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Forum: Tow Vehicles 07-24-2023, 02:35 PM
Replies: 314
Views: 43,860
Posted By Vitaver
Using our own generator to charge EV

Well, I have a Honda 7KW and have no concept of how can it help recharge the EV, the ratio of weight of the generator+fuel VS the gain in range that generator/fuel can deliver. Maybe is negative. ...
Forum: Tow Vehicles 07-23-2023, 06:40 PM
Replies: 314
Views: 43,860
Posted By Vitaver
As for charging, we all have power cords of 30 or...

As for charging, we all have power cords of 30 or 50 amps. It would be cool if Tesla makes it possible to use adaptors at both ends to connect the fat charger cable to our own and then to the truck....
Forum: Tow Vehicles 07-23-2023, 06:34 PM
Replies: 314
Views: 43,860
Posted By Vitaver
I guess a lot will depend on the power pack one...

I guess a lot will depend on the power pack one chooses. There are several. Supposedly there will be even a 6 wheeled moser with traction in all of them. 4 tires aft should allow for a heavier...
Forum: Tow Vehicles 07-23-2023, 12:13 PM
Replies: 314
Views: 43,860
Posted By Vitaver
I drive a 2022 model 3 in Florida and a model X...

I drive a 2022 model 3 in Florida and a model X in Colorado. My wife another EV, Ford Mustang Mach E and hands down, Tesla is my favorite, I love them, would get a model S but I hav no need and no...
Forum: Towing, Tow Vehicles & Hitches 05-21-2023, 07:50 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 455
Posted By Vitaver
Propride Stinger Sleeve

The stinger of the PP3 is all greasy (if used right) and will leave a stain on anything that touches it. Anybody came up with a sleeve or other way to cover it when not in use? Thanks.
Forum: On The Road... 05-21-2023, 07:43 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 357
Posted By Vitaver
Lone Rock Beach update?

I track water levels in Lake Powell and they show consistent increase. Anyone can report on present state, is the rock surrounded by water again? Thanks.
Forum: Computers, Internet & Satellite 05-21-2023, 07:42 PM
Replies: 136
Views: 20,771
Posted By Vitaver
In the West

T-mobile was pretty weak out west last time I tried it before winter, and switched to Verizon. Maybe is better now.
Forum: Fresh Water Systems 02-26-2023, 10:43 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,627
Posted By Vitaver
Sad

How sad that something so simple becomes so fragile, convoluted and complicated to repair/replace. This is not up to the standards we expect Airstream (Thor) to uphold on such an expensive trailer!
Forum: 2018 - Current Globetrotter 01-29-2023, 11:49 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,692
Posted By Vitaver
https://smile.amazon.com/WORKPRO-W114083A-Oil-Filt...

https://smile.amazon.com/WORKPRO-W114083A-Oil-Filter-Pliers/dp/B07H4PB5QM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2RSBKAPSN5EJ8&keywords=Ok+filter+change+plier&qid=1675018132&sprefix=ok+filter+change+plier%2Caps%2C174&s...
Forum: Sprinter and B-van Forum 11-28-2022, 04:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,331
Posted By Vitaver
Inverter upgrade?

I had no idea this was necessary, I hope the AS dealer that did the install knew and did that modification. Any way to confirm that?
Forum: Water Heaters, Filters & Pumps 11-28-2022, 12:45 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 21,457
Posted By Vitaver
I have the water diverter to the fresh tank until...

I have the water diverter to the fresh tank until hot, installed at the dealership, hated the ‘instant hot’ electrical that came with my GT27 2022. The problem is mixing hot and cold: somehow the...
Forum: Batteries, Univolts, Converters & Inverters 11-28-2022, 10:31 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,217
Posted By Vitaver
Connecting to house power

Question, If I leave the RV connected to shore power (110V) and switch it to ‘store’ from ‘in use’, will it still charge the batteries?

I built this plug for an extension cord with a Smartplug...
Forum: Sprinter and B-van Forum 11-27-2022, 02:41 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,331
Posted By Vitaver
4 LI batteries.

Added 4 LI, not sure why though, just liked that they can be run down to zero without damage and more juice in case I need it. Removed the originals.
Forum: Batteries, Univolts, Converters & Inverters 11-27-2022, 02:37 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,217
Posted By Vitaver
That did it!

