Things found on the RV roof
The other day I removed our 12-year-old OEM Coleman Mach 3 air conditioner and installed a new Furrion Chill 14.5K BTU unit from Lippert. The Furrion replacement model comes in black or white. 14.5K or 15.5K BTU and includes a conversion kit. The conversion kit contains metal spacers, bolts, and an electrical harness. With the … Read more
In this video, I continue my 2020/2021 winter RVing preparations with installations of an air conditioner cold-weather cover and Mopeka wireless LP gas level indicator for my two 30 lb LP Gas (propane) cylinders. The AC cover will help protect the unit from the freezing weather and reduce cold drafts inside the RV. With the … Read more
The following is a guest post by a good friend of mine. Eddie is the owner of Mobile Homestead Solar Services and a full-time RVer. Recently he posted photos on the Love Your RV Forum showing he and his wife sprucing up their older fifth wheels rubber roof with a product called Henry Tropi-Cool Coating. … Read more
Nasty Smells in the RV Sometimes after towing our trailer I will notice during setup at the campsite the smell of waste tank odors. I think what happens is with all the rocking and rolling the trailer endures while on the road, the water in the plumbing P-traps gets washed away and tank odors can … Read more
Introduction Our Keystone Cougar fifth wheel trailer is now nearly 4 years old and starting to show signs of age on the roof seals. It is a rubber type roof using a material called EPDM (ethylene propylene diene terpolymer) and sealed for the most part with Dicor Lap sealant. Every few months I check over … Read more
Introduction Well, I was able to strike another one off the old RV wish list the other day with the arrival of a new Fan-Tastic Vent Fan. I’ve wanted one of these babies for a while now after hearing how good they are for keeping the rig cool and comfortable, without cranking up the big … Read more
RV Attic Vent Tip We get lots of terrific tips, mods and upgrades shared over in the Love Your RV Forum community. I particularly liked this quick and fairly easy upgrade to the RV ventilation recently posted by RVHH member Eddie. Eddie and his family live full time in their fifth wheel and have spent … Read more
Why do I want a Hard Start Capacitor? When dry camping there are times I would like to run the roof-top air conditioner to cool the camper down. I have a pair of Champion 2000w inverter type generators that I can parallel together for 4000 peak watts and 3200 continuous watts of power. They normally can … Read more
First thing I would want on any RV is vent covers. Being from the pacific coast of Canada they came already included from the dealer. They allow the top vents to be open even when it is raining. With the ones from Vent Mate I’ve been able to leave them open even during a torrential … Read more
We added the Wingman RV-WING UHF Add-On to our Winegard Antenna that came with the RV and immediately notice a big difference in the number and quality of stations we were able to pull in. We received many more HDTV stations. The installation was extremely easy, basically clipped on the existing antenna. I would highly … Read more