Trailer Maintenance

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120v frig switch fried

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I am camping with my 13' with power. As always, I turned the frig on to AC. Within a few hours I was able to transfer food from a cooler I used for the drive. Everything was as normal for a day. Then the next afternoon, I discovered that things weren't that cold. They had been in the morning. I checked breakers etc after which I pulled the outside panel. The AC switch still seemed to be in the on position but when I tried to cycle it off and on, it wouldn't actually switch. You could tell it was bad.

Cold Water Plumbing

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I was getting no flow of cold water to the bathroom of my Scamp. Undid  the connection on the cold side of sink faucet and applied air pressure as if I were winterizing. Out camera mixture of sludge and fine sand. I now have cold water forte sink and shower. If I could now figure out. How to access the water supply line on the toilet I could have my entire issue solved. 

Battery fuse blown when reconnect to vehicle after boondocking

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I boondocked in my 2021 13-foot Scamp over the weekend, running the lights and roof fan from the battery, since the campsite had no electrical hookup.  When I then plugged my Scamp into the 7-pin connector on my tow vehicle and drove home, I expected the battery to get recharged from the tow vehicle’s electrical system.  However, upon arrival home I discovered that the 20-amp battery fuse (in the fuse panel) had blown.  The Scamp user manual seems to suggest that I should instead have recharged my depleted Scamp battery using a trickle

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