Waste water tanks are easy to keep clean and smelling fresh in your motor home and travel trailer.
1) Dumping needs to be done when tank is full.
2) When tank is empty flush with water. Most newer RV’s have a black tank flush system.
3) Leave about 3 gallons of water in the tank to keep the enzymes working.
4) Add your brand of enzynes
5) It is also a good idea to wear latex gloves.
The system for a motor home consits of a dash mounted monitor, a flow thru sensor on each wheel, a sensor on each wheel on the car or truck being towed. The flow thru sensor allows air to be input without sensor being removed.
Systems can be configured for any vehicle from motorcycles up to large rigs.
Most of todays motor homes and travel trailers have at least one slide room.
Potential Concersns:
Electric Slides - Motor gear box can have problems when drive pins are sheared, motor can become overloaded caused by drag when moving slides in and out causing an breaker to trip.
Hydraulic Slides - Failures with pumps, valves and or hydraulic lines which are susceptible to wear, friction, heat, and develop leaks or breaks in lines. Can also have problems with relays.
Maintenance - The slides and seals should be lubricated per manufactures instructions.
Planning your summer trips……Be sure that you have a Tire monitoring system….
A Tire Monitoring System is a must have product for your Rv’ing safety. The system will monitor tire temperature and pressure and inform the drive of a tire issue with the tow vehicle and the vehicle being towed.
The system for a motor home consits of a dash mounted monitor, a flow thru sensor on each wheel, a sensor on each wheel on the car or truck being towed. The flow thru sensor allows air to be input without sensor being removed.
Systems can be configured for any vehicle from motorcycles up to large rigs.
RV Tire Covers are a great investment to protect your Motor Home and Travel Trailer tires. This also applies to RV Covers. Weather, especially the sun will damage your tires and the finish on your RV.
RV Tire Covers should be used when storing or camping for extended periods of time. Most motor home and travel trailer tire sidewalls will deteriorate long before the tread is used up. Covers will extend the time before replacement is required.
This is the time of the year when most of us with motor homes and travel trailers get ready for the summer travels. Clean the interior and exterior, check tires, batteries, and engine parts (hoses and belts). If you one of the many people who have an RV Cover this will make cleaning the exterior easier.
We all have an investment in our motorhomes or travel trailers which we should protect. There are many RV Covers available, but it is best to use one that is designed to provide the best protection in your area.
Two examples are:
Adco Tyvek is one of the ones designed for Intense Sunshine, Intense Moisture and Intense UV Rays.
Adco Aqua Shed is designed for all Northern states and Canada, preventing most liquid from penetrating to RV’s surface.
There are many other manufactures that make quality covers ranging from the basic protection to the best protection and any would be a benefit in protecting your investment.
It always seems like when you are ready to get your travel trailer or motor home and “Hit The Road” the batteries are dead. This is caused because there are several parasitic loads in an RV that will contine to slowly drain the coach battery even when you think everything is turned off. An example of such a load is the LP leak detector.
The best way to prevent this is to make sure that the battery disconnect swich is in the off position when unit is in storage. If your unit does not have a built in battery disconnect you can purchase a manual disconnect and install on the battery.
I have been told that Original Dawn Dishwashing liquid is great for the waste tank in your motor home or trailer.
Before leaving your campsite, drain your tanks, close the drain valves and add ¼ cup of ORIGINAL Dawn dishwashing soap to 2 gallons of water.
Upon arrival at your new campsite, drain the sludge loosened from the inside of the tanks. Then add water to the closed tanks after draining.
The best policy is to keep the tanks closed during use and drain every 3-4 days or when needed.
If a smell develops, you can add one half cup of baking soda and dilute it with more water and let it stand overnght. PineSol will also help – but do not use too much (more than a cap full at a time) as it will cause your rubber seals to derogate.
Your rv furnace may be the most temperamental appliance in your rv. The ignition system can perform flawlessly and
then out of the blue it can totally fail. It can run quiet and then start screeching and vibrating as though it has
been possessed. Challenges for any RV, motor home, or fifth wheel owner, and even greater challenge for the RV
technician.
The solution? Simple periodic inspection of your rv furnace will go a long way in averting future problems. Just
because your rv furnace runs and blows, warm air does not mean some attention may be in order. The older the rv or
motor home is routine maintenance only becomes more important and if it is more than five years old your safety
depends on it.
#1. Check outside vents for soot
#2. Check return air vents (inside coach at the furnace)
#3 Inspect heat ducts at the furnace
Conclusion:
Your rv furnace is the one area in which one should not skimp. Your comfort and safety far outweigh any reasons to
shortcut here and safety in and of it should mandate giving your furnace the attention it requires.