"hk" wrote in message
...


Herring is always ISO of the cheap way, and usually doesn't have enough
knowledge to even make that sort of decision properly. He put an anchor
line pulley on the bow of his boat and thinks he's going to be able to use
it to mount the anchor. He bought a new boat trailer without wheel bearing
lubes or protectors. He bought a new four stroke outboard and then was
asking which two stroke oil to use in it.

Stupid is as stupid does.



Why are those comments necessary? I know I learned the right way to do a
lot of things in life by doing them wrong to begin with. At least he is
*doing* something.

You should consider taking up the guitar. You must have well developed
callous on your fingertips, considering the amount of time you spend typing
criticisms of everybody else and their interests.

Eisboch

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:25:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



"John H." wrote in message
...


(Some RV questions)

BTW John,

If you plan to travel around to different campsites and or RV parks, I
recommend that you carry an inexpensive but accurate voltmeter with you and
check the voltage in one of your 120v outlets with the A/C on. Not all, but
some parks are notorious for having poor, outdated power service and the
voltage tends to droop when they get loaded.
If the voltage drops too much, it can damage your A/C compressor when it
tries to kick on.

When we had our house in Florida, the electrical power service was awful.
Voltage varied all over the place.
To make matters worse, I installed an underground, 30 amp electrical service
out to our RV that ran about 200 feet.
Even though I used a much heavier gauge wire (6 AWG) to compensate for the
run, the voltage at the camper would sometimes drop to 105 vac, sometimes
less when the A/C kicked on.

I purchased one of these to solve the problem and carried it with us in the
RV. If a park's electrical service was poor, I'd use it to keep the voltage
up at our site's service, protecting the A/C unit.

http://www.monstermarketplace.com/Au...ng316a640.html

RV's and TT's are like boats. You simply can't spend enough money on them.

Eisboch


Holy smokes! I will add the multi-meter to the tool kit!

I think I'll make it a habit to check on campgrounds 'over there' before I
go. Those folks seem to know a lot about everything! I was surprised at the
number of folks over there who had a military background and knew about all
the military campgrounds.

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

Herring is always ISO of the cheap way, and usually doesn't have enough
knowledge to even make that sort of decision properly. He put an anchor
line pulley on the bow of his boat and thinks he's going to be able to use
it to mount the anchor. He bought a new boat trailer without wheel bearing
lubes or protectors. He bought a new four stroke outboard and then was
asking which two stroke oil to use in it.

Stupid is as stupid does.



Why are those comments necessary? I know I learned the right way to do a
lot of things in life by doing them wrong to begin with. At least he is
*doing* something.

You should consider taking up the guitar. You must have well developed
callous on your fingertips, considering the amount of time you spend typing
criticisms of everybody else and their interests.

Eisboch




I'll be glad to take your advice under consideration as soon as you
offer it up to the Seven Dwarfs as frequently as it is offered to me.

:)

The Dwarfs include Herring, Reggie, Loogy, DK, Florida Jim,
Mike/JustWait (alternates), et cetera.

I'm going fishing in about 45 minutes. That's certainly better than
reading posts here about everything except boats/boating/fishing.

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:32:04 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
...


Herring is always ISO of the cheap way, and usually doesn't have enough
knowledge to even make that sort of decision properly. He put an anchor
line pulley on the bow of his boat and thinks he's going to be able to use
it to mount the anchor. He bought a new boat trailer without wheel bearing
lubes or protectors. He bought a new four stroke outboard and then was
asking which two stroke oil to use in it.

Stupid is as stupid does.



Why are those comments necessary? I know I learned the right way to do a
lot of things in life by doing them wrong to begin with. At least he is
*doing* something.

You should consider taking up the guitar. You must have well developed
callous on your fingertips, considering the amount of time you spend typing
criticisms of everybody else and their interests.

Eisboch



He also needs to learn the difference between an anchor roller and an
anchor mount. On the Proline I installed an anchor mount. Worked well.

The two-stroke mistake was because someone else (Gene, I believe) misread a
question and started giving me advice about which two-stroke oil to use. He
realized his mistake and corrected it.

Harry remains quite upset that I don't find him worth of a response.

But I don't mind. He and JimH just keep trying. It's funny.

"John H." wrote in message
...


Holy smokes! I will add the multi-meter to the tool kit!

I think I'll make it a habit to check on campgrounds 'over there' before I
go. Those folks seem to know a lot about everything! I was surprised at
the
number of folks over there who had a military background and knew about
all
the military campgrounds.


"Over there" has it's share of arrogant know-it-alls, but the majority are
civil, decent people who don't mind helping out a "newbie".

The few that like to strut their stuff are easily ignored.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...


"John H." wrote in message
...


