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  1. Led strips come on a standard 5 meter reel.  Most common are 300 led reels but for really bright get 600 led.  I used daylight bright and it was like having fluorescent tubes suitable for brain surgery.  Probably should have used warm white.  Make sure the strip is for outdoor use.  The stickum they come with isn’t that great, use 3M double sided tape.  It’s nice being able to tell medium rare from well done.   

  2. I believe Flyinhy has a Girard awning that rolls up into a protective box, so dangling lights are a no go.  There is a channel on the underside of that box that conveniently accommodates stick on led strips.  On my previous coach I rewired the switch on the porch light such that the leds could either come on with the porch light or not.  It’s a short distance from the porch light to the awning box.  

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  3. 21 hours ago, Dr4Film said:

     

    My two interior assist handles near the entry door are NOT lighted. Only the one outside is on my Dynasty. My Windsor had the buld located at the top of the outside handle. No lighted handles inside either.

    Huh.  My 2006 Dynasty has all 3 lit.  (Snowflake Syndrome)

     I bought a bundle of 100 leds in various colors with 12v resistors and pigtails for $10 or 15 bucks, kept the little reflectors and ditched the dinky circuit board.  Now I have blue on the outside handle, red by the steps, and white on the wall.  

  4. I replaced old Michelins with Toyos last year, have 5k or so on them.  I used motorhometires.com which was serviced locally by Southern Tire in Weslaco Texas.  They came to my rv site in Alamo, TX and changed them, balanced them with beads.  
     

    In my return to the RGV (Rio Grand Valley in the bottom tip of Texas) I had a slow leak in one of the outer duallies.  When we headed out to go back north last month I pulled into Southern Tire in Pharr TX (they have several locations) and they removed the wheel and fixed the loose extension hose.  Charged me 10 bux.  Nice company to work with.  
     

    If you don’t want to move your rig, I highly recommend Motorhometires.com.  They have agreements with installers in all the states (except maybe Hawaii and Alaska).  

  5. I use a piece of 1x1x18 inch aluminum angle stock and a couple of small right angle brackets attached to the screws that hold the access cover on the dashboard ahead of the steering wheel.  Drilled holes in the aluminum to secure RAM mounts and other mounts for TPMS, gps, fone etc.  Every thing is easier to see than any of the regular gauges, and doesn’t get in the way of anything.  

  6. 1 minute ago, Jim McFarland said:

    Pepperell, what is the visible hot spot?  Is it something you can buy and it plugs into the phone receiver?

    Visible phone service carrier.  It’s owned by Verizon, provides unlimited data for as little as $25 a month.  I have an iPhone 6s using this service that I use as a hot spot.  
    The 6s was my personal cell fone, was retired when I upgraded to an iPhone XS.  There are a number of current or non current Apple or Android smart phones that will work with the Visible service.  We stream 75-200 Gigs monthly I’d guess.  

  7. If the couch is next to the kitchen cabinets 120V is available there.  Use a ROKU unit on the TV.  Hang a sound bar from the cabinets over the couch.  I use a Vizible phone hotspot for unlimited internet.  
     

    As for satellite, I have no answer.  No answer for OTA, but there’s not much worth watching there anyway.  

  8. I have the color matched coating on mine.  The match is quite good.  Be aware that the dappled/stippled surface reflects light differently than the flat surface of the original paint, so depending on the time of day and direction of the light source can make it look mismatched.  
    I do have a lot of lookers staring at the front of my coach.  Most of them think it looks fine.  

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  9. I just lost 12v power to the matrix system.  No lights, no ability to use slide outs, switch on Aquahot, turn on thermostats, water pump.  
    The matrix panel draws its power from the rear run box via 2/0 cable.  The BigBoy is humming.  I switched off the house and engine batteries then turned them back on, got a clack sound from the BB aftrer a few seconds.  Still no power to the matrix.  
    We are full timers.  We’re screwed.  How can I jumper 12v to the matrix?  
    HELP!!!E2FB080F-7858-4972-961B-7F9B52AF9EDC.thumb.jpeg.6759073f5759e0e370ecc30f1f9cda3c.jpegE2FB080F-7858-4972-961B-7F9B52AF9EDC.thumb.jpeg.6759073f5759e0e370ecc30f1f9cda3c.jpeg8360A452-D6BE-4F06-BD8F-E6A1DA7E95EE.thumb.jpeg.6aac47c1858823d26a96bbce043c7800.jpeg44FE147B-98D9-4F0F-ADA6-5D22C4001101.thumb.jpeg.d10d4a090fd8f8bf93daadfb120fd894.jpeg

    Never mind.  Idiot owner must have accidentally bumped the salesman switch.  I’ve never used it since I bought the coach.  

  10. To clarify, I have 2 ac’s but three zones.  The third zone is for the bathroom and the wet bay heater.  I mistakenly stated that it connected to the AquaHot.  
    To summarize I have two CCC2’s, three zones, a controller in each a/c, and a controller for the bathroom/wet bay.  

    Sorry for the confusion.  

  11. As an aside, if you have an AquaHot, you’ll need an extra new style board that’s hidden away (in a kitchen cabinet in my case, location may vary) that lets the CCC2’s all talk together to the AH.  Don’t know if LP furnaces require this though.  

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