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2019/10/18

RV Repair Manual Received

My mechanical aptitude is improving.  A lot of times, I don't need a manual to fix something.  Today, I received my RV repair manual from Half Price Books via Amazon.  I'm looking forward to using it when I go after my liquid propane leak in my 1988 Itasca Sundancer 25 foot's stove.  I'm not sponsored by anybody and the only reason why I mention the make and model is for your convenience regarding search engines.

I'm a full timer and I have an idea on how to keep the heat in the winter.  The front cab windows are huge and they bleed heat.  Last year, I draped a tarp from the overhead bunk and that did some good.  But my idea to better it is to cut some 1 inch foam ply insulation.  I'd do the windshield in several pieces.  I can use some light grade canvas from Jo Ann Fabric's and adhere it all together using hot glue.  I used this canvas and hot glue for a modification to my hiking backpack and it held for quite some time.  Anyways, the hot glue will melt the canvas a bit like a weld.

For the cabin windows, it's the separation between the glass pieces that's the problem.  Just use some packing tape on those so that they'll come off easy with a razor blade when spring comes around.

I have full hookups, so last winter, I used my roof heater, which is electric.  That acted like the primary heat and then I used a large electric ceramic heater as my secondary.  But my gas systems are offline right now and last year I had a lengthy power outage.  I live in very rural Woodsfield, Ohio.  It's in Appalachia and every time a driver hits a utility pole, this village has power outages.  But I have a new liquid propane gas sensor.

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