

When I talked to the Velvac tech on the phone and gave him my dimension across the back (I believe it was the 88” across the headlights), he did say the general rule is that anything over 86” gets 96” and anything over 96” gets 102”. So, on both counts—whether Ford supplied mirrors or not, it is no...

Oops, sorry chin_k