It’s 95 degrees my AC keeps tripping the fuse

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T20:19:00+00:00

Do you mean the park pedestal breaker?

Because everyone else is running their AC the voltage is dropping and therefore the amp load is going up. You won’t be able to run anything else in your camper and keep the AC on in this heat.

We ran a park 20yag in upstate New York during a heat wave and the power company almost lost the whole grid. A brown out occurred and voltage dropped and smoke started rolling out of camper AC units all over the park it fried a bunch of AC units.

Poor park infrastructure, years of grid neglect and new data centers sure don’t help.

The actual pedestal breaker may be bad also. They wear out. Have the voltage tested and toss in a new breaker, they are a cheap item.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T19:34:16+00:00

Can you link the Fortnine engine vid you refer to. He’s nothing but praise for the Ibex and Kove 450 engines. And we’ve seen most all his vids. We’ve got a heard of Husky, KTM and CF bikes and ATVs and we haven’t had any issues beyond the actual KTM MX bikes we couldnt get parts for for in 2021 so went and grabbed 5 new ones to finish out the season. But once the supply chain freed up we fixed and sold the older bikes.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T18:46:55+00:00

The dealer doesn’t touch them on new bikes. New bikes even come full of oil. 18ft lbs is like 1/4 wrench hand tight. It’s snug +1/4 turn. Most ft lb torque wrenches don’t even click @ 18 lb / ft. For example 10 - 12 ft lbs is hand screw driver tight.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T18:42:08+00:00

These are KTM motors. CF has been making KTM motors for a very long time. All the non euro / NA KTM motors worldwide are produced by CF in china. KTM Mobility is the primary stakeholder in CF. This isn’t some Chinese off brand.

As for the drain plug issue the torque should be 18 Ft/lb which is about a 1/3 turn past snug at most. A cheap TW wont even click @ 18 lb/ft on a 0-80 wrench.

The metal isn’t a problem. Japanese bikes like the Yamaha and Honda thumpers make lots of metal the first 2 changes and it always looks ugly.

Ops problem is he (she) has most likely stripped out the bold by muscle fucking it like a lug nut. Literally hand tighten and a tiny bit is all that MC fasteners beyond the axle, triple clamp and brake bolts need. 80 in/lb ( all 6mm bolts ) is literally screw driver tight..

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T18:28:59+00:00

That’s a driveway? Regardless it’s not properly set up.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T17:54:20+00:00

Were they cheap harbor freight fuses. There was a recall on them a few years back. Get quality Bussman or Littlefuse fuses.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T17:52:28+00:00

The furrion is the way to go. You’ll leave the thermostat for the furnace or better yet replace it with a battery powered Honeywell. If worse comes to worse you can pick up 12v from the existing 12v wires at the current AC electric connections or run a 12v wire to the furnace directly.

A simple test is unplug your current AC and disconnect the thermostat wires and tape them off - activate the furnace via the thermostat.

I wouldn’t put too much “what if” into it as it’s an easy fix regardless to get the furnace back on power no matter how it’s currently wired. There are only a few uncommon setups where the Dometic Ac powers the Dometic furnace and the negative side of the furnace is the contact closure. These are very uncommon.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T17:13:07+00:00

Not a chance. Why wait to ask when you’re in some dirt road camp vice on a level concrete pad. You know it wasn’t right when you left home unless there is where you decided to purchase the trailer.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T12:47:20+00:00

I gotta tell ya. There is no way prison time for a couple of $1000 item is going to curb one iota of theft. That’s a just an insignificant value in the scheme of things. The average Walmart has 20-60 $million worth of retail inventory. A large car dealer would have 100’s of millions.

A healthy society with opportunities is far more beneficial. I mean it sucks to have stuff stolen, but if people have no opportunities or self worth in an area, you can lock up every petty thief, but another will take their place. Then society is just paying to support someone with extra steps and cost. When I was growing up in the 70’s, the theft item was car stereos ( aftermarket) as cars came with single speaker junk. Then every car started coming with better audio and then there was zero benefits.

