DISH Super Joey Networking
For those of you of the DISH TV persuasion, I just updated the DISH TV for RVs section of this blog (see Tech Docs > DISH TV for RVs) for the new release of the Super Joey.
Mar 14
Mar 9
Last Days at Crazy Horse
February 28 Rainbow
We left Crazy Horse on Friday, March 7, and our last week there was special for two reasons — my sister Mary visited for a week, and Jan and I lived in a Crazy Horse park model while our RV was serviced.
More on park models in an April blog.
As luck would have it, my sister arrived during a freakish rainy weekend in Lake Havasu. However, even this Havasu weather was much much better than what was happening in Milwaukee, my sister’s home.
Feb 22
Mark Hahn Havasu 300
The 10th Annual Mark Hahn Havasu 300 took place today on the Crazy Horse Campground beach.
Basically, a bazillion jet skis raced around Lake Havasu for 300 miles — 10 miles per lake lap. Several hours of racing so it’s called an endurance race.
The campground seniors were looking forward to this race with great fear and loathing. It promised to disturb our nirvana with loud noise and young people.
Actually it turned out to be fun because of loud noise and young people.
We have no idea who won, but here’s a short video of the day which started at 7:00 am . . .
Feb 22
Meet the Jacobs E-Brake
Last October when we stopped to have our Cummins diesel engine serviced at Cummins Rocky Mountain Service Center, the service techs told us that part of our exhaust brake was almost rusted out.
What’s an exhaust brake?
Basically, it’s a device that works by essentially sticking a potato up the exhaust pipe. The purpose: to slow down the motorhome without using the air brakes. An exhaust brake is very handy going down steep mountain roads because instead of using the brakes continuously (and getting getting them too hot), you can just flip a switch to enable the exhaust brake.
Anyway, we’ve scheduled a visit to a service center in Lake Havasu this March to replace the rusted pipe. I’ve been dreading this because I have no idea how long it will take — will the service center order the right part? How much will it cost? Where will we stay during the repair?
So I thought I’d take a look at our engine brake and see if I could determine what was needed to fix it.
Voila! Today I pulled off the engine cover (which is in our RV bedroom), took a photo of the engine brake, and called Spartan Chassis, the manufacturer of our Newmar’s chassis. I gave them the VIN number of our RV, sent them a photo I took of our engine brake, and a few minutes later ordered the part ($160 delivered) I needed (hopefully).
The part should arrive next Wednesday. Fingers crossed. Here are some photos I took . . .
Feb 20
Voltage Boost + Wash & Wax
VOLTAGE BOOST
I mentioned this before . . . the voltage coming into our RV would drop so low at times that our electrical management system would disconnect the power to protect our electrical appliances.
Not a good situation.
So we invested in a voltage regulator (or “auto former”) which basically boosts incoming voltage whenever it gets too low. It has worked like a charm the past week. Some photos . . .
WASH & WAX
We had our RV washed and waxed today because I don’t want to do it . . .
Wash & Wax by Arizona Reflections
The Guys @ Work
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