Jim McGarvie

Thanks for that clarification.

Oh, right. I think they call it "in-motion." It probably is a 12 volt system, but a bit rich for my blood. We have only had our system since September, but we have traveled with it a few times and have always had acceptable speeds. Well, except for that weekend buried in a dense forest with no open sky.... I am very happy with it so far, both at home and when traveling in the coach.

Unless something has changed in the past month or so, the RV "system" is identical to the residential equipment. It is a different service with different rules, not a different system. Our son and his wife are full-time RV'ers, so bought the RV service because they didn't want to wait and don't have a land base residence. I bought the residential service, since we have a home base and didn't want our service to be deprecated when we are at home (which is probably 80% of the time). When we will be traveling in our RV we activate the portability option for one month at a time, and pay the extra $25 for each whole month. When we will be home for a full month we deactivate portability and save the $25 fee. Our equipment is identical to that of our son. And it is NOT 12 volts. There is hope that will become available in the near future. When one is boondocking, the requirement to run the inverter to power the Starlink from the coach batteries is not very efficient. The inverter has to convert the 12 VDC from the batteries to 120 VAC to power the Starlink, which then converts it back to 12 VDC for its operation. A pure 12 VDC system should use significantly less power.

I know where you are coming from, Grampy. But I realize when I am traveling away from home with my Starlink I am competing for a finite number of bits and bytes with folks who live full time in my temporary location. So far I haven't encountered what I consider to be an unreasonable reduction in bandwidth. I am very grateful for the availability. But as always, YMMV.

Have you checked with Starlink? I think you are wise to make sure before taking the chance....

Another HUGE advantage to the PDF version is its searchability feature!

You mean you are sometimes in your motorhome without your laptop??? 🙂

Thanks for the reply, Kenneth. It's an intermittent problem, so hard to narrow it down. I actually opened it up and checked the sail switch, and it seems to function normally. I replaced it with new a couple of years ago.

Our Atwood 8535-IV-DCLP has given us fits off and on for a couple of years. I think I've resolved most if not all of the previous issues, and I am very happy with our MicroAir EasyTouch programmable thermostat. But on our last trip the furnace would bring the temperature up from 62 to 72 as programmed, but didn't restart to maintain 72. I turned it off and back on (from the warmth of our bed; thanks MicroAir!) and it restarted and brought it back up to temperature. It cycled normally for a while to maintain 72, then again stopped coming on when required. Has me baffled. Anyone experienced that? Thanks. Jim

Initially I tried running the cable through the seal on the bedroom slide, but it was too difficult getting the connector on the end of the cable through the seal. I followed the example of someone else who puts the router in a basement compartment that has a 120 VAC receptacle, and run the Starlink cable into that compartment. Piece of cake, and the router is plenty powerful enough to give a strong WiFi signal both inside the coach and outside.

Make sure you search for the item on the Amazon US website.

We went through a couple of the cheaper collapsible hoses around the house and they did not hold up. When we decided on one for the RV we went with the ZeroG, and wish we had done so long ago. I love it! Unfortunately I see I didn't get the potable version as I thought I had. But I'm not too worried about it. Jim

Thanks Matt. I cleaned up all of our connections, but haven't had the same low voltage situation since. Hopefully that fixed it for us as well.

We've had some instances of our Atwood 8535-IV-DCLP not lighting when the batteries have been low. The blower runs, I can hear the gas valve opening and I think I hear the igniter clicking, but no burner light. I understand the furnace won't function properly at very low battery voltage, but I thought it would work down to maybe 11.0V or even lower, but our issue was with a battery voltage of 12.0 and 12.1 volts. Anything above that it works fine. My question is this: What component of the furnace is voltage-critical, that I should try replacing? Or might the problem be unrelated to voltage and just a coincidence? Thanks. Jim

Thanks for the encouraging report, Tom.

Thanks JD. I don't have any specific questions at this point, just hoping to pick up tips and reports of actual experiences with the system. I got on the waiting list for a residential system, because to pencil out it has to replace my cable Internet service which means I can't tolerate the lower priority performance of an RV system. I hope to be able to get by with just the one system and move it between home and RV. Thanks, Tom, but no apologies necessary. It is actually an interesting conversation. And thanks to for the good info. If it can replace our cable Internet service at home the cost will be about a wash, and well worthwhile.

Me too. I was hoping to learn more about Starlink....

Ha! OK, I asked for that. Thanks for the links.

Which Tomcat trap? Amazon has a few.

Great tip, Tom. Thanks.

I too put bleach in the hose then fill the tank.

Great idea, Scotty! Unfortunately our coach did not come with videos... and we picked it up from the factory. Otherwise I would be happy to share.

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Thanks Rick, we are doing great and hope you and your dad are as well. And thanks for the info. Confirms my suspicions, and we don't want to mess with anything like that not recommended, even if it "might" work. Jim

Thanks for the prompt reply, Richard. Maybe I didn't word it correctly, but his coach is 50A and the dog bone would allow it to plug into a 30A outlet. But I'm not sure that is germane to the issue. I made an adapter similar to yours for a visit to a friend, but I decided it was more likely he would have another RV visitor than I would need the adapter elsewhere, so I left it with him. Jim