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12-07-2015, 02:20 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Best automotive compass
My first moho had a dash mounted compass. I should have made note of its brand and model # before selling.
Anyone have recommendations?
Thx rB
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12-07-2015, 03:35 PM
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National RV Owners Club
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watching this one as mine does not work anymore.
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12-07-2015, 04:24 PM
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My Garmin does great.
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12-07-2015, 09:42 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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DW in charge of GPS so Id like to see my own readout when its recalculating, recalculating, recalc.....
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12-07-2015, 09:48 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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I finally bought a heavy duty one made for boat use. I will look tomorrow and see if there is a brand or model# on it.
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12-07-2015, 10:00 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Aircraft compasses also are very high quality. Check out Search Results from Aircraft Spruce
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12-07-2015, 10:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pops2
watching this one as mine does not work anymore.
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Ditto!
Seems that none of those inexpensive floating ball/liquid ones work worth a darn. Just bought one and it is always stuck on "north" no matter what direction my RV is facing.
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12-08-2015, 06:48 AM
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Monaco Owners Club Texas Boomers Club
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Ritchie makes a panel mount compass
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12-09-2015, 03:31 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Allison 1000 transmission
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12-09-2015, 05:29 PM
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Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Flux gate compasses perform rather well considedring you can get 'em very cheap but
Frankly I use one of several GPS based apps on my smart phone.. One such is Torque Pro. which chats with the engine computer (OBD II adapter) via bluetooth.. THus it not only tells me which direction I'm headed but Engine RPM and several other "Gauges" missing from the car dash (Motor home has RPM but it has other gauges I'd like to monitor as well) Very handy application, but it's FEE ware.
I also have a free compass application.
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12-10-2015, 11:58 AM
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Tiffin Owners Club
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I have a dash mounted compass by American Technology Components ( LED brake lights, dual channel 900MHz headphones and more from American Technology Components), this is a compass/outside temp system with ice warning, much like my auto. The whole unit is about 2 1/4" tall and about 4 1/2" long. If I remember correctly the model is something like FastCAL/SmartCAL or AccuTech C/T. This might help.
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12-10-2015, 12:34 PM
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How about this one ?
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12-10-2015, 12:46 PM
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Use your cell phone because you're not supposed to be talking on it while driving 
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