This morning we left Camping World and headed to Lowe’s where I bought the parts to complete moving the charge controller. I added the silver outlet box at the bottom of the photo:
The other end of the cable drops out under the RV and is plugged into the generator to run the charge controller. It only get used when the solar doesn’t charge enough, so it gets used rarely.
M and I stayed at my parents house while Trish and B went with Bubbe, Grandma DiAnn, and Barry to go bead shopping.
Tonight, we will head back to Jean Lake where we will be for the rest of the week.
We had a nice Day 500 Shabbos in Las Vegas! Last night we had a Chanukah party with our parents, which was nice.
Today I tried to salvage the staircase the was damaged in Alaska by cutting off the bottom-most stair. This allowed me to at least get the staircase to unfold, but after 30 minutes of sledgehammer lovin’, I still couldn’t get the staircase back to a shape that would allow me to mount it back on the RV, so I gave up on it.
The RV’s battery charger, which is powered by our generator on those rare occasions when we strike out with solar, is wired with 6 gauge wire, and is about 20 feet from the battery, which I believe adds enough of a voltage drop (1.19 volts according to the math) to dramatically reduce the ability of the charger to actually charge the battery. I moved the battery charger about 2 feet by wire away from the battery, and used much thicker 2 gauge wire. Voltage drop should now be 0.047 volts. The charger is the silver box in the photo:
Tomorrow I’ll break out the A/C plug for the charger so it pops out near the propane quick release for the generator. This will save me from having to run an extension cord from the generator all the way to the chassis A/C input on the rear of the RV, like I’ve been doing so far.
This had been on the todo list for months, so I’m happy to finally get to it.
While I was rewiring the RV, Trish went boot shopping with Grandma DiAnn. Sounds like they had a lot of fun!
Tonight we’re overnighting at Camping World, as we have to do a couple more errands in town tomorrow before we can head out to Jean Lake.
Today, part of home school was RV Fixin’ With Tattie. B and I removed the ladder from the RV, as most of the screws had vibrated loose. We applied Locktite and put it back together and reattached it to the RV, adding fresh caulk in the process:
I told M how to install into the wall an outlet that had lost its old mount position when I split the bunkhouse into two rooms. He did all the work:
It has been cold and cloudy for the past few days, something we’re told is quite rare in these parts. We are looking forward to warmer days ahead.
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