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Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas 10-20-2021, 02:29 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 6,362
Posted By chenevb
1 gal of propane contains 91330 BTU. My RV...

1 gal of propane contains 91330 BTU. My RV furnace is a 40,000 BTU unit, so that means that after 2h15 of continuous run time, I will have used a gallon. A 30 lb propane tank contains 7 gallons of...
Forum: Solar, Charging Systems, Batteries and Electrical 04-21-2021, 03:32 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,486
Posted By chenevb
Don't do it

Since the two generators "do their own thing", the 60 cycles per second of each generator will not be in phase ( you have a one in 360 chance that they might) and this will result in a really funky...
Forum: Brrr it's cold outside! Winter Camping 02-01-2021, 03:20 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,830
Posted By chenevb
Just did that

In fact we did exactly that when we left Virginia and the ambient temperature was 21 F. I have a Montana 3121RL, with 200AH of lithium battery. So the fridge runs from the battery/inverter, and...
Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas 01-11-2021, 01:21 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,526
Posted By chenevb
refrigerator can become a freezer...

To add a factual bit of humor here, our RV is winterized and unheated, but we leave it connected because we use the RV resi refrigerator as our second refrigerator. We had a cold streak, and spoiled...
Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas 10-25-2020, 03:30 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,910
Posted By chenevb
not quite 510 AH needs to be multiplied by 12 V,...

not quite 510 AH needs to be multiplied by 12 V, not 120V...
Forum: Brrr it's cold outside! Winter Camping 10-15-2020, 07:34 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,179
Posted By chenevb
Pipes is the #1 priority

Comfort is important, and skirting will help. But even more important, as you acknowledge, is preventing pipes from freezing. Many have found it useful to have a heat source under the RV to prevent...
Forum: Brrr it's cold outside! Winter Camping 09-09-2020, 02:17 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,179
Posted By chenevb
I had the same happen to me during my first...

I had the same happen to me during my first winter with my 2018 Montana 3121RL, and as others above have posted, it was a faulty sail switch. The sail switch is a safety feature, so that if the...
Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help 08-19-2020, 04:02 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,379
Posted By chenevb
You have to add the numbers up

I have the same setup that you have...a Predator 3500 and a hardwired Progressive Industries EMS fr a 50A RV. In that inverter generator, you can plug a 30A extension cord, so at some point, you...
Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas 08-16-2020, 04:30 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 8,046
Posted By chenevb
Your map, your rules

As for us, we follow the "must have slept in that state at least one night" rule.
Also, when we purchased a new RV in 2018, we restarted from a blank map.
Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas 07-14-2020, 02:27 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,166
Posted By chenevb
No magic in the button...

Agree with previous posts, the button does NOT reset anything, it merely is used to manually change the battery charge mode (and therefore can have an impact on the voltage present on the 12V...
Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas 11-07-2018, 03:42 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 9,679
Posted By chenevb
ronboy, Short answer is yes. and that caused me...

ronboy, Short answer is yes. and that caused me problems because that wasn't shown to me at orientation on delivery, or when I took it in for service complaining that the valve wasn't correctly...
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