Yes, normal. Atwood uses aluminum for the tank material. No anode rod needed to counter rust.

In this video, I test out the power consumption in watts over the course of 5 hours of my new Starlink Satellite Internet Dish and Router. Then I convert it into amp hours at 12VDC so you can get an idea of its off-grid RV power draw.



Kill-A-Watt Review - https://www.loveyourrv.com/kill-a-watt-meter-rv-power-test-gadget/
My Jackery Power Box Review Vids - https://www.loveyourrv.com/?s=jackery
Electronic Gear and Gadgets For RVing – My 12 Must-Haves - https://www.loveyourrv.com/electronic-gear-and-gadgets-for-rving-my-12-must-haves/

Yesterday on the cruise to Useppa Island

Sand Caves in Southern Utah, USA

Things are thawing out...

What a useful stylish idea. I love seeing people always thinking outside the box.

I have to say you are pegging my geek meter on this. I hope they have a system that works for mobile applications soon. High speed satellite internet for boondocking would be awesome. In the meantime you have no excuses for lots of YouTube content! :cool:

First Look, Setup & Test on the RV

In this video, I'm excited to get my new Starlink satellite internet dish set up on the roof of our RV and check out some of the amazing speeds! https://www.starlink.com/

Nice! Happy Trails...Pal!!!

I was about 2 minutes into this video and thought, just put a LP alarm under there. lol. As it is a confined space after skirting and you are literally living on top of the potential of a fire or explosion I don't think it's overkill if only for the peace of mind. Being hooked up I would probably keep the gas turned off anyway but if it needs to be on than safety first!

Hey Ray I ran across this product thought it would peak your interest it’s called air skirts for RV they are definitely pricey
https://www.airskirts.com/

In this video, I talk about RV skirting and possible safety issues in the event of an LP gas leak under the RV. Erroring on the side of caution I decided to install an RV propane detector alarm. If you have any other thoughts, ideas, or advice for people leave a comment.



Link to my EZ Snap Skirting Videos - https://www.loveyourrv.com/ez-snap-rv-winter-skirting-installation/
Link to all my Winter RVing Videos - https://www.loveyourrv.com/tag/winter/
Other LP Gas Related Videos - https://www.loveyourrv.com/?s=lp+gas

Five Great Blue Herons just chilling out today in the marsh. I guess their bellies are full. :)

We were looking at putting a flip down table
On the end of our Peninsula so we found a local
Sawmill. We picked up a very nice live edge cedar.

Thanks. Immaculate inside and the only decal fading is at the very top. I’m guessing it wintered indoors. Tires are 7 years old so those will have to go.

Thanks Ray. I have watched that slide repair video a few times. Nice work. I recently ordered the West System epoxy kit to fix another issue – a little crack at the neck of the grey tank. I bet that rings a bell, eh? That video helped immensely. I can’t get to PEI yet but I’ll be sure to post updates on the floor and tank repairs when I open ‘er up this spring. Cheers, Richard.

Glad you have it figured out.
Stay safe

Hi Richard. Enjoy the new Rig!

This is good advice that we have been working on since we retired. When we were working we tried to pack too much into a short vacation. Now we need to slow down and take our time. :)

HI,

Voltage is fine at the furnace.

I have boiled it down to the high limit switch and that there is too much heat building up in the furnace plenum. Just a crappy design with not enough air exchange. By better routing the ducting with more gentle bends the issue has become much better. I was going to add another register and duct run but after pulling the belly pan the fresh tank runs the entire width of the trailer and no extra room to put the added venting where it makes sense to the rear of the coach.

Fortunately we don't run the furnace a lot and the heat pump does most of what we need.

I am interested in following this. I just ordered a cricket wireless modem and service. A satellite service that was fast, reliable and reasonably priced would be perfect for boondocking!

Congrats! Not homeless, just houseless. :)
I think the biggest mistake I see is new full-timers treating it like a constant vacation and pursuing time-consuming and stressful schedules to run around the country seeing everything they can as fast as they can. Kinda like kids in a candy store. Usually, it leads to burnout. Also makes them travel tired so mistakes happen easier and more often souring them on the full-timing. Successful ones tend to take their time and even spent months of the year in one or two locations.

Bryce Canyon

Spied this on my beach walk today, good to see some color, so looking forward to spring flowers this year.

This video shows gorgeous hiking views from around the Rio Grande Village campground plus Grapevine Hills, Chiso Mountains, Santa Elana Canyon, and Boquillas Canyon. All from remote Big Bend National Park, Texas. There is also footage & photos from equally spectacular Big Bend Ranch State Park and the quirky little town of Terlingua's Chihuahua race!



https://www.loveyourrv.com/first-visit-to-big-bend-national-park-2012-throwback-video/

Up very early this morning at a new lookout point We
found little mountain Here on Vancouver island

Looks like the big cold snap is over, snow is melting fast. Sunny and our weather station just hit 9.9C (about 50F)

Pretty in Nanoose Bay too! Wish I was camping! But for now I enjoy looking at “Essie” and dreaming of summer!

Sun really tried to breakthrough today but not quite. Still, it was a beauty! About -1C but not much wind. I'm working on a video I took of my snowy walk around the Tyee Spit, uploading now...

This time we visit the one of a kind city of New Orleans, Louisana. I have some photos and video clips from around the French Quarter and famous Bourbon Street. Then a few photos from the surrounding neighborhoods as they prepped for a Mardi Gras parade.

Green Heron here at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Fl.

I uploader a PDF I received from LionEngery to help Configure the Victron BMV Battery Monitor and MPPT solar charger for the Lion Safari UT Batteries.
Thanks Don

Spent a couple nights in ucluelet BC
1st night for the milky way to show up again in 202

Another close-up shot of my new friend. She really appreciates the sugar water I've been putting out. Temps are cold around here for a hummingbird lately!

Unfortunately we just have the single 30 amp outlet so have to do a bit of a juggling act. Got a 700W oil heater and a fan heater set to 600W, the dehumidifier is around 350W and the water hose varies can get up around 300 watts when it gets very cold. At night I usually just use one heater and Anne uses a 120-watt electric blanket. I leave enough overhead for the water heater to kick in and out, its element is 1440W. So can't have all the heaters and water heater and microwave. I have amp meters so know how were are doing amp-wise before using the microwave. I usually flip the water heater off briefly. The goal is to maximize our electricity that's included in the RV site and not have to go buy propane.
We could have got a 50 amp site here with all the outlets 50/30/20 for not much more per month but would never trade our view and spot on the estuary. :)