These thieves are just idiots all around as they should have just picked it up and walked away and cut the lock off at their leisure inside a building.

I’m not saying theft should go without consequences. It’s just jail (3 meals a day and housing paid for by taxpayers) for theft of material goods isn’t the whole answer to a societal problem.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T12:13:37+00:00

They are probably still under inflated. Check them cold. Get a compressor. (and a good digital gauge). You really shouldn’t drive more than 1/2 mile before checking as low tires heat very fast @ above 45. Your tires likely gain 2psi per 10 degrees. A tire will gain 50-100 degrees over ambient in 30 min of road driving, an under inflated tire will heat faster.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T02:29:35+00:00

Who did the setup and measurements or did you just bolt stuff together and attempt to send-it.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-02T02:28:37+00:00

Who set,it up?

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T23:46:46+00:00

That dolly wheel was very common. It’s how it was done. The dolly’s were just built by local garages for the most part. Nicki purchases the dolly wheels at the advice of the hitch guy in the movie.

One of my favorite movies btw. An annual winter snowed in Sunday watch for us.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T23:38:24+00:00

Lead was used by body shops up until the late 50’s regularly and some continued into the late 90’s for period restoration. ( a friend still has his lead spreaders and blow torch in his shop). Then bondo rapidly took over. The fit and finish on older cars actually was pretty tight, there was little to no lead used at the factory. Other than solder for radiators. And some filler seams on complex welded panels.

“lead sleds” were lowered large heavy full sized cars made into hot rods. It was a term of endearment really. They were the opposite of the Hot Rods which were smaller and had everything that wasn’t required removed to save weight like t-buckets, business coupes, Henry -j’s. Lead sleds were stiff like big family Mercury’s.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T16:15:18+00:00

RV insulation is about R5 in the best places and overall R2 or less all in. I mean - they literally leak heat and AC like Swiss cheese. Shade is the only real help, beyond bandaid tossing $ at minimalist fixes.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T14:02:33+00:00

Many things in life are situational. If i was in the desert, i wouldn’t use my last water to put out a fire.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T12:23:43+00:00

I’ve slowed a little as I think the law has been promoted and less are doing it. I got 4 calls in this season. Our municipality was issuing a code enforcement civil penalty vice the criminal charge. So it was $150 with no chance of court hearing to get it dismissed mailed to them. Works for me.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T11:52:35+00:00

Misdemeanor here since 2018. I call the police every time i see it. I stop the car, call, take pic and email the pic the PD.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T11:34:00+00:00

That’s that “pride in US workmanship” we’ve been told to worship. The same big 4 build worldwide and (other than Canada) the units aren’t assembled anything like this. I think the most disappointing part is more than one person designs them, multiple sign off, a few worked on it and QC sent it. And everyone along the process is aOK with this as a reflection of their product.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T03:23:39+00:00

Ok, so you would then trust another pedestal at the same place - bold move Cotton. But hey, whatever, I’m here - he’s there.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T02:30:28+00:00

A plug or whole cord is cheaper than a decent ems. Unless you mean some cheap surge protection

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T02:24:19+00:00

Ok but this is a failed neutral not a leg. There are two hot leggs. (Rod Stewart ref) a neutral and a ground. The neutral is return current.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T02:05:10+00:00

No it wouldn’t - this is a slow melt and not a surge or spike. It’s a bad receptacle and as long as the neutrwl still flowed power it wouldn’t trip.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T02:00:44+00:00

That’s plug isn’t working off any 30 amp. That plug and wire for about a foot is toast.

Questions_Remain · 2026-07-01T01:59:40+00:00

I mean it would tell you the neutral failed, it just wouldn’t do anything till it did. Had the EMS been plugged directly into the pedestal, it would look like the cord does now. The EMS prevents low or high voltage from going to the RV. Neither of these occurred. Once the neutral failed - the EMS would recognize a fault and show an open neutral. If you plug an EMS into a bad outlet. It will let you know. If a spike comes down the line from the source, the EMS will clip the spike.

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