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12-19-2021, 03:04 PM
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#41
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Canada's East Coast, New Brunswick
Trailer: 2022 E19
Posts: 385
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike G
1. I like the looks of the Hughes HU67FR Watchdog power protector unit. It has a replaceable ($25) surge module, so if a power spike fries the surge protection the main unit will still work.
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Can't seem to find any info on this model?
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12-19-2021, 08:54 PM
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#43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Canada's East Coast, New Brunswick
Trailer: 2022 E19
Posts: 385
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Originally Posted by rubicon327
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Aah, I see. The model is actually PWD30. The HU67FR looks like an etrailer stock number.
Found it on Amazon $256 CAN$ versus $475 for factory install.
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12-19-2021, 09:08 PM
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#44
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Site Team
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21
Posts: 5,159
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike G
2. An inverter sounds grand, but is it worth a grand? When units are available for 1/4 the cost, not for me..
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1/4 the cost installed with a transfer relay and wired into the trailer's electrics? huh.
now, I don't need the inverter because we use very little 120V when camping, maybe just a charger for my wife's laptops, or for our ebikes, and those chargers are around 100 watts, so a small portable inverter works just fine. we hardly ever use the microwave at home, never mind when camping. everything else we need is DC or propane.
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12-24-2021, 02:57 PM
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#45
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Near Asheville, North Carolina
Trailer: 2013 E19
Posts: 471
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
I keep my eyes peeled far down the road ahead so can anticipate events and slow gently. I use my mirrors to check traffic behind from time to time.
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Same here. Towed horse trailers for over 35 yrs. ALWAYS wanting to know what's going on around me, with horses standing up(think standing in a bus nothing to hang on to, they do learn to lean on walls). Saves on gas mileage too.
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12-24-2021, 03:19 PM
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#46
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Site Team
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21
Posts: 5,159
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
I keep my eyes peeled far down the road ahead so can anticipate events and slow gently. I use my mirrors to check traffic behind from time to time.
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ditto. I already did this, but then riding a motorcycle all over the western US for 10 or so years and racking up 90,000 miles of seat time tripled my scan rates.
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12-24-2021, 03:27 PM
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#47
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Trailer: 2012 E19
Posts: 1,763
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz
ditto. I already did this, but then riding a motorcycle all over the western US for 10 or so years and racking up 90,000 miles of seat time tripled my scan rates.
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Great, we wouldn't want that motorcycling to triple your scar rates!
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12-25-2021, 01:01 PM
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#48
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Sharpsburg, Georgia
Trailer: 2005 Scamp 16 SD (sold), 2020 Escape 19
Posts: 265
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One good thing about having solar is you can often take advantage of more available sites and also save money on camping fees. An example is the 5 nights we spent at Four Mile Creek state park near Niagara Falls in NY this year.
Electric sites were all crowded and closer together, but the non-electric sites were more open, less crowded, closer to the lake, and $7 per night less expensive.
Over the course of a couple years those savings could open up more campsite opportunities while eventually paying for the solar option.
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12-25-2021, 01:26 PM
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#49
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Lanesboro, MN, between Whalan and Fountain, Minnesota
Trailer: 2016 Bigfoot 25RQ - (2018 Escape 5.0 sold)
Posts: 2,181
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Originally Posted by Radar1
One good thing about having solar is you can often take advantage of more available sites and also save money on camping fees. An example is the 5 nights we spent at Four Mile Creek state park near Niagara Falls in NY this year.
Electric sites were all crowded and closer together, but the non-electric sites were more open, less crowded, closer to the lake, and $7 per night less expensive.
Over the course of a couple years those savings could open up more campsite opportunities while eventually paying for the solar option.
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Chiricahua National Monument is $10 a night and we don't need electrical. Kartchner Caverns is $30 a night and again, we don't need electrical, but have no choice. We only have two nights at Kartchner this year. Chiricahua NM is easy to get reservations, but you'd better be on top of things to get one in Arizona State Parks during primetime.
There are advantages to non-electrical campgrounds or BLM type camping.
Enjoy,
Perry
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