Thank you, the ground is what made it trip each time. Got a plug without ground, plugged that and no tripping anymore.
Forum: Batteries, Univolts, Converters & Inverters 11-18-2022, 06:55 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,217
Posted By Vitaver
Only when plugging it to the RV

Does not trip till i plug it to the RV, then is instantaneous.

Power to the RV from the generator, goes well.
Forum: Batteries, Univolts, Converters & Inverters 11-18-2022, 05:57 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,217
Posted By Vitaver
In trouble

I got the plug that fits the AS and using a 50’ extension cable, plugged into an outlet. It trips the FGI every time. Worst off, not sure if due to this, but my trailer got all 4 lithium batteries...
Forum: Our Community 11-12-2022, 10:48 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 9,131
Posted By Vitaver
Having shore power or generator, RV skirt (not...

Having shore power or generator, RV skirt (not the inflatable ones, but the ones that snap on all around) with a heat lamp or two under the belly worked out well for us an entire winter in Colorado. ...
Forum: Our Community 11-12-2022, 10:29 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,552
Posted By Vitaver
Interested

Sounds interesting. Can you describe exactly how that works for you?

We know the height of the receiver needs to match the stinger, adjusted because of up/down stinger incline, then move in some...
Forum: Our Community 11-08-2022, 03:57 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,552
Posted By Vitaver
With more experimentation, I found these to work...

With more experimentation, I found these to work too:

Instead of the painer’s line, rocks, etc, a chain of 6 or 8 feet long, painted red for easy visibility. Just put the chain on a straight line...
Forum: Our Community 11-07-2022, 04:28 PM
Replies: 8,050
Views: 1,967,570
Posted By Vitaver
Ceramic Coating

How happy are you with the ceramic coating? Is quite expensive. I had it done to cars, and… not sure It is worth the cost, they still get dirty and unlike what the guy that did the work told me, the...
Forum: Our Community 11-07-2022, 04:23 PM
Replies: 8,050
Views: 1,967,570
Posted By Vitaver
Not exactly

I was not aware there was such a thing as a showermiser. I had the tech at Windish make up the gate I needed: one input: water from the water heater, and two outputs: one a return to the fresh water...
Forum: On The Road... 11-03-2022, 02:32 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
I agree, under certain driving conditions

If the faster speed attained to counter the effect of side wind is outright too fast for the road/driver/vehicle/weather etc conditions, then the benefit of a lower side wind is lost to the increased...
Forum: On The Road... 11-03-2022, 02:20 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Sum and magnitude

If by sum you mean it literarily: vehicle at 50 mph and side wind at 30 equals 80 mph, it would be, in my view, mistaken.

The sidewind of 40 mph for instance, at right angle (3 o’clock or 9...
Forum: On The Road... 11-02-2022, 11:08 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Apparent wind

I fail to see the difference between your explanation and mine except that the apparent wind is not a straight sum of both vectors. Vectors do not simply add together, the don’t have the same...
Forum: On The Road... 11-02-2022, 11:00 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Flawed?

Can you please elaborate on the science your friend used? I did.

BTW, is not my theory. If it is curriculum in aeronautical engineering I assume it was tested, not a caprice of professors.
Forum: On The Road... 11-02-2022, 09:16 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Interesting

Indeed, I rather live an interesting life.

While I understand from the explanation above that actually faster is safer with strong winds on the quarter, is clear that many here think the opposite,...
Forum: On The Road... 11-02-2022, 11:34 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
With following wind, speed or not.

OK, the scientific verdict is on, from the same horse mouth (PhD in Aeronautical Engineering. If the wind is coming at you on the aft quarter (from 3 to 6 o’clock) speeding is the wrong response to...
Forum: On The Road... 11-02-2022, 11:18 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
No

Had 4 different models Airstream, from Bambi to the present, 4 different towing vehicles too, from LR4 Land Rover to F150, F350 diesel and now F250 gas. Used Blue Ox and now PP3.

If you read...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 08:19 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
About vectors and rivers

First, a ‘vector’ is not a narrow river of wind, it just indicates DIRECTION, so the idea that this theory applies to just one “wind” is erroneous. Wind may come, and often comes, from the same...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 07:41 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
A couple of things

First, you guessed, I would go faster if/when the conditions allow it. They did when my accident.

