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by harrisgowing
Mon Mar 27, 2017 5:48 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Dewinterizing tankless water heater
Replies: 4
Views: 4812

Re: Dewinterizing tankless water heater

Hi, Lia. We have a tankless hot water heater and the only instruction in the BF manual regarding winterizing the water heater is to turn it off. There is an on/off switch behind the panel for the hot water heater on the back of the coach. We have had no issues winterizing the water system following ...
by harrisgowing
Sat Jan 28, 2017 3:20 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: 3 Beds in 27 feet
Replies: 4
Views: 4451

Re: 3 Beds in 27 feet

Maybe, but the double slide is on the Ford F 550 or comparable Dodge chassis. I am not sure if a bed would fit in the cab overhead of our 2015 F 550 because it has less capacity than the E 450. The double slide would be too heavy on the E 450.

Judy Harris
by harrisgowing
Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:38 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Wanna be Born Free owner questions...
Replies: 9
Views: 9189

Re: Wanna be Born Free owner questions...

About towing a car. We did not tow for 8 years with our 26 RSB. Then my husband tripped and tore his quad tendon in a small town in Georgia, where there was no public transportation and no rental cars on a Saturday night. It took me 3 hours to find a ride home from the hospital, where I had gone in ...
by harrisgowing
Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:57 am
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Dead truck battery
Replies: 20
Views: 18105

Re: Dead truck battery

Thank you for that advice, Monti. We will check what sort of device our storage owner is using and make sure that we have the right one.
by harrisgowing
Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:57 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Dead truck battery
Replies: 20
Views: 18105

Re: Dead truck battery

Thanks, everyone, and yes, Bill, my drafting error mislabeled our batteries as 120 V. Unfortunately, we lack engineering experience and any aptitude in that direction. But we are now using a trickle charger and that seems to going well. Fortunately we have a connection for the charger in our storage...
by harrisgowing
Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:13 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Dead truck battery
Replies: 20
Views: 18105

Re: Dead truck battery

Thanks, Steve, the radio may well be the problem. It comes on with amber alerts on its own. We presently do not have electrical connection in storage but may need to arrange that for a trickle charger. Just have never had this problem. Our storage owner is a very knowledgeable rv person who is helpi...
by harrisgowing
Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:13 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Dead truck battery
Replies: 20
Views: 18105

Re: Dead truck battery

Thanks! We have never had this problem in 12 years and these relatively new batteries have never been run down due to leaving the truck lights on. Truck did not start at all. Are there additional problems/issues with a Diesel engine?
by harrisgowing
Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:36 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Dead truck battery
Replies: 20
Views: 18105

Re: Dead truck battery

I would like to clarify my post a bit. Although the Ford diesel chassis is a 2015, we took delivery in June of 2014 so this is its third winter in the same storage. Time flies! Also, there are 2 120 volt truck batteries and 23,600 miles on the coach.

Thanks!
by harrisgowing
Mon Jan 09, 2017 4:49 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Dead truck battery
Replies: 20
Views: 18105

Dead truck battery

Chuck went to the storage pole barn to do the monthly exercise of our 2015 Royal Splendor on the Ford 550 diesel chassis and the truck batteries were dead. House batteries were fine. It is stored inside in an unseated space but it has not been super cold here in Northern Michigan - our garage has ra...
by harrisgowing
Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Slides
Replies: 9
Views: 6316

Re: Slides

A cav is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a small wonderful dog. We bought our first Born Free in 2004 so that we could travel with our first Cavalier, Oliver. Oliver went to the rainbow bridge this last August at 13 and 1/5 years old, after about 140,000 miles in Born Free coaches. We still have hi...
by harrisgowing
Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:54 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Slides
Replies: 9
Views: 6316

Re: Slides

Just a caution, you will lose the storage under the couch and I don't know about the under bed storage. Larger items are more difficult to store or bring along.
by harrisgowing
Sun Dec 04, 2016 3:19 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Slides
Replies: 9
Views: 6316

Re: Slides

We have a 2015 Royal Splendor with a slide. No problems at all in 23,000 miles. We really appreciate the extra room provided by both the slide and the wider and taller body on the diesel chassis.
by harrisgowing
Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:44 am
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: New owner of a 1972 BF removable motor coach
Replies: 24
Views: 21328

Re: New owner of a 1972 BF removable motor coach

No problem, I am really enjoying your posts and pictures!
by harrisgowing
Tue Jun 14, 2016 11:52 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Norcold LP/AC/DC refrigerator "cool" not cold?
Replies: 11
Views: 11620

Re: Norcold LP/AC/DC refrigerator "cool" not cold?

Totally agree with Roger, our 2004 refigerator cooled much better on propane, especially in temps in the 70s and over. We rarely used AC in warm weather.
by harrisgowing
Wed Jun 08, 2016 5:01 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Homecoming Rally
Replies: 18
Views: 17222

Re: Homecoming Rally

Jo, we totally agree. We most likely cannot come because of family obligations - late August is a bad time for us, but know you will all have a wonderful time!

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