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When you talk about aluminum siding I'm not sure if you mean a specific option related to your model, but we have a Milestone with the typical (these days) "sandwich" wall panels, with a foam core and aluminum skins. You can see metal shavings if you drill holes. This is all foam-core but I...

No, I've had that style of switch in other campers. It's pull-on / push-off. I suppose it's a safety feature to make it really easy to turn off even in the dark (or in smoke) but it's REALLY annoying if the manufacturer puts it too low to the floor like in my last TravelLite truck camper. :)...

You don't need a shunt to measure the voltage. Shunts are used to measure current. I like to use water as a metaphor here because it's an easy visual to wrap your head around. Start with some basic concepts: - Voltage - a bucket full of water. High voltage: lift the bucket to the top of a...

I don't understand the Anderson tank fill comment (maybe because I don't have one) but there's no reason you can't have 10 fill ports if you want. Bear in mind each needs to be vented - if you overfill, the water needs somewhere to go. Most of these fill ports have a built in vent tube and you...

Another cheap and effective thing to do is add a battery cutoff switch if you don't already have one (or making sure you use it, if you do). These modern campers have much higher "house load" than you think - standby current on built-in radios, TVs, LCI OneTouch, and so on all added up to 350mA...

If you share a photo we can help you more but there are only a few common brands. Most of the "connector" type installs I've seen are Zamp and look like the below photo: If that's yours, you can get kits from Zamp directly to add the panels. If not just share more what you have.

I won't say these are the BEST, but we went with the Solera and they're holding up OK. One of them has a 9" length of edge piping pulling out. But if it's a data point for you, we went with these because they were an easy self-install and you can buy them in any length on Amazon. In 2021 dollars...

I've had a similar experience, I was told they would balance them for a fee (same as for a car) but unless I requested it, by default they didn't balance trailer tires... That's why I wondered why folks always talk about it. I can totally understand if you have pets riding back there, but we've...

Just curious, how do you folks get a sense of balance issues/quality in your trailers? It's very noticeable in a truck's wheel but I've never really paid much attention to my trailers. Is it more of a vibration at certain speeds like in a vehicle or something else?

It depends how it was wired. Mine only runs my fridge but yours may be different... You could also have a bad transfer switch. They're just relays inside, usually rated for millions of cycles but they're mechanical so they can go bad sometimes...

That looks like this: https://www.lippert.com/5in-touch-panel-assembly-kit-for-onecontrol-406345 This is described as the LCI "MyRV" 406345 if it helps your research. A quick Google search turned up some newer versions with more buttons so I assume they had some later releases. There are no...

Figuring out what switches control on used coaches can be really challenging. You might contact Heartland with your VIN, but it sure looks like a light switch if you want to poke around more. A trick I use when buying a camper used is to turn on EVERY switch, and then walk around looking...

LOL compromise. I wanted a medium size travel trailer. My wife wanted a fifth wheel. So we compromised on a fifth wheel.

I don't have a full answer for you but our Milestone came with the Winegard antenna but it wasn't fully ready for use. There are two Winegard lines, one is the main antenna originally designed to pull in TV signals better, and then there's an advanced Air+Gateway option where the antenna has an...

These Reolink's have an extra feature like the Eufy S340 we use (a very similar competitor) folks may want to know. They have motion tracking. When a person is detected, the camera will rotate to face (and follow) that person. I don't have any stats to back this up... but my feeling is a camera...