We are being besieged with electrical problems. We spent three great days at the Pacific while our coach was getting new carpeting and tile. We received a call from the re-modelers that they had experienced an electrical problem with the coach and the lights, refrigerator, etc no longer worked. They wondered if we had this problem previously. Well, no! We arranged for a mobile RV repairman to meet us when we picked up the coach and in about five minutes he found the problem. A metal piece had fallen into the electrical compartment when the old carpet was being removed. This piece landed smack dab on top of the heart of the 12 volt electrical system and shorted out one of the components. Well, it sort of melted one of the components! This now defunct control circuit controlled the 12 volt disconnect to the coach. Our RV guy found us a work around, the relay still was operative, just the switching circuit was inoperative. He showed us how to turn the circuit back on and, voila, the lights worked again!.
Shortly after getting back on the road our leveling jack system decided to show our jacks still extended when an outside inspection showed them to be retracted in the up position. Doesn't seem like much of a problem except that when you ignore the sensor it starts flashing warning lights and sounding an annoying beeper. The first day we tried to ignore the beeping and it eventually got tired and stopped but we still got the occasional beeps out of it. The second day on the road the sensor was much more persistent and refused to stop beeping. A quick "repair" consisting of removing the control panel and unplugging one of the wire harnesses solved the problem. The system is now quiet! Guess there will be lots of repairs to accomplish by the time we get back to Arizona.
We had a lovely drive along the Columbia River and picked up I-84 headed for Boise. We had an unexpected sighting of several Bighorn Sheep right off the Interstate as we sped along the River. We have spent the past two days at Catfish Junction, a quiet RV park nestled along the Snake River. Got a couple of days of fishing in but the catfish are playing hard to get, caught one. We had catfish fillets for dinner tonight cooked on the barbecue, yum.
We have encountered traces of snow along the highway as we passed through the Blue Mountains and there is lots of new snow on the higher mountains. The past two days have been clear and crisp with sunshine warming up the afternoons but the overnight temperatures are down around freezing. It is time to get out of the mountains. We will head for Boise tomorrow and then turn south into Utah. If the weather holds we may try to visit one or more of Utah's National Parks. We expect to get to Las Vegas before we turn east to Arizona. Our days on the road are numbered but we still have adventures in front of us.
Shortly after getting back on the road our leveling jack system decided to show our jacks still extended when an outside inspection showed them to be retracted in the up position. Doesn't seem like much of a problem except that when you ignore the sensor it starts flashing warning lights and sounding an annoying beeper. The first day we tried to ignore the beeping and it eventually got tired and stopped but we still got the occasional beeps out of it. The second day on the road the sensor was much more persistent and refused to stop beeping. A quick "repair" consisting of removing the control panel and unplugging one of the wire harnesses solved the problem. The system is now quiet! Guess there will be lots of repairs to accomplish by the time we get back to Arizona.
We had a lovely drive along the Columbia River and picked up I-84 headed for Boise. We had an unexpected sighting of several Bighorn Sheep right off the Interstate as we sped along the River. We have spent the past two days at Catfish Junction, a quiet RV park nestled along the Snake River. Got a couple of days of fishing in but the catfish are playing hard to get, caught one. We had catfish fillets for dinner tonight cooked on the barbecue, yum.
We have encountered traces of snow along the highway as we passed through the Blue Mountains and there is lots of new snow on the higher mountains. The past two days have been clear and crisp with sunshine warming up the afternoons but the overnight temperatures are down around freezing. It is time to get out of the mountains. We will head for Boise tomorrow and then turn south into Utah. If the weather holds we may try to visit one or more of Utah's National Parks. We expect to get to Las Vegas before we turn east to Arizona. Our days on the road are numbered but we still have adventures in front of us.
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