Testing the Instant Pot DUO Mini and It’s Boondocking Power Draw
For a while now I’ve heard hear folks rave about an RV kitchen gadget called the Instant Pot. The Instant Pot appliance is an all in one multicooker. It’s …
Category: Electrical-Inside
Repairing a Stuck Motorhome Entrance Step
While visiting a fellow RVer friend of mine recently I helped him out by diagnosing and fixing his motorhome entrance steps. They were stuck in the out position unable to …
1000W Pure Sine Wave Inverter *Updated*
Soon after receiving our new Cougar fifth wheel I purchased a 1000W Pure Sine Wave Inverter to be able to run our 21″ iMac computer and 32″ LCD TV …
Installing an INTELIPOWER Converter for Better Battery Charging
What is Wrong with the OEM Converter? I’ve always suspected that the manufacturer installed power converter in our Keystone Cougar fifth wheel did a poor job when it came …
Bogart SC2030 CC and Trimetric TM2030-RV Installation
RV Solar Upgrades So, if you have been following my blog for the last while you will know that I have upgraded the RV battery bank from two six …
Replacing My Noisy Dometic DM2652 RV Fridge Fan
That #[email protected]*ing Fan is Driving Me Nuts! Our Keystone Cougar 276RLS trailer came equipped with a Dometic model DM2652LBX refrigerator. It does a pretty good job of keeping our …
Installing a Marinco 30 Amp RV Power Plug Conversion Kit
Introduction Recently I removed the small end table at the rear of our Keystone Cougar trailer to replace it with a custom built computer desk. The new desk is …
Summer RV Interior Renovation Project Part Three
Two Simple Upgrades In part three of my summer RV renovations, I tackle a couple very simple upgrades. First up is the installation of a light fixture in the …
StarLights Brilliant Light LED RV Fixture
Upgrading a 12 Volt RV Lamp Fixture Recently I updated our Keystone Cougar Fifth Wheels lighting systems to new LED bulbs. While installing the new bulbs, one of my …
Install and Review of StarLights LED lamps for the RV
Introduction I’ve been looking to swap out our fifth wheels OEM incandescent light bulbs to the more energy efficient LED lamps for a while now. As luck would have …
Update RV Thermostat Tip
Using Lux DMH110A to Update RV Thermostat I previously wrote a blog post describing my upgrade mod to my RV heating/cooling thermostat and posted a video on YouTube detailing …
Hunter 42999B Digital RV Thermostat Install
Our Keystone Cougar 276RLSWE Fifth Wheel came equipped with a Coleman-Mach Analog Thermostat to control temperature when using either the Airxcel Air Conditioning or the Suburban LP Gas Furnace. …
Update to Progressive Industries EMS-HW30C RV Surge Protector Review
I have a couple updates to my original review post for the hard wired Progressive Industries EMS-HW30C RV surge protector. 1) I was able to break it! I was …
Inside the Belly – Keystone Cougar 276RLSWE Fifth Wheel
Introduction Our 2011 Keystone Cougar 276RLSWE Fifth Wheel has a black chloroplast (plastic like material) layer attached to the bottom with many 3/8 nut headed self taping screws. Since I …
Installing Headphone Jack in my Keystone Cougar Fifth Wheel Trailer
Living full time in the trailer in such close quarters using the headphones becomes essential. Like if I want to watch some annoying guy stuff and my wife is …