Back on AZ State Trust Land near Catalina, AZ. since Wednesday this week.
I got here after displacing from Gila Bend and finished the repairs to the slideout system on the VRRV and power issue for the control board in the VRRV's Norcold N811LT Refrigerator.
Got the replacement slideout controller via Amazon yesterday and it works! All is well now with the slideout. No more rigging bypass wires, manual overrides but both are now viable options in case of failures in the future.
I will be ordering a spare control board for the fridge as its quite Norcold is no longer supporting it and components thereto.
Here's a shot of the connector to the old slideout controller. Note the damaged pins due to extreme heat and apparently some corrosion. A new connector has been ordered but this one works fine for now as well.
Lots of resting and relaxing the last couple of days, very much the preferred mode of boondocking for me.
I returned the rather expensive $69 multimeter that I got from NAPA back at Gila Bend to aid in troubleshooting procedures. (my old multimeter was giving bad readings). While it worked fine, the volume on its continuity tester sucked! I could barely hear it and that's with hearing aids in and turned up to max gain.
I went to the NAPA in Tucson and tried a different one, same weak signal, so back it went for a refund. It was the TrueBlue Jr. Multimeter. I can't recommend it.
I got a replacement multimeter via Amazon today, a Klein MM325, a better reputation brand and much nicer, for almost half the price! $34.
9 comments:
You are getting to be quite the troubleshooter and repairman, majot congrats. Reading your tales of repairing and maintaining an RV has convinced me to rent one if we ever want to try boondocking.
It has sure been and remains a learning experience, CCjon....still, worth it so long as guys like RichardM and ChrisZ don't give up on me.
“Everything fixed”. You’re dreaming! ;-)
The key words are " for now".... :)
Congrats on getting that fixed. Makers 46 is one of my favorites, great choice.
Thanks Oz. I learned a lot, had great help and a lot of luck.
You're (we're) still learning, that's a good thing. A shot or two to celebrate doesn't work for me ;)
Ah, good that you id'd yourself John. Though now I don't get why a shot or two doesn't work for you?
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