Second, practice, develop muscle memory to reach for the trailer brake while stepping on the gas...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 06:04 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Yes, a theory, like relativity and evolution

If I am going already at the max allowable speed, my option is not to go even faster, but to keep at it or slow down (or park). Therefore, in this (is not mine) theory, keep going at the same max...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 05:55 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Vectors

I understand your points. My point is not to outrun a wind, just to change the angle it hits you by accelerating. If stationary, let’s say it is at your 3:00 o’clock, right angle on your left. As...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 05:07 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
science and math

Not me, but my friend the Aeronautical Engineer (which by coincidence I met in a plane) gave us the science, plus the explanation behind it: the change of wind angle hitting you as it weakens as it...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 04:51 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Pushing down for traction

My opinion is that your impression that fast wind UNDER the car will produce lift may be wrong. It does not. Lift does not happen by magic but by design. Every longitudinal side of anything...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 04:38 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Quantify

You are right, I can’t quantify. I go by the reason that a wind coming at me at a right angle is stronger in pushing me away than one coming at any smaller angle. That makes sense to you too? ...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 04:23 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Vacuum?

My take is that the values (speed of wind or of vehicle) are irrelevant to this theory, you can fill in with any numbers you want for both, the calculus, the result , and therefore one’s decision to...
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 03:51 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
The terms “ the point you're no longer at risk?”...

The terms “ the point you're no longer at risk?” is ambiguous, as risk is always relative and to some degree (unless dead) always present. As for speeding up faster than the power of the side wind...
Forum: 2018 - Current Globetrotter 11-01-2022, 02:49 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,691
Posted By Vitaver
I go for the Beddy’s, question for me is sizes. ...

I go for the Beddy’s, question for me is sizes. I have the GT27 with twins aft and a convertible dinette. I would like sets for all 3. Any idea of which I need? Thank you!
Forum: On The Road... 11-01-2022, 02:25 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
OK, at the cost of a lunch one hour ago, I got...

OK, at the cost of a lunch one hour ago, I got the science behind it directly from the horse’s mouth (in this case a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering). First the context: aerodynamics. This is...
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 03:15 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Common?

It was common sense for the Germans to elect (yes, he got elected) Hitler. Not always common sense (or the sense of a majority/mob/sect/etc is the right one, besides the fact that the term is...
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 02:59 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
The default reaction

The default reaction to just about anything (except fleeing, when could be wrong as well, for instance from anything faster than you) is to slow down. It sounds good, it feels good and safer. Yet...
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 02:53 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
“ but higher speeds increases the likelihood”

The title of this post is what I am still waiting to read something that actually supports that statement. I made the argument for the opposite view though, apparently supported by the parallelogram...
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 10:37 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,900
Posted By Vitaver
Love your tag line, so true, but besides…

I rather dry camping/disperse camping/boondock but just ‘parking’ in the middle of nowhere is no fun either. It appears that the park services (state, federal, Army Corps, etc) make parks of the...
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 10:30 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
…but this is about side winds.

[QUOTE=airmaine;2641330]Wind speed and direction, along with vehicle speed in relation to them are important factors. As an example, if a vehicle is moving at 60 mph with a headwind of 10 mph, it...
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 10:25 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Basis

No. Unless the parallelogram of forces ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelogram_of_force ) does in fact provide that proof. One vector (rig’s speed) being longer (on the graphic presentation)...
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 10:17 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
And free water in the tanks

Agree with your first statement with the additional aggravating factor that like on boats, water in all the tanks (is heavy!) will move to the low side (leeward) pushing the rig further to tip it.
...
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 09:56 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Blow over

The idea of the discussion, at least as intended by me, was to avoid being blown over by using speed control which may indicate to go faster, although counterintuitive. If true, going faster gets you...
Forum: 2018 - Current Globetrotter 10-31-2022, 09:50 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,691
Posted By Vitaver
Beddy’s?

Is that a brand? Custom or ready made? Please let me know how to get hold of those. I appreciate it!
Forum: 2018 - Current Globetrotter 10-31-2022, 09:48 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,691
Posted By Vitaver
Bought or made?

I love those! Did you make them yourself (if so, can you give me some tips) or if you bought them, where please?

Thank you!
Forum: On The Road... 10-31-2022, 09:46 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 9,725
Posted By Vitaver
Lift

Lift is the result of the air exercising low pressure on the designed area of the object traveling through it, even if stationary the speed/force of the wind will make the object ‘travel’ through it....
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