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When I first stared working I was helping a electrician on a job. He told me to never use wire strippers on solid copper. This is what he used. Many years later I hired an electrician do a 200A service upgrade in our house. A few days later I'm in the panel to add breaker and I find a loose...

I used dual AFCI/GFCI (50amp) breakers for the shore power and added a GFCI breaker downwind of the inverter on the kitchen / bathroom / outside circuits. Stacking GFCI isn't ideal but it works. I decided to add AFCI because RVs are known to catch fire when a wire arcs that is run through...

All cracking was inside a building or outside but none was in a heated space. One example is a set of 1/4" door panels that were drilled and tapped to mount the hinges. Within a year the PC cracked from the 50% of the holes. The repair was done with 1/4" PC but this time with nuts and bolts...

Installing terminals doesn't always involve 1 wire - 1 terminal. Many times I'll have 2-#18 into #14 terminal or 2-#14 into #10 terminal. I have a couple ratcheting crimpers but I grab the Klien insul / non inusl crimpers 95% of the time and carry them when traveling. Had them for years...

The load center is a Siemns EQL260. May only be available in Canada https://www.homedepot.ca/product/siemens-2-4-circuit-60a-120-240v-loadcentre/1000171696

I used polycarbonate for years in temp from 15F to 90F. Lost count of the pcs that stress cracked around mounting holes. Clamping not bolting solved the breaking but all showed yellowing/crazing. I may still have some bronze "UV stable" polycarbonate that was in the sun for 5 years. I'll try to...

You have an amazing amount of mind and hand know how.

I stopped using polycarbonate because it crazes and solvent/stress cracks.

I looked into lifting our 2020 Outback. Some models have issues with a 2" lift (one manufacture will only do a 1.5 lift for this reason) but there there are few 2019-20 done to know if there are issues. I did have a discussion with our dealer. They won't do any suspension modification as it...

This is my set up for 4 (2-6V) 12V battery banks. Each bank connects to a battery switch. Loads for house - inverter - solar controllers come off the buss bar. I've taken broken switches apart and I've no idea why one side is labeled Output. Must be when the switch has a feild disconnect...

Plywood works doesn't cost much easy to work with can be painted or use clear urethane. Another option is polyethylene marine board (Starboard or Seaboard) but the thickness should be upgraded 1/8"-1/4 i.e. 1/2" plywood = 3/4" marine board. I hate loom. Preffer the nylon wire wrap...

The best way is to individually connect each 12V bank with identical length cables to pos/neg buss bars or terminal on the fuse/shunt and protect each bank with a fuse (200A) and a disconnect. Excessive but these are the things one does after seeing what happen to a bank on the rare occasion a...

May want to lay it on the floor as the cables come out the bottom. Victron recommends running two 1/0 cables instead of a single 4/0. Two 1/0 carry more amps and is easier to do. Keep an eye on the voltage drop when using that size inveter on a 12v battery bank. I think the GX panel needs...

Tinned wire and tinned lugs Proper crimper with the correc dies. Don't solder. The flux cannot be removed once wicked up into the wire and keeps attacking the copper.....connection heats up....solder melts....I use to solder and seen the results. Been using this method and the heat shrink...

For $400 buy 2 coolant heaters and some 3 way valves then one can be the back-up for the other.

If that was my vehicle most of it would be ripped off or punched full of holes the first summer. What was left at would come off breaking trail in the snow. RVs use steel pipe on the bottom for propane. The combustion air pick-up will fill the furnce with dust. We used to have a generator...

First thing I do is find out the min output water temp of the heater. Over 90F will be uncomfortable to walk/sit on.

Are the frames/trim rings aluminum or FRP?

Check the angle of isolation for locations you expext to be at then check the max tilt angle of the mount. We're at 49 degree North. From Oct. to March our panels go up at 60-70 degrees. Nothing off the shelf worked and I wanted mounts that tilted 4 ways. A greater number of watts makes...

If the GFCI is tripping with and input of 14.4VDC it would seem to be a warranty issue. GFCI tests for leaking current. Increased voltage would cause a GFCI to trip if there was something funny with the GFCI or the wiring. The committee member is right in some aspect.....if the AC output of...