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Look up rv doctor in Sacramento ,ca they are a salvage yard that may be able to help

It’s important to have a large enough charging line from the truck or you’ll run down the house batteries while towing with your refrigerator on 12 volts( which pulls 16 amps) a minimum 30 amp and 8 gauge wire from truck battery to trailer battery I’m running dual group 27 batteries, 60 amp...

Congrats on your trailer, I have a 2206 towlite which has the same layout as yours I’m on my second Hilo and this one I have had for 12 years Your correct on the way these things are put together with screws not staples ,even thu the trailer didn’t need repairing I have rebuilt ,upgraded and...

Yes the trim strip on bottom of the top half should have caulking To keep the water out I also bought my trailer used and the pass owner caulked this as I did too Not sure how it came from the factory

By using sikaflex 1a I only have to recaulk every6 years

I seen the britil gasket material boil out of my roof to wall seam at the trim on a hot day pass the caulking turning it black

Water works around in funny places I would work on the roof to wall seam above the windows You should remove the trim clean all old caulking and brytil tape ( gasket material ) Replace brytil gasket material re attach trim with caulking and new screws I use sikaflex 1a. For caulking...

If your refrigerator is set at the warmest setting which mine is # 1 and it still drops below 32 degrees Replace the thermistor probe inside the refrigerator mounted on the aluminum fins ( this happened to me) but always check with a dual thermometer

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I did this repair with abs glue and Fiberglass mats a number of years ago and it still holding The trick is to do a number of layers while each layer is still wet ( I think I did 4 layers) I also added a 16 gauge strap to the black tank pipe Which I attached it to the frame of the trailer and...

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Also when I had the Atwood water heater which had an aluminum tank and the snap disc is a different metal I had corrosion between the two and was not doing the correct temperature I cleaned it up and added heat transferring paste from grainger.com which is differcuilt to find anywhere else

These fixed water heater thermostats are snap disc thermostats on both makes of water heaters

Rv Atwood and surburban waterheaters have fixed thermostat When I had an Atwood w/h I installed an adjustable thermostat and turned it up to the highest setting but to prevent getting burned I installed a automatic thermostatic mixing valve on the back of the water heater that mixes in cold...

Everyone has used different types of caulking on there trailers I use sikaflex 1a ,have used it since the mid 80’s in construction always excellent when used , started using on RV s in 2000 Comes in 5 different colors ( may be difficult to get in some areas but on Amazon ) I use white but...

Many of us on this forum have done mods

I have posted all of my mods on this forum The problem is I’ve done so many it’s hard to locate a certain one but it should be in the title Start with a search of posts made by campthewestcoast

Hi lo tech , appliances go refrigerator fan First I enlarged the louvres on the outside grills for more air flow( I made my own grill at my sheetmetal shop) I put an axial fan on the outside coil behind the grill on the outside of the trailer on a thermostat ( the newer hi los have this) Also I...

Noticed that you may be missing lower left side siding ( at what I can see in picture) any sheet metal shop in your area can reproduce the diamond pattern by using a metal brake to match other siding on the trailer Add cooling fans on refrigerator to make it more efficient in keeping your food...

Also I have to say I’m a little OCD about the water systems on rv s I was never happy with pressure changes as the water pump starts and stops so I installed a rubber bladder pressure tank( 1 gallon in size) that is pre charged with air at 27 psi ( they use these on wells) Which keeps a even...

Difficulty of install between 1 and 10 it’s going to be a 10

Plus if you put it in series with a tank water heater you won’t have a shot of cold water when you turn on and off the shower while boon docking

The surburban tankless water is the make that will work Operates with 1/2 gpm set at 130 degrees which means you can add cold water at fauset

Only Truma tankless water heater fixes this problem by using a pre heated tank in there tankless w/h which dealer install only and $2000 But I found a solution stay tuned ��

The problem with tankless w/h is you have to have water on for 10 seconds at 1 gpm for them to work And at a set temperature can’t add any cold at fauset to adjust temperature also if you turn off shower between soaping up and rinsing off you get cold water for 10 sec ( important if your...