- New Jeep-Branded Tent Camper for Off-Roaders
- Active Duty Military Offered Free National Parks Pass
- Minnesota Family Enjoys Summer Job at Nearby Jellystone Park
- Johnson Creek RV Resort wins “Small Park of the Year” Award
- Georgetown Motorhomes Recalled
- A few Texas campgrounds and RV parks may still have Memorial Day weekend availability
- By a Mid-Line Motorhome and Save Enough to Drive Around the World 5 Times.
- Redwood RV builds 1000th high-end recreational vehicle.
- RV/MH Hall of Fame Kicks Off Fund Raiser
- JAYCO IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 JAY FLIGHT BUNGALOW TRAVEL TRAILERS
- Free Wi-Fi at Select Alabama State Parks Campgrounds
- Virgin Media will throttle heavy users’ broadband
- Three New Technologies May Change How You Use Wi-Fi
- WiFi WPS security vulnerability found, major router makers affected
- Belkin Wi-Fi Range Extender Works Well
- HughesNet Will Decommission Horizon 2 Satellite
- Some Impressions of HP’s Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse
- RV Park & Campground Wi-Fi Pushed to the Limits
- Free Wi-Fi in all US Taco Bells by 2015
- Verizon Plans Wi-Fi “Hot Zones” To Ease Burden on Mobile Network
- Texas Artist Captures Spirit of RV Lifestyle on Canvas
- Movie Star Vin Diesel’s $1.1 million Fifth Wheel RV
- Easy way to get your Fifth Wheel out of tight spot.
- Custom Truck Camper RV Built on Old Cab Over Truck
- VW Doubleback T5 California Class B Camper has Rear Slide-Out
- Motorhome with Hydraulic Lift-up Garage Door and Smart Car
- Older Single Women Living On The Road
- Dicor TPO RV Flooring Experiment
- Dicor Corporation demonstrates a stronger composite wall panel
- Campground Host Lives the Good Life
Archive for July, 2009
RV refrigerators don’t work the same way your home unit does. Your RV unit uses heat to create a chemical reaction which, through evaporation and then condensation, cools the cold box.
The primary heat source for RV refrigerators is a small propane burner. Most units also include a 120 volt AC electric heating element for use when the RV is hooked up to campground shore power.
When you are not hooked up to shore power you will need to operate on propane. In camp, with shore power, it’s a matter of choice as to which you use; propane or 120 volt. You may prefer electricity simply because it increases the time between propane fill-ups. But a refrigerator uses very little propane compared to a water heater or furnace.
For more about RV refrigerators read
RV Refrigerator Basics and Is it okay to travel with my RV Refrigerator on propane? at RVbasics.com
Black ants. Cabillions of them. We got ‘em at an RV Park in California and took them on a tour of the southwest before my son in Lancaster, CA suggested we use Terro. The product comes in an orange/blue/white package. Little clear plastic pods of poison. Set the pods around your RV where you’ve seen ants.
Some of the ants just eat the poison and die right there but many take the liquid back to their nests to share quickly killing off the the whole nest.
Terro also comes as a powder in a dispenser bag for outdoor use around your rig or your yard or wherever ants may be. We got our Terro at WalMart… the liquid type in the pest control section of the grocery department and the bagged powder type in the garden department. It’s not a WalMart brand product so it is probably available in other stores. It worked for us.
Here’s some tips offered by members of the RVbasics Yahoo Group:
- A rage… an old sock works well… soaked with diesel, Raid or PineSol wrapped around power cable, water hose, TV cables etc will stop ants and other pests from entering your RV.
- PineSol in a spray bottle with about a 1:3 mix with water. It kills them dead and removes the scent trail they leave so others can follow them.
- Don’t forget to spray or apply powder around landing gear and leveling jacks.
- Tree branches and bushes that touch your RV as well as tall grass under your rig will also provide a bridge for pests.