(Some RV questions)

BTW John,

If you plan to travel around to different campsites and or RV parks, I
recommend that you carry an inexpensive but accurate voltmeter with you
and check the voltage in one of your 120v outlets with the A/C on. Not
all, but some parks are notorious for having poor, outdated power service
and the voltage tends to droop when they get loaded.
If the voltage drops too much, it can damage your A/C compressor when it
tries to kick on.

When we had our house in Florida, the electrical power service was awful.
Voltage varied all over the place.
To make matters worse, I installed an underground, 30 amp electrical
service out to our RV that ran about 200 feet.
Even though I used a much heavier gauge wire (6 AWG) to compensate for the
run, the voltage at the camper would sometimes drop to 105 vac, sometimes
less when the A/C kicked on.

I purchased one of these to solve the problem and carried it with us in
the RV. If a park's electrical service was poor, I'd use it to keep the
voltage up at our site's service, protecting the A/C unit.

http://www.monstermarketplace.com/Au...ng316a640.html

RV's and TT's are like boats. You simply can't spend enough money on
them.

Eisboch


Here's gadget you guys might find handy.

http://tinyurl.com/5hanzy

It's great for checking power condition; voltage, current being drawn,
voltage frequency, true power, etc. It will even do a cumulative kwH
readout.

Of course it won't do power measurement for appliances that are hard wired,
but works great for any 120V device that plugs in.

I use whenever I get a new device to see exactly what's going on with power
consumption.

"HK" wrote in message
...

Eisboch wrote:


Why are those comments necessary? I know I learned the right way to do
a lot of things in life by doing them wrong to begin with. At least he
is *doing* something.

You should consider taking up the guitar. You must have well developed
callous on your fingertips, considering the amount of time you spend
typing criticisms of everybody else and their interests.

Eisboch




I'll be glad to take your advice under consideration as soon as you offer
it up to the Seven Dwarfs as frequently as it is offered to me.

:)


So, who makes the first gesture?



I'm going fishing in about 45 minutes. That's certainly better than
reading posts here about everything except boats/boating/fishing.

Or cut and paste, left wing political articles.

Eisboch

"D.Duck" wrote in message
...



Here's gadget you guys might find handy.

http://tinyurl.com/5hanzy

It's great for checking power condition; voltage, current being drawn,
voltage frequency, true power, etc. It will even do a cumulative kwH
readout.


Thanks for reminding me. I've wanted to get one of those for years but keep
forgetting.
I ordered it right away after reading your post.

They *are* handy for a number of uses, not just for RV's or boats.

Eisboch

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:28:07 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
m...


"John H." wrote in message
...


(Some RV questions)

BTW John,

If you plan to travel around to different campsites and or RV parks, I
recommend that you carry an inexpensive but accurate voltmeter with you
and check the voltage in one of your 120v outlets with the A/C on. Not
all, but some parks are notorious for having poor, outdated power service
and the voltage tends to droop when they get loaded.
If the voltage drops too much, it can damage your A/C compressor when it
tries to kick on.

When we had our house in Florida, the electrical power service was awful.
Voltage varied all over the place.
To make matters worse, I installed an underground, 30 amp electrical
service out to our RV that ran about 200 feet.
Even though I used a much heavier gauge wire (6 AWG) to compensate for the
run, the voltage at the camper would sometimes drop to 105 vac, sometimes
less when the A/C kicked on.

I purchased one of these to solve the problem and carried it with us in
the RV. If a park's electrical service was poor, I'd use it to keep the
voltage up at our site's service, protecting the A/C unit.

http://www.monstermarketplace.com/Au...ng316a640.html

RV's and TT's are like boats. You simply can't spend enough money on
them.

Eisboch


Here's gadget you guys might find handy.

http://tinyurl.com/5hanzy

It's great for checking power condition; voltage, current being drawn,
voltage frequency, true power, etc. It will even do a cumulative kwH
readout.

Of course it won't do power measurement for appliances that are hard wired,
but works great for any 120V device that plugs in.

I use whenever I get a new device to see exactly what's going on with power
consumption.


Small world. Folks over in the 'other place' Eisboch and I were discussing
were offering the same advice about the same piece of equipment.

Thanks!

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:23:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
.. .


Holy smokes! I will add the multi-meter to the tool kit!

I think I'll make it a habit to check on campgrounds 'over there' before I
go. Those folks seem to know a lot about everything! I was surprised at
the
number of folks over there who had a military background and knew about
all
the military campgrounds.


"Over there" has it's share of arrogant know-it-alls, but the majority are
civil, decent people who don't mind helping out a "newbie".

The few that like to strut their stuff are easily ignored.

Eisboch


Well, it's not like that's a new experience!