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Old 01-02-2021, 05:27 PM   #12041
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I picked up one of these small Circuit breaker "BabyBox's" https://amzn.to/2L4AlrL to help consolidate my electrical bay this winter. I wanted to add a way to power the S&B if the power goes out while we are at home. My Magnum 2812 is UL listed to perform that duty.

I am not sure if they sell breakers narrow enough to get 8 in there as the cutouts suggest. The breakers I bought were very narrow and only 4 would fit into the box. They are available in AC or DC. Mine are AC, the two 20 amp breakers power the two circuits in my 2006 Bus. The double 30 amp breaker goes to an L14-30R mounted between the Hydraulic Pump and the battery box on my AB, allowing a thick 10/4 SO cord to be plugged in and the bay door to be locked shut. They do make a slightly larger box called a BigBabybox. My box took a lot of planning and trimming of wires to allow 10 AWG solid wire from the Inverter to the top of the box and also 10 AWG solid wire out the bottom to the L14-30 receptacle. I have attached picks of my new box mounted and wired, and also a pic that shows the Square D box replaced by the babybox as seen in front of it. (that SquareD was the smallest box I could find 4 years ago when swapping out my ME2012 for the PSW model) -Bill
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I picked up one of these small Circuit breaker "BabyBox's" https://amzn.to/2L4AlrL to help consolidate my electrical bay this winter. I wanted to add a way to power the S&B if the power goes out while we are at home. My Magnum 2812 is UL listed to perform that duty.

I am not sure if they sell breakers narrow enough to get 8 in there as the cutouts suggest. The breakers I bought were very narrow and only 4 would fit into the box. They are available in AC or DC. Mine are AC, the two 20 amp breakers power the two circuits in my 2006 Bus. The double 30 amp breaker goes to an L14-30R mounted between the Hydraulic Pump and the battery box on my AB, allowing a thick 10/4 SO cord to be plugged in and the bay door to be locked shut. They do make a slightly larger box called a BigBabybox. My box took a lot of planning and trimming of wires to allow 10 AWG solid wire from the Inverter to the top of the box and also 10 AWG solid wire out the bottom to the L14-30 receptacle. I have attached picks of my new box mounted and wired, and also a pic that shows the Square D box replaced by the babybox as seen in front of it. (that SquareD was the smallest box I could find 4 years ago when swapping out my ME2012 for the PSW model) -Bill
Nice job! From the photos it appears you have full size breakers which are 1" wide. You can also buy 1/2 size breakers so 8 should fit.
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Nice job! From the photos it appears you have full size breakers which are 1" wide. You can also buy 1/2 size breakers so 8 should fit.

They are extremely narrow 13mm ~1/2". That box is very small. That dual breaker is the size of a normal single slot breaker. So these are the size of what I used to call Cheaters. Oh, I should mention they have a hydralic cylinder in them so they must be installed vertically or horizontally so the tube which runs from front to back is level. (runs from behind the lever to the din rail) -Bill



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Satellite upgrade

We took the plunge and upgraded our satellite antenna this week. We have a Pathway X2 and it does a very good job. But after fulltimer since June 2019 we decided to upgrade to a roof mounted system. So we purchased and had installed the RF Mogal antenna. I choose this system over the Traveler 1000 simply because of the warranty and on site service ability of the antenna.
It was a couple of hundred more than the Traveler 1000, but with the on site service ability I thought it was worth the difference. We will keep the Pathway X2 to use as a carry out if we are ever blocked by obstructions.
Also with this new system we upgraded the receiver to the Hopper Sling (DVR) which the wife missed her ability to record ---- she is making up for lost time now.
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Dirt Devil central vacuum system. Open box for $214. It just came & hasn't been installed yet. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And this - Hisense - 50" H8G Smart TV. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hisense...?skuId=6403989 Our TV is one of those that lowers into a cabinet so I measured carefully to make sure the TV would fit. But nothing is ever just right so it took a few hours and several modifications to the RV components to get the TV to fit.
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[QUOTE=permitwriter;5588303]Dirt Devil central vacuum system. Open box for $214. It just came & hasn't been installed yet. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 /QUOTE]

We have the same, and it's handy for quick jobs, but to do a full vaccum of the whole carpeted area, I use my shop vac.

The bags are quite small on the Dirt Devil, so they tend to fill up quickly.
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Dirt Devil central vacuum system. Open box for $214. It just came & hasn't been installed yet. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We have the same, and it's handy for quick jobs, but to do a full vacuum of the whole carpeted area, I use my shop vac.

The bags are quite small on the Dirt Devil, so they tend to fill up quickly.
Rats. I was hoping to ditch the shop vac. Maybe the Dirt Devil will be enough because our coach is 33' and the only carpet is in the cab area. But then there is that dog fur......
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Rats. I was hoping to ditch the shop vac. Maybe the Dirt Devil will be enough because our coach is 33' and the only carpet is in the cab area. But then there is that dog fur......

We put our dirt devil in summer 2017. Haven't had to bring in the shop vac since.

The bag seems fairly large to me, no, its not shop vac sized (no bag), but it bigger than the canister vac bag that does our 3000' house for months before filling. You will love it, it really sucks, in a good way!
Our 40's bus is 50% carpet, I wish it was all tile... maybe in the future. But I'd want to put heat under it if we replaced all of it so its not bubbled up to the top of the list yet.
I did have to make the hole from the basement to the inlet much larger as the hose was more than 50% larger than the original in my bus. -Bill
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Dirt Devil central vacuum system. Open box for $214. It just came & hasn't been installed yet. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And this - Hisense - 50" H8G Smart TV. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hisense...?skuId=6403989 Our TV is one of those that lowers into a cabinet so I measured carefully to make sure the TV would fit. But nothing is ever just right so it took a few hours and several modifications to the RV components to get the TV to fit.


Hmm, I hear those Dirt Devils suck.....SORRY! Couldn’t help myself! LoL!
(Because they’re a vacuum cleaner...just in case you thought I was being rude)
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Spoiler Alert ... I didn't like tugging/ dragging my (central Dirt Devil) hose around so 2 weeks weeks ago I purchased another Dyson - this one specifically for the MH.
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Spoiler Alert ... I didn't like tugging/ dragging my (central Dirt Devil) hose around so 2 weeks weeks ago I purchased another Dyson - this one specifically for the MH.


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