Category: RV Education 101

When your RV is exposed to elements for extending periods of time, fading and cracking occurs.

Purchasing a recreation vehicle is the second-largest purchase lots of people make in their lifetime. When you make the decision to spend that kind of money, it’s important you make wise buying decisions.

From Coaxial Cable to water regulator to disposal gloves, every one of these items will lessen anxiety and can come in VERY handy!

When a safety device chirps like that, a light also illuminates. And if you look in the instructions for the device, the color and number of times it illuminates will help troubleshoot the problem. Ours flashed two red lights every time it chirped. On our model, two red lights flashing indicates the detector reached the end of its life and needs to be replaced, so that’s what we’re going to do right now.

Storage space is extremely limited on some RVs, which means space for tools and RV supplies is limited too. When that’s the case, you need to scale back and only keep what you consider as absolutely essential. I’m fortunate to have an entire exterior storage compartment dedicated to what I consider are essential tools and RV supplies to have on hand during RV trips.

There’s more to an extension cord than meets the eye. Hopefully, this gives you a better understanding of choosing, using, and maintaining an RV extension cord.