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    How to clean dirty and oxidized electrical plugs to prevent heat damage?

    I got the DeoxIT and gave it a try. First I just sprayed it onto the contacts to see what it would do. It doesn't really do much without some mechanical help. I let the plug dry and got some steel wool and tried cleaning with just steel wool. The steel wool certainly takes some oxidation...
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    Towing Pictures to Ponder

    Much better shot of the clearance between the air bag frame and the spring.
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    NEMA 14-50 IP66 installed on the house today

    The trailer is running on real power now!
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    Would you hold this for a bit?

    LOL, no I haven't joined. I stopped to get some gas and couldn't resist going inside. I'm pretty much over the crowds inside.
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    Would you hold this for a bit?

    I saw this in Buc-ees today, it made me chuckle.
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    3D Printing and Your RV

    Pretty slick! How will you keep the phones from falling off when cornering or from bumps?
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    How to clean dirty and oxidized electrical plugs to prevent heat damage?

    There are plenty of pictures of melted and burn RV plugs out there on the internet. Thankfully I don't have one to show you. I believe the primarily cause of burned plugs is poor contact in the plug leading to resistance and heat. I just took a look at my almost three year old 50 amp cord...
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    All frames flex

    I talked to New Horizons about this design and questioned the strength. They told me that yes an engineering firm validated the design and the same design is used for their largest trailers, which weigh about 25k lbs empty. They have never had one crack. I believe the key is that the box...
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    NEMA 14-50 IP66 installed on the house today

    I can't stand working with any fiberglass.
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    All frames flex

    I found some pictures of our trailer frame after is was painted. You can see how New Horizons builds these chassis. They are very heavy duty. This shows the size of the gusset that spreads the stress out on the down post.
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    Pictures of inside of water heater after 290 nights use

    Here is a good explanation of why some aluminum tanks doesn't need an extra anode rod. https://www.rvtravel.com/youve-told-rvs-anode-rod-wrong-1149/
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    Rare Airstream slide in?

    I looked at the picture in detail and I don't think it's photo shopped...
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    NEMA 14-50 IP66 installed on the house today

    We just zoned our 2nd floor with a mini-split for exactly the reasons you just stated. I'm very much looking forward to the 2nd floor not being smoking hot in the summer and the basement and first floor being like an ice box. Plus the whole-house air conditioner would run almost 24 hours/day...
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    National Park Service sued over refusal to accept cash as a form of entry payment

    That's very true and I almost never carry cash, or at least more than a few dollars. There is almost no need for cash these days.
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    Colorado's first Buc-ees

    I thought the same thing too, until I saw all the road work and reconfigurations done to increase traffic flow. The I-25 interchange is now a double divergent diamond. We had several in IL, so I have lots of experience with them. DDDs flow a TON of traffic. Two large interchanges in IL...
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