Daily Archives: November 17, 2016
The Prime Directive . . .
Several of our blog readers noted that the detailed specifications for the Porter-Cable 150 psi Air Compressor that I mentioned yesterday say the unit is ‘Gas Powered’.
It’s not. It is 120VAC.
Also tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 18th, Amazon is discounting their normally $99 Prime membership fee down to $79 for one day only.
Here’s what they say:
In anticipation of the launch of the Amazon Original Series The Grand Tour, Amazon is offering a limited time promotion—new members can sign up for Amazon Prime for just $79, a 20% savings on the first year’s annual membership fee. The first episode of The Grand Tour will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, November 18, and the one-day discount will be available starting Friday at 12:00am ET and ending at 11:59pm PT.
Go Here for the Discount Price:
Note that this discount price is for individual memberships only, and not for gift memberships or renewals.
Following up on yesterday’s blog, here are some products that we use and recommend:
I mentioned several times how much we like our Zero-G RV water hose. It never kinks and stows away easily , even when it’s 40 degrees outside. Although it is flexible, it’s not expandable, and has a canvas-like feel, like a fire hose. Well Recommended.
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Although I just got this a few days ago, so far I really like it. After charging it up, I used it to power my phone for a 24 hour period with plenty of juice left over. Check it out.
PowerCore 13000 Portable Phone Charger
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My friend Nick Russell turned me on to these. It’s a pen, an automotive glass breaker, and possibly a weapon. At least according to Nick’s Black Friday murder mystery from 2015.
Tactical Pen and Glass Breaker
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You’ve heard me sing the praises of Strike-Hold numerous times over the last few years for good reason. It’s great for resurrecting flakey electrical connections of any type. Just a single squirt into a phone or Kindle connection will work wonders. And like WD-40 it will displace moisture, but unlike WD-40 it is also a real dry lubricant made originally for military firearms.
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I replaced our 8 year old Shurflo water pump this past May with this new one. The old one started leaking and then quit turning on. This new one is much quieter and has better pressure. So far, so good.
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We started using these 900 lumen LED flashlights on our frack gate up near Carthage, TX last year. They’re the brightest ones around for the price, and are fully focusable. They also have a flash mode that is blinding. We’ve got about six of them scattered round the rig.
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Over the last year I’ve replaced almost al the fluorescent tubes in our rig with these LED strips. The only ones I haven’t replaced are the ones in the two 18” fixtures in the bedroom. I already have the strips, but I’m waiting for one or more tubes to die.
The two links below detail how two strips will replace two 18” tubes and six strips will replace two 4’ tubes.
https://ourrvadventures.com/2015/12/cooking-for-christmas/
https://ourrvadventures.com/2015/11/grey-friday-2/
These Mighty Mules are the best vehicle alarms we’ve found. And we’ve been through a bunch of different ones, believe me.
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What makes them pretty much false-alarm-proof is the fact that they only sense large pieces of metal moving through their magnetic field. So no cows setting off the alarms.
Unless of course it looks like this bison taken near Glacier National Park.
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This is one of Jan’s favorites. The keys light up in your choice of 6 different colors. Great for computing at night when you’ve only got the light from the monitor to work by.
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Several years ago I replaced the original Xantrex/Heart Interface Source Manager Power Converter/Transfer Switch/Inverter combo unit that originally came with our rig. First the transfer switch died, and then the power converter followed it into oblivion.
So I replace the 4’ long, 18” wide, 18” high, 80# unit with two boxes the size of a shoebox
Progressive Dynamics 50 Amp Transfer Switch
PowerMax 55 Amp Power Converter
I didn’t worry about replacing the inverter since we almost never boondock anymore, and when we do, we just run the generator. But if I had it would have been another shoebox-sized unit.
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I use these modules to monitor the 12 VDC and 120 VAC systems in the rig. They’re cheap and easy to install.
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For dinner tonight Jan whipped up a delicious batch of her Pasta e Fagioli soup. Very spicy and very good.
So we’re set for the next couple of days of good eatin’.
I’m going to bed about 10pm tonight since I’ve got to be up at 4pm to be on the road by 4:30 to be at my gate by 5pm. And that goes for the next three days.
Yuck!
Thought for the Day:
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” ― Edgar Allan Poe
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