We have begun the process of swapping out our old drawer slides for some new ones. Some of the old ones were getting pretty tired, even with a touch of grease in the tracks. Plus we wanted to explore the use of soft close slides to remove the “slam” effect and hopefully get ride of those hard to actuate spring catches.
The NO vs NC is confusing, and sometimes manufactures use the opposite nomenclature, but what can you do. To cut a long story short: If you’d like to turn something OFF when the two halves of your switch are apart, buy the NORMALLY-OPEN (NO) type; To turn something ON when the two halves are apart, buy the NORMALLY-CLOSED (NC) type. This is the textbook definition of NO and NC.
LED strip lights are usually arranged in numerous parallel segments each composed of a few series LEDs, thats why you can cut them to length. Joining strips together should not be a problem as long as you have the current available to drive it. Due to the way they tend to be used in an RV (simply attached directly to the 12V), you should have the current to drive them.
Our fresh water fill valve has developed a small leak through the electrically-operated portion. The water pump cycles briefly and repeatedly unless we close the manual side of the fill valve.
We make the collapsible clothesline rack from these instructions PVC Drying Rack. This hangs on the rear ladder of the coach and allows us to hang golf shirts, towels, etc for drying instead of using the dryer in the coach or at the camp store.
Q. What do you get when you mix acid cure RTV and electronics inside a sealed container?
A. Worthless junk.
Our bay door gaskets were getting pretty tired. I had a few with small cuts in them from loading and unloading. In some areas it had started to slip off the edge of the flange, especially on the bottom edge where it is easy to lean on them when reaching inside the bay. They had also become more stiff over time which increased the force needed to close the bay doors.
The new microwave / oven has been installed! Removing the old one is straightforward, especially since George and Pat figured out how to do it and showed us the proper use of the Ekornes foot rest as an aid.
